How to Add a PayPal Donate Button to a Blogger Blog

If your Blogger blog provides helpful information or free products, such as templates or web-tools, you may wish to install a PayPal donate button, to enable your readers to donate a small amount of money if they've found the information or products particularly useful or beneficial. 

Adding a PayPal donate button is completely free, but you will need to sign up for a PayPal account to do so. There are a few countries not yet served by PayPal; if you reside in one of these countries you will be unable to use this service.

How to Add a PayPal Donate Button to a Blogger Blog

• Log in to your PayPal account (if you don't have one visit the PayPal website and sign up).
• Click on the 'Merchant Services' tab.
• Scroll down and find the 'Donations' link in the right-hand sidebar.
• Click 'Donations,' which will re-direct you to another page, called Website Payments Standard Donations. In the sectioned titled 'Step One' you will find another 'Donations' link.
• Clink the second 'Donations' link, which will take you to the page where you can create and customise your PayPal donations button.
• Choose your settings (ensure you choose a button that will fit where it is intended - you can choose a small button if your sidebars are too narrow to accommodate the larger one) and enter your payment details into the field provided. You can upload an image of your choice for the button itself, or use the default PayPal donations button.
• Save the PayPal button and click 'Create Button.'
• Copy the HTML code provided.
• Log into your Blogger dashboard and click 'Layout' (if using Blogger draft click 'Design').
• Click 'Add Gadget' and choose 'HTML/Java Script.'
• Paste the HTML code into the box (title is optional) and press save.
• Position your button by dragging and dropping in the Layout or Design area of your Blogger dashboard.

 You can now accept donations from your blog readers securely through PayPal, using the 'PayPal Donations' button.

* Important note: PayPal will charge you a fee for each donation transaction. The fee will depend on the amount received, but there is a set charge in addition to a percentage; this means low-level donations will result in disproportionally high charges.

Here is an example of the PayPal Donate button.