Pay by link

Use an online payment link as a way to pay

Allow customers to pay through a secure online payment link that's generated by you and hosted by us. You send a link, your customer pays, and you get paid seamlessly.

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Turn any channel into your checkout

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

Call center

Easily send an online payment link during calls for an easy, secure checkout experience.

Social media

Guide customers to purchase on any social platform using a dedicated payment link.

Kiosk

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

Email, SMS and video

Place links in-conversation to enable instant payments.

Invoice

Add payment links to digital invoices. Optimized for B2B.

QR code

Create a QR code that lets your customer pay on their own device.

Generate online payment links that lead to a checkout

Provide a range of payment experiences that you can easily integrate by using a customizable hosted checkout page to share across any channel.

Create your own checkout page

Accept online payments effortlessly without the need for a website, app, or traditional point of sale systems.

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Integrated 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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Increase revenue

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

Always up to date

No need for upgrading or keeping track with new regulations, as we’re always on top of the latest security and fraud trends.

Flexible omnichannel experience

Offer full payment flexibility, accept a down-payment in store then follow up for the rest with an online payment link on any sales channel.

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Ways to use Pay by Link

Via the Adyen Dashboard

Create one-off payment pages manually from your dashboard.

Customize your page

Easily create a branded hosted 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

Share your online payment link into your preferred channel such as emails, WhatsApp and WeChat.

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Get notified

Automatically find out when your customer has paid and see all link information in the Adyen dashboard.

Via an API call

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

Customize your page

Easily create a branded hosted 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 criteria above and you can automatically embed the link on preferred channels.

Get notified

Automatically find out when your customer has paid and see all link information in the Adyen dashboard.

Via app

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

Customize your page

Easily create a branded hosted 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 anywhere.

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Show QR code or send the link

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

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.

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