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Entering item fields

What do I enter?

The Item ID, Item name and Item price are required for setting up a Buy button correctly.

• Item ID is a unique identifier that is assigned to your image. You typically do not need to enter anything in this field; Shozam automatically fills it in with the image filename. The Item ID will not be displayed on the gallery page but it will generally appear on the PayPal transaction page presented to your customer as well as on the PayPal email you receive after the transaction is completed.
• Item name is the friendly name associated with each Buy button. This should describe what the user is buying if the click on the Buy button. The Item name will be displayed on the gallery page and appear on the PayPal transaction page presented to the customer as well as on the PayPal email you receive after the transaction is completed.
• Item price (and the related Currency selection) is the price you want to charge for the [Item name]. The Item price will not be displayed on the gallery page; it is a good idea to include the price in the  Item name, so customers can see the price without having to click on the Buy button.

ATTENTION: Do not enter non-alphanumeric characters (characters otehr than a-z and 0-9) for the Item name. We have reports that in cases where  "£" was used in that field, PayPal invoices showed scrambled text.

ATTENTION: If you have multiple images selected, the Item ID field shows blank. This is not because images do not have Item IDs assigned but rather because each one is different and the program cannot display all at one time. Entering a value in the Item ID field when you have multiple images selected will assign that value to all and may make it harder to identify from the PayPal notification the actual item a customer intended to purchase.

NOTE: If you have multiple items you intend to sell, having same price but with different options (e.g. matte vs. glossy or gold vs. siver frame), you will need to create a new Item name (and note Item price as well) for EACH of the options.

For each Item ID you need to create a Buy button for each possible combination of price and any options that you offer. This means creating, for each Item ID, several Item names to cover all combinations. For example, if your images represent photographs you want to sell, and you offer each photograph in two optional sizes and with two optional finishes, you would need to create the following four Item names for each image:

• Item ID: 10053.jpg; Item name: Sunset print - 24" x 36" - matte finish ($100); Item price: $100
• Item ID: 10053.jpg; Item name: Sunset print - 24" x 36" - glossy finish ($100); Item price: $100
• Item ID: 10053.jpg; Item name: Sunset print - 48" x 72" - matte finish ($200); Item price: $200
• Item ID: 10053.jpg; Item name: Sunset print - 48" x 72" - glossy finish ($200); Item price: $200

Each one of those combinations will appear on the gallery page with their own Buy button under each [Item name].

If the user clicks the Buy button associated with the first item and completes the transaction, you will receive the PayPal confirmation identifying the purchased item as: "Sunset print - 24" x 36" - matte finish ($100)" and you will know exactly what item and options were selected by the buyer.

Items with the same options

If you have many images with many of the same options, you may find it faster to select all images in the album and create all the various combinations to generate the Buy buttons. Then, you would select each image and change whatever information that is different for each item.

Tips

• You can establish tax, shipping and other global transaction settings in your PayPal account
• It is also a good idea to set up your PayPal account such that the transactions do not require the buyer to have a PayPal account. For more about this, go to: https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/OptionalAccount-outside. 

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
3. Click the Shipping Calculations link in the Selling Preferences column.
4. Click Clear Settings.
5. Make sure the Click here to allow transaction-based shipping values to override the profile shipping settings listed above (if profile settings are enabled) box is checked.
6. Click Save.

Follow the steps above to You have successfully updated your shipping preferences. See PayPal help file.

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