Payment links

Payment links let merchants collect payment with a hosted checkout URL.

They are useful when a merchant wants to accept payment without building an API integration or installing WooCommerce.

Use payment links for

1. Invoices
2. Email checkout links
3. Social selling
4. Manual orders
5. Early merchant testing

What merchants can include

A payment link can include:

1. Amount
2. Fiat currency
3. Customer email if known
4. Description
5. Order or invoice reference
6. Settlement asset
7. Expiration or reuse settings when supported

Use clear descriptions so the customer knows what they are paying for.

How payment links work

1. Merchant enters amount and currency.
2. Merchant chooses the settlement asset.
3. Yera Connect creates a hosted checkout URL.
4. Customer opens the link and pays.
5. Dashboard records the payment session and transaction.

Customer experience

The customer receives or opens the checkout URL, reviews the payment details, completes payment on the hosted checkout page, and then sees the result page.

The merchant can track the payment from Payment sessions and Transactions.

Currency behavior

The merchant chooses the fiat currency on the payment link form. The checkout uses that selected currency.

When to use payment links instead of WooCommerce

Use payment links when:

1. The order is manual.
2. The merchant sells through chat, email, or social channels.
3. The merchant does not need a product catalog checkout.
4. The merchant wants to test Yera Connect quickly.
5. The merchant wants a reusable checkout link.

Use WooCommerce when the customer should add products to cart, choose shipping, and complete checkout inside a WordPress store.

Testing a payment link

1. Create a sandbox payment link.
2. Open the generated checkout URL.
3. Complete the test payment.
4. Check the payment session status.
5. Check the transaction record.
6. Confirm webhook delivery if a webhook URL is configured.