Ever felt restricted by your WordPress site, particularly when dealing with online transactions? You’re not alone. Many find it challenging to set up mechanisms for receiving payments for goods, services, or contributions.
But there’s a silver lining: with PayPal payment integration, your WordPress forms can be transformed from simple tools for job applications, surveys, or event registrations into powerful platforms for managing online payments.
One of the most beneficial ways to implement forms is by collecting payments and donations. Forms are how your customers and benefactors enter their billing information, with features like conditional logic and multi-step forms making the process smoother and more customized.
Creating the payment form is only your first step.
Payment Gateway Integrations
After creating a payment or donation form with our user-friendly drag-and-drop form builder, you’ll also need to integrate a payment gateway to process and protect those transactions. There are many digital payment systems to choose from — such as Recurly, Stripe, and Elavon — but one of the most popular and well-known is PayPal.
Ninja Forms offers integrations with these platforms and more. And, even more exciting, our engineers recently updated the PayPal add-on to incorporate the latest and greatest API.
If you’re unsure how to navigate PayPal Checkout, have no fear! The Ninja Forms blog has a handful of tutorials to walk you through each step.
Tutorial Roundup: PayPal Checkout Integration
Whether you run an e-commerce shop or a non-profit, payment and donation forms are vital for your operations. PayPal is a fantastic payment gateway solution — and Ninja Forms offers a native integration with this service! We’ve also published several articles on how to connect Ninja Forms and PayPal, making the most of the integration, and other popular concerns. Read on to learn more.
✨ Note: These tutorials were written before the release of PayPal Checkout, so you’ll notice they refer to our older add-on, PayPal Express. Don’t worry — the steps are still the same!
1. Payment Gateway Options
At Ninja Forms, we’re all about giving our users options — that’s why we offer multiple payment method add-ons. This article discusses each one, beginning with PayPal, so you can compare, contrast, and make the best decision for your WordPress website. It also walks you through creating forms that accept multiple payment options so your forms are more accessible to a variety of customers.
2. Accepting PayPal Donations
Ideal for non-profits or brands running fundraisers, donation forms allow site visitors to contribute to your worthy cause. Since most people give gifts out of goodwill (not expecting a product or service in return), it’s essential to make the process as seamless as possible.
We offer two tutorials that show you how to do just that, walking through all the myriad donation concerns. Whether you want your donors to have multiple payment options or be able to select fixed-amount or custom gifts, our articles lay it all out.
- “Accept Donations in Your WordPress Form” focuses on building your donation form and linking it with PayPal.
- “Want to Accept Donations with WordPress?” discusses conditional logic plus donation options and personalized email confirmations.
3. The Ins and Outs of Payment Forms
Payment forms can be as simple or complex as you need. If you’re selling a single item for a limited time, that form will be fairly simple. But if you own an e-commerce brand that sells clothes, shoes, and other accessories, your forms will be more complex. Don’t worry — we’ve got your back either way.
This tutorial explores some of the most common options users need when creating a payment form, including how to offer variations of an item (size, color, etc.) at different prices, calculating the total price of several items, and more. It walks you through adding form fields and formulas, and every step is simple—no coding is required.
Plus, the article also covers adding the PayPal gateway to your completed form.
4. User-Friendly Payment Forms
Did you know the cart abandonment rate in e-commerce is nearly 70%? That’s a lot of lost revenue! We can’t always know why a potential customer abandons their cart, but a complex payment form is one culprit.
If you want your shoppers to complete their transactions, it’s best to keep your forms clean and straightforward. Our tutorial covers pain points to avoid in your forms and how to streamline them for the best user experience. By following the steps outlined here, your pay forms will lead to greater profits and happier customers.
5. Calculations in Payment Forms
With Ninja Forms, creating WordPress forms isn’t complicated. Still, some users are intimidated by the complex functions of web forms — like calculations for payments. Thankfully, this isn’t a huge hurdle, and we’ve got a step-by-step tutorial on the topic.
Learn the four simple steps to create a paid form that can handle any transaction, including adding prices and other purchase options, calculating totals, and sending those totals to PayPal (or another payment gateway).
Payment Forms With PayPal: It’s Never Been Easier!
Being able to accept payments is a vital aspect of running a successful business. With the power of Ninja Forms and our PayPal Checkout add-on, you’re fully equipped to create user-friendly forms with payment options, calculations, and more.
Don’t stress about the details. Our PayPal tutorials walk you through everything you need to succeed. Read the above articles so you’re prepped and ready to collect those well-earned payments and donations. Have a few more questions? Check out our PayPal documentation page for helpful tips, tricks, and how-tos.
PayPal Checkout from Ninja Forms
Ready to make your WordPress site even more powerful? It’s time to simplify the way you accept payments. With the PayPal Checkout add-on for Ninja Forms, you can easily set up any form to accept PayPal payments. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it means you can spend less time worrying about payments and more time perfecting your products or services.
The best part? PayPal Checkout is user-friendly but doesn’t limit your options. Whether you’re offering a single item or a multitude of products or services at various prices, you’re fully covered.
So, what are you waiting for? It’s time to boost your digital business with PayPal Checkout + Ninja Forms. Try the PayPal Checkout add-on for WordPress now and start collecting payments the easy way.
