Comments on: Using PayPal For Event Registration Forms

By: Not happy with Advanced Events Registration

Not happy with Advanced Events Registration — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:23:43 +0000

Because when you upgrade it breaks and then you go to their forum and ask for support and they tell you to buy the licensed version

By: Bill Robbins

Bill Robbins — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:49:42 +0000

Since you’ll be selling more than one item, I’d suggest switching to a self-hosted WordPress and using a dedicated e-commerce plugin. That would give you and your visitors the best experience.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:18:18 +0000

I don’t think this will work for what I need after all. I will have people purchasing more than one item. Anyway to have the paypal button at the bottom of the form? Here is a copy of the form I am working on.
http://childishfundraising.wordpress.com/whats-a-childish/customize-your-dish/

By: Bill Robbins

Bill Robbins — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:07:21 +0000

Sorry Sarah. You might want to try a self-hosted WordPress site. They really are quite easy and you can do pretty much whatever you’d like to with them. Take care.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:51:11 +0000

I have been out smarted! The form after purchase works beautifully, thanks for the idea. But, I am in wordpress.com and cannot add a paypal button. Off to do more research…

By: Bill Robbins

Bill Robbins — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:59:26 +0000

I’m glad it helped you out!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:37:08 +0000

Brilliant! This solves a problem for me. I have been trying to figure out how to sell items on my word press site, I only have three different products but each is highly customizable. I can sell my basic product the. Once they pay they will then be take to a form with all the options laid out. If this works i might be able to solve another issue I have…. I will post a link to my site once I figure this out. I am a graphic designer not a programer so this may take a while. Thanks!

By: Bill Robbins

Bill Robbins — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:14:55 +0000

I’m glad that helped you out Mike.

By: Mike Hickerson

Mike Hickerson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:16:01 +0000

Thanks for this code, Bill! I’ve been using Jotforms for their PayPal integration, but I’m getting tired of the $10/month subscription. I knew there had to be a way to go directly from a form to PayPal, but I hadn’t had time to figure it out yet.

By: Bill Robbins

Bill Robbins — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:06:06 +0000

You absolutely can use an events registration plugin for this. If you will be hosting many events that’s the way to go for sure. However if you only have paid events occasionally, this is a good way to accept payments without having to add another plugin. Plus this method will work for other scenarios where you need to accept payment and have a form filled out. I recently helped a literary blog accept payments for a short story contest they were running using Gravity Forms. Good comment Seth and good luck with your plugin. Some of my clients do lots of events, so I’ll be sure to check it out.