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# Payment Links

Take a payment without any store or terminal setup. Create a single-use or reusable payment URL, then share it by email, SMS, invoice, or QR code.

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**Before you begin.** Payments cannot be settled until you have a [linked receiving wallet](/guides/account-settings.md#receiving-wallet-and-custody).
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### Open Payment Links

From **Home**, click **New payment** to open the Payment links page, then click **Create payment link:** 

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The Payment links page shows summary cards (Active links, Paid this month, Conversion, Avg time-to-pay) and the list of your links.

### Create a link

Click **Create payment link** and fill in:

| Field                    | Notes                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Amount**               | Toggle **USD** or **BTC**. The page shows the approximate BTC value, and the rate is frozen for 5 minutes after creation. |
| **Reference / Order ID** | Optional. Ties the link to your own order.                                                                                |
| **Description**          | Optional. Shown to the customer.                                                                                          |
| **Expires in**           | For example 24 hours, longer, or custom.                                                                                  |
| **Usage**                | Single-use or reusable.                                                                                                   |
| **Return URL**           | Optional. Where the customer is redirected after paying.                                                                  |

The link is public, so anyone with the URL can pay. Click **Create link** to generate the copyable URL and QR.

### Create links in bulk

Use **Bulk upload (CSV)** to create many links at once.

### How the customer pays

The customer opens the link (or scans the QR) in the GoBTC Pay app, reviews the amount and merchant, and approves. You get an instant **Approved** response; settlement follows in a later batch.


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