HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout

Steve Mount · 10-12-2009, 07:12 PM

Warriors,

I put together a quick video tutorial that will show you how to create a custom PayPal banner that will display each time someone clicks on your purchase link and is taken to the PayPal payment screen.

Example:

My banner is not extremely fancy, but the reason I made it was to help people get to their download. A lot of times my customers don't seem to realize that they need to click on "return to merchant" to access their download after payment, so the banner has really helped eliminate all of those support emails asking me where their download was... lol

Anyways, you can find the video at the following link:

Steve Mount Tips and Tutorials

Enjoy and let me know if this helps!

Steve Mount · 10-12-2009, 07:31 PM

Just had another warrior PM and tell me about the auto-return feature in PayPal....

That only works if you're selling one product from that PayPal account because you have to put in the return address. Since I like many marketers use the same PayPal account for multiple products, this would not work.

Hope this helps!

Stallion · 10-12-2009, 08:38 PM

This is a nice video, but I can't seem to get my banner to work lol. It just shows up as broken. not sure what the deal is

Steve Mount · 10-12-2009, 09:13 PM

Send me a PM and I'll do what I can to get it working for you

Preben Frenning · 10-14-2009, 04:14 PM

Thanks a lot for that Steve!
I rarely see paypal payment pages with custom headers, so I'm sure this will be useful many merchants.
I also like that you managed to explain it in under 2 minutes, as I hate looong video's that explains something simple

- Preben

Istvan Horvath · 10-14-2009, 04:29 PM

Since Paypal is recommending to store your image on a secure server (https) it is easy to do it with e-junkie: they a have a free service exactly for this.
SSLpic - Free SSL secure image hosting for PayPal.

Steve Mount · 10-14-2009, 05:47 PM

Thanks both - and good tip on the SSL link Pension Guy

10-12-2009, 07:12 PM	#1
Steve Mount Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC Posts: 2,285 Thanks: 132 Thanked 124 Times in 63 Posts Contact Info	HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout Warriors, I put together a quick video tutorial that will show you how to create a custom PayPal banner that will display each time someone clicks on your purchase link and is taken to the PayPal payment screen. Example: My banner is not extremely fancy, but the reason I made it was to help people get to their download. A lot of times my customers don't seem to realize that they need to click on "return to merchant" to access their download after payment, so the banner has really helped eliminate all of those support emails asking me where their download was... lol Anyways, you can find the video at the following link: *Steve Mount Tips and Tutorials* Enjoy and let me know if this helps!

10-12-2009, 07:31 PM	#2
Steve Mount Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC Posts: 2,285 Thanks: 132 Thanked 124 Times in 63 Posts Contact Info	Re: HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout Just had another warrior PM and tell me about the auto-return feature in PayPal.... That only works if you're selling one product from that PayPal account because you have to put in the return address. Since I like many marketers use the same PayPal account for multiple products, this would not work. Hope this helps!

10-12-2009, 08:38 PM	#3
Stallion HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 254 Thanks: 103 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Re: HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout This is a nice video, but I can't seem to get my banner to work lol. It just shows up as broken. not sure what the deal is

10-12-2009, 09:13 PM	#4
Steve Mount Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC Posts: 2,285 Thanks: 132 Thanked 124 Times in 63 Posts Contact Info	Re: HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout Send me a PM and I'll do what I can to get it working for you

10-14-2009, 04:14 PM	#5
Preben Frenning Creative Kid War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 653 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 125 Thanked 63 Times in 51 Posts Social Networking	Re: HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout Thanks a lot for that Steve! I rarely see paypal payment pages with custom headers, so I'm sure this will be useful many merchants. I also like that you managed to explain it in under 2 minutes, as I hate looong video's that explains something simple - Preben
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10-14-2009, 04:29 PM	#6
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10-14-2009, 05:47 PM	#7
Steve Mount Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC Posts: 2,285 Thanks: 132 Thanked 124 Times in 63 Posts Contact Info	Re: HOW TO: Add a Custom Banner to PayPal Checkout Thanks both - and good tip on the SSL link Pension Guy