Here’s How PayPal Allows Merchants to Use Buy Buttons

By Leena Rao for Fortune

PayPal announced a new set of tools for merchants.

PayPal is continuing to show Thursday that its business is evolving beyond just offering a digital wallet to consumers.

Shortly after PayPal split from eBay in 2015, it acquiredcommerce startup Modest, which basically allowed merchants to integrate e-commerce into their apps and emails. On Thursday, PayPal said that it has integrated Modest’s technology into a service for merchants, under the umbrella of what the company calls “PayPal Commerce Tools.”

One of the things that drew PayPal to buy Modest’s business was its early bet on buy buttons, which let people buy items directly from apps without having to go to another web page. PayPal’s Modest-inspired service allows retailers to embed buy buttons within their own apps, and other areas. Products can be sold anywhere a consumer might see them, including email, blogs, articles, ads, or in mobile apps. Currently the service is free for retailers and merchants to use.

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Many social networks, including Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter are embedding buy buttons on their sites to let people buy items they see on the social networks. In Spring of 2015, PayPal’s payment processing business, Braintree, partnered with Pinterest to help process payments for the site’s buy button. And in late 2015, Braintree also started powering payments made when Facebook Messenger users order Uber rides from the app.

The article first appeared in Fortune mag