New! Create an Order Form and Receive Payments through PayPal

I am very excited to present the latest feature available on FormAssembly.com: The Paypal Connector.

This new feature is available only on the Professional Plan and will be in ‘beta’ until at least mid-January. If you would like to give it a try, we offer a free account upgrade for the duration of the beta-test.

The Paypal Connector allows you to collect payments with any web form created with our Form Builder. Order forms, registration forms, there are endless possibilities, but let’s consider one example:

Let’s say you wish to sell season tickets for a local community theater.

With the Form Builder you design your web form to collect the information you need from the buyers. For instance, their name, address, and the number of tickets they want to purchase. Once your form is ready, you set the price per ticket and enter some other PayPal related information.

Jane, a visitor to your website, finds your form and decides to order the tickets. She enters the requested information and submits the form.

She is now invited to finalize the payment on PayPal. There, she can review the content of her shopping cart (the number of tickets) and pay using her own PayPal account or a credit card.

You, or someone of your choosing, will receive an email notification, and the response detail on the FormAssembly.com website will contain the payment tracking information.

Here is an overview of the purchasing process, from the buyer’s perspective:

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Here is what you need to do to get this up and accepting payments using your web form:

Step 1. Create your order form. The Form Builder gives you the flexibility to collect all the information you need from your customers.

Step 2. Connect your form to your PayPal account. This is were you can define the price of the items you are selling with your form. The quantity of each item can be linked to one of your form fields to let your customers enter it. If you need to collect a shipping address, you can do so in your web form or alternatively, you can opt to let PayPal collect it for you.

Step 3. Place your form on your website, or simply link to that same form on FormAssembly.com

Step 4. Test it! PayPal allows you to refund payments at no cost.

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Please note that the PayPal Connector is built with simplicity in mind. It is not intended to fulfill the needs of all e-commerce applications. If you are selling something and you only need a web form, then it is for you. If you need it to manage your inventory or print shipping labels, then you should look for a different solution.

As always, your feedback is important and I’m looking forward reading your suggestions!