Did you know that you can add up to 7 custom fields and their values to a buy now button?  Using the merchant interface – you can only have 1 custom field.  It is named on0 (Oh N Zero) and it’s value is on1 (Oh N One).

However a little bit of digging into the docs tells us this :  ( Paypal Integration center – Developer – How To – HTML – Website Payments Standard – Standard Variable Reference)

on1:
Second option field name and label. The os1 variable contains the corresponding value for this option field. For example, if on1 is color then os1 could be blue.
You can specify a maximum of 7 option field names (6 with Subscribe buttons) by incrementing the option name index (on0 through on6).

Did you catch that?   Let me repeat it for you -

You can specify a maximum of 7 option field names (6 with Subscribe buttons) by incrementing the option name index (on0 through on6).

All well and good but how do you use it right?  Simple – add some new fields to your submit form like this…

<input type=”hidden” name=”on0″ value=”How Cool is this option?”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”on1″ value=”Do you really feel that way?”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”on2″ value=”YourName”>
<input type=”text” name=”os0″ maxlength=”60″ size=”5″>
<input type=”text” name=”os1″ maxlength=”60″ size=”5″>
<input type=”text” name=”os2″ maxlength=”60″ size=”5″>

So what does it do for you?  Simple really – it allows you to collect a few more items in the actual paypal transaction instead of processing those items separately.

Check out all the coold code for simple payments here : https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables

Be Blessed All!!!

Chris

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Chris