Payment Links
Sell online without building a digital storefront.
Accept a payment or sell subscriptions without building additional standalone websites or applications with Payment Links. Share the link as many times as you want on social media, in emails, or on your website.
Payment Links supports 20+ payment methods—including credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. The Payment Link automatically matches your customer’s preferred browser language for 30+ languages. If you don’t have a Stripe account, sign up now.
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Invoicing and Payment Links are two of the easiest ways to start accepting payments with Stripe without writing any code. Use the following table to compare the two products, and to understand which works best for your use case:
Product | Invoicing | Payment Links |
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Description | Use invoices to collect one-time or recurring payments from a specific customer. | Use Payment Links to sell a product, a subscription, or accept a donation. |
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Integration effort | No coding | No coding |
Stripe-hosted payment page | ||
Sharing options |
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UI customization | Editable template1 | Limited customization2 |
Payment methods |
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Stripe Tax support | ||
Preferred language support |
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Recurring payments | Use Stripe Billing to send a subscription or recurring invoice. No-code subscriptions are available | Create a payment link for a subscription. |
Collection tools | Automatic collection features, including Smart Retries and reminder emails are available. | Revenue recovery features, including Smart Retries and reminder emails are available for subscription payment links. |
Reconciliation | Auto-reconciliation of bank payments | Simple reconciliation by using URL parameters |
Customers can choose what to pay | ||
Collect partial payments or set up payment plans | ||
Customers can edit quantities | ||
Coupons or discounts | ||
Send a quote or estimate and convert it to an invoice once finalized | ||
Upsells and cross-sells | ||
PCI compliance handling | 4 |
1 Use the editable template to incorporate your own icons, brand colors, payment terms, page sizes, as well as memo and footer fields.
2 With limited customization, you can access 20 preset fonts, three predefined border radiuses, and options for adjusting your logo, background, product images, and the color of your own button.
3 Dynamic payment methods filter for eligibility, displaying the most relevant payment methods to maximize conversion. Payment method availability varies by product.
4 See the best practices for globally compliant invoices.