Create and share payment links
About payment links
Square Payment Links provide a simple way to accept online payments without the need for a dedicated eCommerce website. You simply create a payment link and share it directly with customers, or post it where they can easily find it and pay at their convenience.
With payment links, you can even offer a touch-free checkout experience through your Square Point of Sale. When you send a payment link from your point of sale, your customer will get a unique link on their phone they can use to pay without needing to enter PINs or install special apps, helping create a safer, contact-free environment when necessary.
Before you begin
You can create, share and deactivate payment links from Square Dashboard and Square Point of Sale. From your Square Dashboard, you can create a payment link to Collect a payment, Sell an item, Accept a donationor Sell an event or class. From your point of sale app, you can create a payment link to Collect a payment, Sell an itemor Accept a donation. You cannot Sell an event or class from your point of sale app at this time.
Depending on the payment link type, some payment link options – such as redirecting links to a website – can only be set up from Square Dashboard.
Payment links are available for both domestic and international sales. However, for international sales, taxes and shipping fee settings cannot be applied.
If you'd like to sell a larger online catalogue, reach more customers internationally, set up more online fulfilment methods or create a fully customisable online store, learn how to set up your website.
Create a payment link
You can create payment links to take payments, sell items, sell events or classes or accept donations. If using a payment link to collect donations, learn how to set up donation goals with payment links.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Payments & orders (or Payments & invoices or Payments) > Payment links > Payment links.
- Click Create link.
- Choose either Collect a payment, Sell an item, or Sell an event or class and click Continue.
- Enter a Title for your link that will be displayed to the customer, a Frequency (either a one-time or recurring payment) if applicable, and an optional Description. If you’re selling an item or event/class, select the item from your item library or create a new one and add a price.
- Add an optional image by selecting Upload image.
- Optionally toggle on Custom fields and add up to two custom fields to collect additional information from customers.
- Optionally toggle on Tipping.
- Optionally toggle on Redirect to a website after checkout and enter a website URL.
- Click Save to start sharing your link.
- Sign in to the Square app and tap ≡ More > Payment links. If Payment links doesn’t appear, add it to your menu by tapping ≡ More > Add-ons > Payment links > Add for free.
- Tap +.
- Choose a payment link type.
- Enter a name, amount, and description for your link and choose any applicable options.
- Tap Save to start sharing your link.
Share a payment link
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Payments & orders (or Payments & invoices or Payments) > Payment links > Payment links.
- Next to the payment link you want to share, click Share and choose your share option.
You can share the payment link by copying the link, or via QR code, buy button, email campaign, social media and more.
- Sign in to the Square app and tap ≡ More > Payment links.
- Tap the payment link you want to share, then tap Share link and choose your share option.
You can share the payment link by copying the link, or via text or QR code. You can also send payment links from the checkout screen of your point of sale by selecting Charge and tapping the Send Payment Link option. This will create a touch-free checkout experience so you don’t have to manage cash or cards.
You can send payment links directly to your customers via text message using Square Virtual Terminal from your computer. This allows you to collect contactless payments from customers in real-time when they aren’t physically with you.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Payments & orders (or Payments & invoices or Payments) > Virtual Terminal > Overview.
- Click Take a Payment.
- Add a custom amount to Quick charge or add items to an Itemised sale.
- Add an existing customer or create a new one.
- Under ‘Payment details’, click Send payment link.
- Select your customer’s country code.
- Enter the customer’s phone number and click Send link.
- Your customer will receive a text message with a payment link. The link will take your customer directly to an online checkout page to pay on their mobile device, where they can pay with a supported debit card, credit card or digital wallet.
- Wait for confirmation that the customer completed the payment. Note: Selecting the back button while a payment is pending will cancel the payment link. You must wait until you receive the payment before closing the window.
Deactivate a payment link
Payment links must be Active to be used, but you can deactivate or delete a payment link at any time. Once deleted or deactivated, the payment link will become unavailable to anyone you shared it with. This action cannot be undone.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Payments & orders (or Payments & invoices or Payments) > Payment links > Payment links.
- Select the payment link you want to deactivate or delete.
- Click Delete or Deactivate.
View payment links reporting
You can easily track the amount of sales generated from each payment link you've created to understand how each one is performing.
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Payments & orders (or Payments & invoices or Payments) > Payment links > Payment links.
Review the sales per link in the Total Sales column.
You can also view all of your sales and then filter by payment links.
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Reports > Sales > Sales Summary.
Click Filter by, then click Source > Payment Links.