Create a PayPal Joomla Form

Introducing our enhanced Joomla form builder extension! Now, with seamless integration of PayPal, you can effortlessly create payment and donation forms. Experience the convenience of automatic redirection to PayPal after successful form submission, empowering you to easily collect funds or facilitate product sales.

• How to Create a PayPal Payment Form
• How to Create a PayPal Donation Form
• How to Create a PayPal Form Manually
• Frequently Asked Questions

How to Create a PayPal Payment Form

To create a PayPal payment form, go to Components > Convert Forms > Dashboard > click "New Form" and from within the Convert Forms Templates Library, hover over the "PayPal Payment Form".

Then, click on "Insert" to use this template.

Once the form has been created, you will need to change a few field values to ensure the form functions as expected. Below you can find all the fields that need to be changed.

How to Create a PayPal Donation Form

To create a PayPal donation form, go to Components > Convert Forms > Dashboard > click "New Form" and from within the Convert Forms Templates Library, hover over the "PayPal Donation Form".

Then, click on "Insert" to use this template.

Once the form has been created, you will need to change a few field values to ensure the form functions as expected. Below you can find all the fields that need to be changed.

How to Create a PayPal Form Manually

To create a PayPal form, whether it's for selling goods or services, or acception donations, start by creating a new Form via Components > Convert Forms > Forms > New or edit an existing one. Once you are in your Form, you will need to add a few fields into your form. Below you can field all fields required for your PayPal form to work.

Decide on your Payment Type

Your Payment can be one of the following:

• Receive donations
• Sell products

If you are receiving donations, you will need to add the following field:

If you are selling products, you will need to add the following field:

After deciding on the Payment Type field, you can now add the fields that say who will receive the payment, the item name that describes what your users will be paying for, the amount of items your user will be buying as well as the amount of the payment, currency and an item image.

To return your users to a specifc page after they have successfully made a transaction, you will need to add the following field in your form:

Note: You will need to enable Auto Return on your PayPal account page. Read more here: How do I use PayPal's Auto Return feature to redirect customers back to my website?

To return your users to a specifc page after they have cancelled a payment, you will need to add the following field in your form:

Shipping cost

To set a shipping cost, create the following field in your form:

Lastly, you should set the Form Submission Redirect URL settings to point to PayPal. To do so, go to your Form > Submission and set the following:

How your Form's Submission setting should look like:

After adding the above fields, your form should look something along these lines:

Your users can now set the donation amount, press the Donate button and after successfully submitting the form, they will be redirected to paypal to send the donation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I pre-set the amount of the donation/payment?

You can set your amount field to be a Hidden Field instead of a Textbox or a Number so you can define the amount your donation or payment will have once your users get redirected to PayPal.

Can I calculate the amount based on field values?

Whether you have a simple or a complex calculation, using the Field Calculations you can now pass the calculated total as the amount to your payment or donation.

How can I test my form in PayPal sandbox?

You can test your form in sandbox mode by usng the following Redirect URL, instead of the live PayPal URL mentioned above.

How can I set the language when redirected to PayPal?

To set the language of PayPal when redirecting the user to make a payment, you will need to add the following Field in your form:

You can find a list of Country Codes, here.