How do you get that "buy me coffee" or "buy me beer" option in Paypal?

PRandContent · 08-09-2008, 01:21 AM

Say I have a website but I don't want to use the Paypal buttons. Instead, I want the "Buy Me Coffee" or "Buy Me Beer" buttons (so as it's not too obvious that I'm begging for moolah

) How do I get those and where do I go in Paypal in order to get the needed link?

Eric Louviere · 08-09-2008, 01:23 AM

whoa, there's no beer buttons anymore.
where's the beer buttons?
There used to be BEER!

WHERE'S THE BEER??

I WANT MY BEER BUTTON!

DougBarger · 08-09-2008, 01:23 AM

you just click that button that says "merchant services" in your paypal.

From there you have the option to choose a "buy now" or "donations" button.

You copy the code and then paste the html code into your website editor of choice

where you want the button to appear and then you upload it to your server.

Amino Zawawi · 08-09-2008, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Louviere

whoa, there's no beer buttons anymore.
where's the beer buttons?
There used to be BEER!

WHERE'S THE BEER??

I WANT MY BEER BUTTON!

We want beer! We want beer! It's probably for the best, maybe the beer feature was causing some trouble?

George Wright · 08-09-2008, 01:25 AM

Hi,

You can host a picture of a little mug or coffee cup or anything on your site.

Then when you are making your PayPal Button you choose the "use your own button" feature putting the path to your graphic in the appropriate place, i.e. http:// www. yoursite/ mug.jpg

George Wright

PRandContent · 08-09-2008, 01:31 AM

Thank you for helping a newbie out, Doug and George. I really appreciate it.

DougBarger · 08-09-2008, 01:34 AM

Hey Irene,

You got it! We're all still learning.

To your "mug overflowing"

Hope that came out right. Lol.

pwebbiz · 08-09-2008, 01:38 AM

What I did to get the link in my signature is:

Merchant Services => Donation button - Name it "Buy Me a Beer"

Pick any button - doesn't really matter

IMPORTANT! Make sure you select UNENCRYPTED!

On the next page use the "Link to place in email" code and make a URL string for it like this:

[*URL="PASTE LINK HERE"]Buy Me a Beer[/URL]

Paste your link and remove the *

Angela V. Edwards · 08-09-2008, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Louviere

whoa, there's no beer buttons anymore.
where's the beer buttons?
There used to be BEER!

WHERE'S THE BEER??

I WANT MY BEER BUTTON!

I'm actually surprised Big Mike is even here under the current conditions.

Tirmizi · 08-09-2008, 03:33 AM

Too much beer and coffee is not good for you .... right Allen ;-)

debra · 08-09-2008, 04:10 AM

I like Root Beer Floats. You guys can have your beers.

I gotta have a Root Beer Float!

Michael Mayhew · 08-09-2008, 08:14 AM

Irene_PRandContent,

I noticed your using WordPress.
Here’s a free “Buy Me A Beer” script for WordPress.
I just installed it the other day.
Internet Marketing Blog Post Topic Free Buy Me A Beer script for WordPress
Buy Me a Beer - PayPal Donation WordPress Plugin - How To Grow Your Blog Traffic

Has a coffee cup too if you prefer coffee

PRandContent · 08-10-2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Mayhew

Irene_PRandContent,

I noticed your using WordPress.
Here’s a free “Buy Me A Beer” script for WordPress.
I just installed it the other day.
Internet Marketing Blog Post Topic Free Buy Me A Beer script for WordPress
Buy Me a Beer - PayPal Donation WordPress Plugin - How To Grow Your Blog Traffic

Has a coffee cup too if you prefer coffee

Hi Michael! Thanks for this! Reading the blog posts now plus the comments

Thank you for your help

Patrix · 08-10-2008, 09:20 PM

I don't even drink beer. What do you think of >Buy me a glass of water< ? No, I have to come up with something better. I do like the idea. .

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Eric Louviere Stud! War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,634 Thanks: 12 Thanked 347 Times in 45 Posts	whoa, there's no beer buttons anymore. where's the beer buttons? There used to be BEER! WHERE'S THE BEER?? I WANT MY BEER BUTTON!

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