HTML Samples and Buy Now, Donations, and Shopping Cart Variables

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Prepopulating Your Customer's PayPal Sign Up 

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Prepopulation Variables for Account Signup

Character 

Variable

Value

Requirements

Limit

business_

Numeric

4

cs_phone_c

business_

Alphanumeric

128

url

business_

The area code for U.S. phone numbers, or  Numeric

3

night_phone

the country code for non U.S. phone 

_a

numbers. This will prepopulate the 

buyer's home phone number.

business_

The 3 digit prefix for U.S. phone 

Numeric

3

night_phone

numbers, or the entire phone number for 

_b

non U.S. phone numbers, excluding 

country code. This will prepopulate the 

buyer's home phone number.

business_

The 4 digit phone number for U.S. phone 

Numeric

4

night_phone

numbers. This will prepopulate the 

_c

buyer's home phone number.

Sample HTML

The following sample HTML shows how the optional pre population fields would be included 

in your payment buttons. The field entries would need to be dynamically generated by your 

website and included in the URL to which your customers are sent when they try to make a 

PayPal payment. 

Website Payments Standard Checkout Integration Guide

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