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Using Online Pay Links

Create, share, and manage Online Pay Links (a free feature with GoDaddy Payments) through your Payments Hub. With Online Pay Links, you can generate links to share via social media, email or text, and have your customers pay easily online.

Most GoDaddy accounts come with GoDaddy Payments enabled, so you can quickly begin accepting payments through Online Pay Links. To have your funds directly deposited into your bank account, simply complete the one-time setup process and link the bank account where you’d like your funds.

Note: The Invoicing and Pay Links Plus plan is required to add customer billing and shipping addresses to online pay links, and includes a range of other features such as lower transaction fees, expanded digital receipt branding, customized web user roles, and more.

Generate and share a customized Online Pay Link to accept payment for anything you like. The link creates a webform that customers can use to make payments easily. You can also create Online Pay Links from the GoDaddy mobile app or within your Websites + Marketing website by editing the action button.


  1. Sign in to the Dashboard where you manage GoDaddy Payments (use your GoDaddy username and password). If this is your first time creating a pay link, select Get Started and follow the provided tutorial.
  2. Select Pay Links.
  3. On the Links tab, select Create Pay Link.
  4. Fill in the Title and Description fields.
  5. Under Image, select Upload image to add a JPG or PNG image file.
  6. Enter the Price you want to charge.
    • To enter a fixed amount, type any price of $1 or more.
    • To let your customer set their own price, turn on the Allow customer to set a price toggle.
    • To have your customer choose from a list of options, select Add Option, and then add up to four additional prices. If you’d like, you can enter a Title for each price.
  7. Under Payment Methods, select the payment options to be included on the pay link. You can choose credit/debit card (includes Google Pay and Apple Pay) and/or ACH Bank Transfer.
    Note: Learn more about transaction fees associated with GoDaddy Payments. If you upgrade your plan to Invoicing and Pay Links Plus, you'll enjoy the lower fees for ACH transactions with a $10 fee cap. If you have Rate Saver enabled, surcharges will be applied to credit card transactions.
  8. Adjust the Advanced Settings, if applicable:
    • Notes: Turn on Make Notes Required to prevent payments without transaction info. Your customer fills out this field when they submit payment.
    • Tips: Turn on Ask customer to add a tip to enable tips. (You can adjust tip options in your general GoDaddy Payments settings.)
    • Tax: Turn on Add Tax so you can track taxes when using Online Pay Links. Add a Tax Name, choose if you want to enter it as a Percent or a dollar Amount and then enter the value under Rate. The tax you add will be reflected in your reports.
    • Billing and shipping addresses(premium plan required): Turn on Collect customer’s addresses to add a customer billing and/or shipping address field to the pay link. You can make these required or optional.
  9. Under Custom Link, enter alphanumeric characters to customize the URL for your pay link. The words you enter will appear at the end of the URL.
  10. Select Create Link to finish.
  11. Use any of the following methods to share your Online Pay Link:
    • Select Copy Link to create a link that you can share with others.
    • To post the link on social media, select the social media outlet where you’d like to share.
    • Select Download to download a QR code image that you can save, share or print. Customers can scan this QR code and pay you directly.
      • Select Download branded QR code for a branded, customized image featuring the QR code. The template is customized in the Settings tab.
      • Select Download QR code only to download the QR code by itself with no customization or branding.
    • Below Send Text Message, enter your phone number and select Send Link.

Note: Each time a customer makes a payment with an Online Pay Link, you’ll receive an email that includes the amount of the transaction, the customer’s name and any notes the customer added.

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Once you’ve created an Online Pay Link, you can change, share, deactivate or even delete it at any time. Online Pay Links created with the GoDaddy mobile app will also appear here.

  1. Sign in to the Dashboard where you manage GoDaddy Payments (use your GoDaddy username and password).
  2. Select Pay Links.
  3. On the Links tab, use the Search field to search for an Online Pay Link’s title.
  4. When you’ve found the Online Pay Link, select Icon of three horizontal dots More for the following options:
    • Select Edit to change the dollar value, the Title, the Description, the associated image, the enabled payment methods, pay link settings or the customized URL.
    • Select Copy Link to copy a link that you can paste into email or social media.
    • Select Share on Twitter or Share on Facebook to post the Online Pay Link on the web page for that service.
    • Select Download QR Code to download a QR code image that you can save, share or print. Customers can scan this QR code and pay you directly.
      • Select Download branded QR ode for a branded, customized image featuring the QR code. The appearance is customized in the Settings tab.
      • Select Download QR code only to download the QR code by itself with no customization or branding.
    • Select Delete to remove the Online Pay Link from the list. If the Online Pay Link is connected to a Websites + Marketing store, you'll see an error message.
    • Select Deactivate to stop using the Online Pay Link. You can always Activate it again here later.

Customize your pay link branding, connect a domain for pay links and invoices, and add an email address for digital receipts (premium plan required). Changes you make here will apply globally to all your Online Paylinks, downloadable QR codes and QR codes generated when processing a transaction with the GoDaddy mobile app.

  1. Sign in to the Dashboard where you manage GoDaddy Payments (use your GoDaddy username and password).
  2. Select Pay Links.
  3. Select Settings in the upper-right corner to adjust any of the following options:
    • Connect a domain to create a customized subdomain that your customers can use to send payment. (If you’re subscribed to the Invoicing and Pay Links Plus plan, the connected domain is applied to invoices as well.)
    • Under Receipt and Invoice Send Email, add a branded email address. Your customers will receive digital receipts, pay link receipts and invoices from this email address. (If it’s the first time adding an email address, you’ll receive an email with a link to complete verification.)
    • Choose a Button Color for your pay links.
    • Under Display Name, enter the name of your business or project.
    • Under Add Logo, select Upload Logo to upload a JPG or PNG image file. To remove an existing image, select Remove Logo.
  4. Select Save.
  5. Select Receipt Settings if you want to configure your standard receipt options, like the store hours and contact info that displays on the receipt.

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