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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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. Edit Appearance > Edit Theme

    Go to your Account Settings and click Edit Appearance. Then click Edit Theme.
  3. Edit HTML

    Click on the Edit HTML link underneath Custom Theme.
  4. Paste Script

    Paste this script into the Tumblr HTML file. It's always best to paste it between the Head tags. Then click Update, and save.
  5. Create New Text Post

    Return to your Tumblr Admin page, and create a new Text post.
  6. Paste the Shortcode

    Paste this shortcode into the post. If you expand the post, you will see your new POWR PayPal Button.Click the POWR Settings Icon to open the POWR Editor.
  7. Edit your PayPal Button on Tumblr:

    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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Congratulations on starting to develop your e-commerce site online -- by getting your Tumblr website live on the web!


Here comes the next big question: How do you get site visitors to engage and buy your product or service?

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Then You Must Customize Your Elements

Some may think only a 'techie' in the office or a self-proclaimed 'expert' on Facebook can expand a PayPal Button without a hitch.


Others look for low priced alternative PayPal Button apps from overseas or open source PayPal Button apps that claim to have what they're looking for.

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Also, customizing these apps usually requires coding experience or another designer to help -- costing even more resources.


In a world where scammers infiltrate sites every day, many other PayPal Button apps out there aren't built with security in mind, which could expose your customers or worse -- crash your whole site. Not with POWR!

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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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Our top-notch customer support team is available to you 24/7 and a complete Help Center for answers to all common questions.

POWR's team of engineers are working around the clock to keep Tumblr PayPal Button and all 60+ other POWR apps working perfectly.

CASE STUDY: POWR put Rbia Shades on the success track

Rbia Shades needed to expand beyond its region by bringing its products online. They needed a low-maintenance, non-techie solution.


After much research, they chose POWR as their no-code tool of choice.

In just a few short months of installing a POWR Popup app, Rbia earned over 600 new contacts – a 250% growth.


Next, they used a Social Feed app and quickly noticed a leap in new followers on Instagram and 200% more engagement on their site.


Last came the Media Slider. A beautiful way to show off their products and accessories to every site visitor the moment they land on their site.

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PayPal Button to Tumblr
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2x time on site

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