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Like many business owners, you have something to sell. Anything from a household product, to a beautiful piece of art, to a helpful service. But you might not have an e-commerce platform to help you get paid. Building a website just to take payments can feel like more hassle than it’s worth.
You need a simple way to accept payments that’s fast, secure, and convenient for your buyers.
Payment Links from PayPal let you skip the storefront, online or offline, and still get paid. Payment Links are easy to set up, free to create, and secure. And you receive payment instantly.
A Payment Link is a URL or QR code. When customers click on the URL or scan the QR code, they instantly see a PayPal-hosted checkout webpage where they can pay for products or services.
Whether you’re offering your dog-walking services or selling your best tomatoes at the farmers market, you need a fast and simple way to accept payments without the headache of creating and maintaining a website. That’s what Payment Links do.
Share Payment Links with customers where you meet them: in-person, by email or text, and even on social media. You don’t need technical knowledge or a website.
Payment Links are for you if you’re a solopreneur, freelancer, or owner of a growing business without a website to receive payments.
For example, a teacher offers tutoring to students during summer break. Instead of spending time and money building a website with e-commerce, the teacher can use Payment Links.
Once a tutoring session is scheduled, the teacher can simply text or email a Payment Link to the parent, or let them scan a QR code in person to pay. The parent can use the payment method that’s convenient for them (such as a card, PayPal, Venmo, or Apple Pay). The funds are available to the teacher as soon as the payment shows up in their PayPal account.
Payment Links are also ideal for anyone who sells via social media. A career coach who markets their services on social media can send a Payment Link to a customer via direct message to pay for a coaching session. The coach can also place Payment Links in their social media bios and posts. The links give customers an easy way to buy extra content like online courses and ebooks.
With Payment Links, all your sales channels become checkout opportunities. In fact, merchants have been shown to experience a 28% increase in sales after implementing Payment Links alongside their existing payment options.1
If you can log in to your PayPal business account, you can create and share Payment Links in seconds–and get paid quickly. Here’s how:
Congratulations! You just created checkout for your business!
Once you have the Payment Link from PayPal, you’re ready to get paid. Share the link through email or text, or on social media. When customers click on the link (or scan a QR code for in-person payments) and complete the transaction, you’ll be paid within seconds.
— Jack Laufer, Founder, Brokerless
Payment Links are a flexible, adaptable tool for growing businesses. Here’s why Payment Links make payments easy for you and for your buyers:
Get started today with Payment Links.