Photoshop SIG
Selling Your Art Online
Using PayPal

Sign up for a PayPal business account.

In order to test you will also need to
sign up for a PayPal Developer Central account
and do a lot of work twice.

You will need to setup your webpage in the developers' sandbox
and then do it again for real once you know what you are doing.

Log on to PayPal.

Get the documentation.

Set up your preferences - click the My Account tab and then click on Profile.

Go to the Button Factory and make buttons. You will find this under the Merchant Tools tab. On the right side of the page under Key Features click on PayPal Shopping Cart.

Fill in the form.

Click the Add More Options button to setup the shipping charges.

Click the Create Button Now to generate the code for the buttons.

Copy the code for the Add to Cart button and the View Cart Buttons and save it somewhere.

Edit the code a test web page.

You can manually edit the code to create buttons for different items.

Testing

Log on to Developers' Central

Download or print the Sandbox Users' Guide.

Click on the box labeled Sandbox.

Add one or more sandbox (i. e. dummy) personal accounts.

In order to "confirm" the sandbox personal account you must go to the Developer Central E-mail area then click on the confirmation message for that account. You will see the confirmation URL. Copy and paste it into the same web browser you are already logged in on. Then log into the personal account and confirm it. Add any bank accounts or credit cards.

To access the dummy accounts you must be logged in to Developer Central with your developers account Then go to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us and then login with the test account.

When you log out of the test account you should still be logged in to your developer account.

You must also create a dummy seller account.

Using the dummy seller account you generate and test your buttons and preference.

After you get things the way you like them you need to setup the preferences in your real account the same way.

Sales Tax
This is a layman's opinion and should not be considered legal or financial advice,
please consult your accountant before starting to sell online.

As a New York State resident I collect sales tax for any sales shipped within New York State. You must register with the state and obtain a sales Tax ID. See the New York State Department of Taxation website for more information.

The current rate is 8.375% and shipping and handling charges are taxable.

Warning
If you use your own button graphics
it may make the tranacation appear insecure to the customer's web browser.
Please read up on the issues involved before using your own button graphics.