Accept PayPal payments with Leadpages – Leadpages Knowledge Base

We don’t have an official integration with PayPal, but there are a few ways you can use PayPal with your pages.

TIP: If you're not tied to PayPal, consider using Checkouts—our built-in tool for collecting payments that integrates with Stripe. Learn more →

Create a PayPal button

To collect payments, you’ll need a “Buy Now” button from PayPal. You can learn how to create one in their guide here: Create a Buy Now Button.

NOTE: For best results, we recommend skipping this step of PayPal’s guide. Adding custom product options can affect how compatible your button is with Leadpages.

Add your button to a page

Once you’ve created a “buy now” button in PayPal, it’s time to add it to your page.

Step-by-step

To add your button to a page or pop-up, follow these steps:

Copy your button’s HTML code according to PayPal’s guide here: Copy and paste button code.
Add an HTML widget to your page or pop-up, then paste the code from PayPal into the widget. Make sure to click Save on the HTML widget before you publish or update your page.

NOTE: Paypal does indicate the above steps are depreciated but the instructions do still work as expected.

It’s a good idea to test your button out. One way to do so is to use your button as a customer would, then issue yourself a refund from within PayPal.

Otherwise, you can set up a test button, as described here: Test your payment buttons

Track purchases

Our built-in analytics aren’t designed to track conversions on third-party buttons like those from PayPal. However, there are a few options you can consider using to track how many people purchase your product.

One option is to use a third-party analytics platform. Many popular options allow you to track custom events on pages. Please note, however, we cannot provide support for modifying third-party code. To learn more about using third-party tracking code, check out our guide here: Third-Party Analytics

PayPal Auto return

Another option is to use PayPal’s auto return feature. You can configure your checkout settings to direct anyone who purchases back to your site or to a custom URL. It’s also possible to return customers to a specific URL for individual transactions.

You can learn more about setting up auto return here: Auto return the buyer to your website

NOTE: Configuring auto return settings is an advanced procedure. Please kindly direct any specific questions you may have about the feature to PayPal’s support center.

If you do set up auto return, you can use a custom landing page as a thank you/confirmation page.

Need more help?

You can always get in touch with our support team—just click Support in your Leadpages navigation menu, or submit a ticket ↗