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General
Item Name ( required )
Enter the name of the item or service you wish to sell
Item ID / Number
If you have an ID or tracking number for your item, enter
it here. This field will be displayed to your customers at
the time of payment, and will be shown in both the buyer’s
and seller’s transaction details on the PayPal website
Item Price ( required )
Enter the price of the item you wish to sell
Shipping1
The cost to ship the first item.
This will override what you have set in your PayPal
account profile.
Shipping2
The cost to ship each additional item.
This will override what you have set in your PayPal
account profile.
Tax
The tax rate you would like to charge for this item. ( i.e.
0.825 )
By making the value 0.00, you could run a tax-free
promotion on an item.
Describe
Brief Description
A short description of the item you are selling. This is
generally used in list views so keep it short.
HTML Allowed
Long Description
A Longer, more elaborate description of the item you are
selling. This is used when user is viewing the detailed
view.
HTML Allowed
Options
Option fields let your customers specify options (such as size or color) for the items they purchase. Each item may have up to two options.
The requirements for your options fields are:
- Each option name is limited to 30 characters
- Your drop-down menu choices should not exceed 10 menu items of 30 characters each.
- Option fields cannot be used for options that will alter the item's price
- All characters MUST BE alpha-numeric
Image
Background
Change the background color of your product image.
Padding
Add padding to your product image.
Borders
Add a border to your product. You can even adjust the
thickness and color of it.
Reflection
Add reflections to every product image on your page with
just one click.
Rounded Corners
Give your product images that kewl Web 2.0 look by rounding
the corners,
Drop Shadow
Adding a great looking drop shadow is as simple as turning
clicking one button.
Misc
Details Box Dimensions
This will control the size of the details box that is
presented when the customer clicks the "More Details" link.
This is perfect for items that have a larger detailed views
to avoid scrollbars.
Details Image Size
Control the sizes that your item's image is displayed.
Creating your own Template (version 1.2+)
Example Layout Template
<div class="product"> <img src="%product_image%" class="thumbimage leftfloat" style="%product_image_style%" alt="%product_alt%"/> <div class="listinfo" style="margin-left:130px;"> <h3>%product_name%</h3> <p>%product_blurb%</p> %product_options% <div class="price">%product_price%</div> %add_to_cart_button% <p> <a href="#TB_inline?height=%detail_box_height%&width=%detail_box_width%&inlineId=%detailid%" title="%product_name% Details" class="thickbox"> %more_details_link_text%</a> </p> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> <div id="%detailid%" style="display:none; text-align: center;"> <div class="detailcontents"> <img src="%detail_image%" class="detailimage" style="%detail_image_style%" alt="%detail_alt%" /> <div class="detailinfo" style="margin-left: %detail_margin_left% "> <span class="description">%product_description%</span> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> </div>
Placeholders
- path to thumbnail image
- styles (CSS) applied to thumbnail image
- product's name is inserted as ALT value for thumbnail images
- name of product
- short description of product
- displays product options
- price of product
- add to cart button
- height of lightbox for product details.
- width of lightbox for product details.
- unique id used to identify product detail layer
- link text used to trigger details lightbox
- path to larger detail image
- styles (CSS) applied to detail image
- product's name is inserted as ALT value for detail images
- left margin applied on detail image (optional)
- product description text or html
