PayPal Checkout
A PayPal QR code collapses the distance between 'I'd like to pay' and a completed transaction. One scan opens your PayPal checkout on the customer's phone, already pointed at you.
Add your PayPal link
Enter your PayPal.Me or payment link. Optionally set a fixed amount for a specific product or invoice.
Generate and place
Print the code on invoices, signage, packaging or a market stall card.
Customer scans and pays
The code opens your checkout directly in their browser or PayPal app.
Where it delivers
Invoices
Add a scan-to-pay code so clients settle bills in seconds.
Markets and pop-ups
Take cashless payments without dedicated card hardware.
Donations
Let supporters give instantly at events or on printed appeals.
Functionality
- PayPal.Me / payment link encoding
- Optional fixed amount
- Opens checkout on scan
- Full styling support
- Display on surfaces you control
Always show payment codes on materials you control, and verify the encoded link yourself, to prevent tampering or overlay fraud.
Create yoursPractical notes
The code is a link, not a payment instrument
A payment code encodes a PayPal URL. Scanning opens PayPal's own checkout in the browser, where the transaction happens entirely between the payer and PayPal. No card details pass through this site, and nothing is stored here.
Fix the amount, or let the payer choose
A fixed-amount link suits a set price — a ticket, a fixed service, a market stall item. An open-amount link suits donations, tips and variable invoices. Printing a fixed amount means reprinting if the price changes, so for anything volatile the open link ages better.
Make it obvious what is being paid for
A bare code next to a till gets fewer scans than one with a line of text and a price. People are rightly cautious about scanning a code that asks for money, so say who you are and what the payment is for.
Keep a record of which code is where
If you print payment codes for several stalls, machines or locations, give each one its own link so your PayPal records tell you where a payment came from. Reusing one code everywhere makes reconciliation guesswork, and makes it impossible to tell which placement is actually earning.
Common questions
Do I need a PayPal business account?
A PayPal.Me link works with a personal account, but a business account is sensible for anything commercial, for the reporting and the buyer protection terms.
Does the code expire?
No. The code encodes your PayPal link directly, so it keeps working as long as that link does. There is no redirect on our side that could lapse.
Is it safe to print a payment code in public?
The risk is not the code, it is someone covering yours with a sticker of their own. Print it as part of the artwork rather than as a loose label, and check it periodically.
