How to Add A Paypal Button App to a Tumblr Website

Learn the steps to add PayPal Button to your Tumblr website in minutes with no coding or a developer.

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PayPal Button, Donation Button and Buy Now Buttons created with the POWR PayPal Button app.

Steps to Add a PayPal Button App on a Tumblr Site

Create your customized PayPal Button app, match your website's style and colors, and add PayPal Button to your Tumblr page, post, sidebar, footer, or wherever you like on your site.

How To Add a PayPal Button App on Tumblr:

  1. Create a Free PayPal Button App

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  2. Appearance > Theme

    In your Tumblr dashboard, open your Account Settings. Select Edit Appearance and click Edit Theme.
  3. Edit HTML

    Click on the Edit HTML link.
  4. Paste the Script

    Paste the POWR script into the HTML file between the Head tags. Then click Update, and save.
  5. Text Post

    Go back to the Tumblr dashboard and add a new Text post.
  6. Copy and Paste Shortcode

    Paste this shortcode into the post and save. If you expand the post, you will see your new POWR PayPal Button.Click the POWR Settings Icon to open the POWR Editor.
  7. Begin editing the following PayPal Button plugin directly inside of the Tumblr website:

    Go to the live Tumblr website and click the Settings Icon in the upper right corner of the PayPal Button plugin.

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Remove the Guesswork of Building Your Brand

Begin Building Brand Identity From Your Website

You've already invested time and resources in launching your business online just by having a Tumblr website.


Your work isn't done yet, though! Now it's time to attract and engage visitors, then turn them into customers.

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Make Your Website Elements Unique

Some may first try to DIY a PayPal Button app or 'knows a guy' that can build one in 'no time'.


Others attempt to find open source PayPal Button apps, or companies abroad that allegedly offer PayPal Button apps for a bargain.

Reduce Time Spent by Half With POWR

Plus, updating and customizing a PayPal Button app can be difficult, and you may think you have to hire a developer.


Additionally, as your business booms, hackers could see an unsecured PayPal Button as a great opportunity to exploit your business and your customers. We consider this and built safeguards!

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Support feature

All POWR apps are built to scale with your business on Tumblr, so we offer the most advanced security features and high-volume capabilities on the market to keep your customers (and you) safe.

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All common questions are answered by searching POWR's robust Help Center or by reaching out to our customer support team, which is available 24/7.

Our PayPal Button comes with a team of expert engineers that work constantly for you, making sure your PayPal Button is always working smoothly.

CASE STUDY: Rbia Shades is winning with POWR apps

After much success locally, Rbia needed a way to collect emails effectively on their brand-new website.


Their website provider did not have what they were looking for, so the search was on. After doing their research, they believed POWR was what they needed.

Rbia grew its contact list by 250% using POWR Popup to collect new email addresses from first-time site visitors.


They also added POWR Social Feed to their site and saw a 200% spike in engagement from their site visitors. They also saw a big jump in social media followers and now have over 11K followers on Instagram.

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PayPal Button to Tumblr
Grow contacts by 250%
PayPal Button to Tumblr
2x your engagement
PayPal Button to Tumblr
Time on site up 2x

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