I want to add Paypal smart payment buttons

Store Design

Topic summary

Adding PayPal “smart payment buttons” to a Shopify store, and whether to use Shopify’s built-in “dynamic checkout buttons” instead. Shopify Support explains dynamic checkout buttons already show PayPal and route credit/debit via “More payment options,” and suggests enabling PayPal guest payments in PayPal settings. They note deeper integration may require Liquid coding or a Shopify Expert.

Community workaround: insert PayPal button code into the theme (e.g., cart-template.liquid around a specific line range) and comment out the standard checkout button. Caveats: payments go directly through PayPal, so Shopify does not record orders, customer data, or discounts; some users manually create draft orders in Shopify using PayPal buyer details.

Questions remain on theme file differences (cart.liquid vs cart-template.liquid), placing buttons on product or checkout pages, ERP sync, discount codes, and tracking/funnels (pixels). One user reports issues activating PayPal (redirects to PayPal dashboard) and asks for a joint fix.

Recent update: a code snippet was shared to add PayPal message banners by including the PayPal SDK script in the head and a data-pp-message div near pricing.

Status: no definitive resolution. Options are enable PayPal guest checkout, embed buttons with known limitations, or seek expert integration/webhooks. Images and code snippets are central to the thread.

Summarized with AI on January 3. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hey, @MRSTUDIO09 !

Before we hop into some troubleshooting steps, have you had a chance to review our help doc on how to set up your PayPal account with Shopify? When you first create a Shopify store, a PayPal account is automatically created for you using the same email address that you used when you signed up with Shopify. This help doc will walk you through the process of ensuring that the correct PayPal Business account is connected.

Since you already have a PayPal Business account, then you’ll just need to deactivate PayPal in Shopify, then reactivate it using the email address associated with your Business account. This is done by heading to Settings > Payments and selecting Deactivate within the PayPal section, where you’ll then see a Reactivate once you’ve disconnected your account.

When you reactivate your account, you’ll be prompted to login to PayPal to complete the activation and grant Shopify permissions. It’s worth noting that if you’ve used another PayPal account recently, the email for that account might already be filled in, so you’ll just need to make sure you’re using the email for the account you want to connect to your store.

Because you’re being immediately directed to your PayPal account, it sounds like you’re already logged in. Is this the dashboard associated with your PayPal Business account, or a different PayPal account?

If it’s the incorrect account, then I would recommend opening up your PayPal dashboard in a different browser window and completely logging out before trying to connect within Shopify again. It would also be worth trying the setup steps again using Google Chrome’s Incognito mode (File > New Incognito Window), or a different browser altogether. If all else fails, do you have another device you can try this on? For example, if you’re currently using a computer, you could try again using your mobile device.

Following these steps should do the trick, but please respond here and let me know if you are still having difficulties connecting your PayPal account!

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