Payment Links and Buttons

Payment Links are unique, shareable URLs that let you accept payments instantly with no website or coding. You can send Payment Links to customers via email, text messages, social media, messaging apps, and more. Or you can use the QR code option to collect payments in person. When a customer goes to your Payment Link, they’ll be able to pay with their preferred payment method on a fully-hosted, PayPal-powered checkout page.

Create a Payment Link in your PayPal Business account. Start by adding a name and price for whatever you’re selling. You can also include images and a description. Depending on your business needs, you can add customizable fields including quantity, currency, shipping, tax, and invoice number. You can also add variants if you offer different sizes or options. Once you’ve built your Payment Link, you’ll be able to copy the URL and share it with your customers.

After you create your Buy Button or Shopping Cart Button in PayPal, you’ll get the button embed code plus step-by-step instructions for how to add it to your site. You don’t need any coding knowledge. Just copy the code from PayPal and paste it in your website’s code. After you embed the code you never have to touch it again. We’ll automatically handle any updates on our end. Learn more in our developer documentation.

When you create your Payment Link, Buy Button, or Shopping Cart Button, you can customize the information and options that appear in the checkout experience. You can also add product images and your business name and logo. With Buy Buttons and Shopping Cart Buttons, you can change the button color, size, and label copy. You can also decide where customers are redirected to on your website after they complete their purchase.