Pay by link

Use a payment link as a way to pay

Let customers pay using a secure payment link that’s hosted by us and made by you. You send a link, your customer pays, and you get paid.

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Make any channel your checkout

With our hosted checkout pages, receive funds from customers using a link that can be sent through virtually any channel.

Call centre

Send a payment link during calls for an easy, secure checkout process.

Social media

Guide customers to seamlessly make payment on any social platform.

Kiosk

Enable self-checkout to reduce queues and expand your in store offerings.

Email, SMS, and video

Place links in-conversation to enable frictionless, instant payments.

Invoice

Add payment links to digital invoices, optimised for B2B.

QR code

Create a QR code that lets your customers pay on their own mobile devices.

Create a payment link that leads directly to a checkout

Offer a range of payment experiences and easily integrate using a customisable hosted checkout page that you can share in any channel.

Be your own sales channel

Accept payments online easily, without the hassle of having to run a website, maintain an app, or deal with point-of-sale terminals.

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Built in 3D Secure 2

Secure each transaction with a liability shift and reduce fraud with strong customer authentication that’s already built into your link.

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Boost revenue

Reactivate shoppers with abandoned carts or failed transactions by following up with a payment directly.

Stay up to date

No need for upgrading or keeping track with new regulations, as Adyen is always on top of the latest security and risk trends.

Provide a flexible omnichannel experience

Offer full payment flexibility – accept a downpayment in-store, then follow up for the rest with a payment link on your customer's preferred channel.

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Three ways to use Pay by Link

Via the Adyen Dashboard

Create one-off payment pages manually from your dashboard.

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Customise your page

Easily create a branded payment page by dragging and dropping your creative assets.

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Create a link

Enter the country, currency, amount, expiry, and internal reference.

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Send the link

Copy and paste the URL into your desired channel such as social media and WhatsApp.

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Get notified

Automatically find out when your customer make payment and see all relevant information on the Adyen dashboard.

Via an API call

Create payment links automatically via an API call for larger projects.

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Customise your page

Easily create a branded payment page by dragging and dropping your creative assets.

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Send payment information

Your system will ping our Checkout API with payment details such as country, currency, amount, and expiration date of the link.

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Retrieve payment link

Adyen's system will create a link based on the your criteria and you can automatically embed the link on preferred channels.

Adyen payment statuses screen showing Merchant references and their respective unpaid, paid, and expired statuses

Get notified

Automatically find out when your customer make payment and see all relevant information on the Adyen dashboard.

Via app

Empower your sales staff with an app for on-the-go payment link creation.

User interface for uploading a brand logo with search and display name fields

Customise your page

Easily create a branded payment page by dragging and dropping your creative assets.

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Create link from app

After the Pay by Link app has been downloaded, sales agents can easily create links and enter the country, currency, amount, expiry, and internal reference from their mobile devices.

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Show QR code or send the link

QR code will show in the app so customers can scan it or you can choose to send the link to their preferred channel.

Adyen payment statuses screen showing Merchant references and their respective unpaid, paid, and expired statuses

Get notified

Find out in real time when a customer's transaction has been approved so you can hand off the goods in-store or release the order online.

Ready to take the next step?

Let's talk pay by link for your business.