BuyNow Parameters

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Why Use BuyNow Parameters?

By using BuyNow Parameters you can manually make changes to the default BuyNow url that the Plimus platform generates for each Contract.

Example:

Let’s say you are selling one version of your product to a Danish audience outside of Denmark. You want the order page to be viewed in Danish and in Euros wherever your customers are based.



Your default url is as follows and displays currency and language in an automated fashion according to the location of your customer as shown above: https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=2095358

BuyNow Parameter List

The BuyNow Parameters are listed in a detailed table accessed from the control panel. The parameter names and their controlling input words must be added correctly to the url to work as an effective string.

Different parameters can be run together, one after another.

Change the Default BuyNow Behavior

Using Buy Now parameters you can quickly override the default version by adding the relevant parameters to the end of the basic url with the suffix ‘&’ placed before each additional parameter. Adding these two parameters now adds Danish and Euros and you can cite this url for your customers: https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=2095358&language=DANISH&currency=EUR

Using BuyNow Parameters to Switch Between Plimus' Default BuyNow Templates

Plimus provides two different default styles of BuyNow template the classic Plimus blue, and this newer style. It takes just second to change the old style to the new by adding the parameter string: &templateId=2

Change the BuyNow Parameter to Show the Old Default Template Design

To show the classic design instead of the new default just add the parameter string: &templateId=1

Common Usage Examples

A common usage is to reference a specific design template using the BuyNow template parameter such as &templateId=123456.

Another sample usage might be to remove a payment method such as PayPal by adding a parameter such as &paymentPayPal=N

Often, when selling subscription products on renewal Vendors prefer to require customers to sign in by adding the parameter for logging in &showLogin=Y

If there is a coupon offer you can send your buyers to an order page where the coupon code is already pre-filled saving them the trouble of typing it in themselves: &couponCode=HappyDisco

Custom Fields

The parameters are also useful for including custom fields.

To POST custom field values to the Buy Now URL, you can make use of the &custom= parameter. If you want to send an hidden custom field value you would add the &custom1= where the value is what you want to POST, for example:

https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=2095358&custom1=hidden-value-I-wanted-to-POST