Pay by link

Use payment links for safe and simple checkouts

Offer secure links as your easy go-to payment method. Transform every channel into your new checkout, with links hosted by us and created by you.

Pay by link example screens

Turn every channel into a checkout

It can't get easier than this. Accept payments from our user-friendly checkout pages, and let you customers pay through their preferred communication channel.

Call center

Share your online payment link via calls for an easy, secure payment.

Social media

Let your customers pay while browsing your social page.

Kiosk

Minimize queues and speed up the checkout, by enabling pay by link in-store.

Email, SMS and video

Add payment links in conversations, for easy checkout.

Invoice

Insert payment links into digital invoices, to accept funds directly.

QR code

Generate QR codes as a direct checkout, allowing customers to pay from their own devices.

Unlock this easy and safe payment method

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

Be your own sales channel

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

Checkout example screenshot

3D Secure 2 built in

With 3D Secure 2 authentication, you'll protect each transaction with a liability shift and reduce fraud with strong customer authentication that’s already built into your payment link.

3D secure example checkout

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 a flexible payment method, accept a down-payment in store then follow up for the rest with a payment link on any sales 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.

Customize your page

Customize your page

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

Create link

Create a link

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

Send the link

Send the link

By copying and pasting the URL into your desired channel such as emails, WhatsApp and WeChat.

Notifications

Get notified

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

Via an API call

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

Customize your page

Customize your page

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

API Call response

Send payment information

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

API call success

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.

Notifications

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

Customize your page

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

Link creation

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.

QR code to share link

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.

Notifications

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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