1. ✅ Quick Checks Before You Start
- Confirm QuickBooks Payments is activated in your account. Without it, you won't see Payment Links options (quickbooks.intuit.com).
- Decide if the link should be one-time (expires after a single payment) or multi-use (reusable for repeated transactions) (quickbooks.intuit.com).
2. 🌐 QuickBooks Online (QBO)
- Log in to QuickBooks Online.
- From the left menu, select Get Paid & Pay (may show as Sales & Get Paid).
- Choose Payment Links.
- Click Create link or Create my link.
- Select One-time or Multi-use, then Next.
- Fill in:
- Amount & description
- Customer (select from list or add new)
- Customer email
- Payment method (Card or ACH)
- (Optional) Enable “I am selling a product…” for post-payment delivery (quickbooks.intuit.com, quickbooks.intuit.com).
- Hit Create link.
- Send it via email, copy URL, or share the QR code. Multi-use links can also be embedded on your website or social media (quickbooks.intuit.com).
- Manage existing links under Sales → Payment Links (send reminders, edit, track status) (quickbooks.intuit.com).
3. 🖥️ QuickBooks Desktop
- Open QuickBooks Desktop.
- Navigate to Customers → Payment Links (or click the Home screen icon).