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API Overview
  • Pay by Link Developer Guide
    • Recent Revisions to This Document
    • VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners
  • Introduction to Pay by Link
  • Pay by Link Requests
    • Create a Fixed-Price Link
      • Required Fields for Creating a Fixed-Price Link
      • Optional Fields for Creating a Fixed-Price Link
      • REST Example: Creating a Fixed-Price Link
    • Create a Customer-Set Link
      • Required Fields for Creating a Customer-Set Link
      • Optional Fields for Creating a Customer-Set Link
      • REST Example: Creating a Customer-Set Price Link
    • Update a Fixed-Price Link
      • Required Fields for Updating a Fixed-Price Link
      • Optional Fields for Updating a Fixed-Price Link
      • REST Example: Updating a Fixed-Price Link
    • Update a Customer-Set Link
      • Required Fields for Updating a Customer-Set Link
      • Optional Fields for Updating a Customer-Set Link
      • REST Example: Updating a Customer-Set Price Link
    • Get Link
      • REST Example: Retrieving a Payment Link
    • Get All Links
      • REST Example: Retrieving All Payment Links
  • Webhooks for Pay by Link
    • REST Example: Create Pay by Link Webhook Subscription
  • Using the Business Center
  • Pay by Link Developer Guide
    • Recent Revisions to This Document
    • VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners
  • Introduction to Pay by Link
  • Pay by Link Requests
    • Create a Fixed-Price Link
      • Required Fields for Creating a Fixed-Price Link
      • Optional Fields for Creating a Fixed-Price Link
      • REST Example: Creating a Fixed-Price Link
    • Create a Customer-Set Link
      • Required Fields for Creating a Customer-Set Link
      • Optional Fields for Creating a Customer-Set Link
      • REST Example: Creating a Customer-Set Price Link
    • Update a Fixed-Price Link
      • Required Fields for Updating a Fixed-Price Link
      • Optional Fields for Updating a Fixed-Price Link
      • REST Example: Updating a Fixed-Price Link
    • Update a Customer-Set Link
      • Required Fields for Updating a Customer-Set Link
      • Optional Fields for Updating a Customer-Set Link
      • REST Example: Updating a Customer-Set Price Link
    • Get Link
      • REST Example: Retrieving a Payment Link
    • Get All Links
      • REST Example: Retrieving All Payment Links
  • Webhooks for Pay by Link
    • REST Example: Create Pay by Link Webhook Subscription
  • Using the Business Center
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Introduction to
Pay by Link

Pay by Link
is an easy and fast way to securely sell products or receive donations online. You can send and display a secure payment link across physical and digital marketing. This solution is ideal for distributing the same payment link to multiple customers.
Integrate
Pay by Link
APIs into your own system to automate the creation and management of payment links. Links for making purchases are referred to as
fixed-price links
, and links for making donations are referred to as
customer-set price links
.
Benefits
Pay by Link
enables you to:
  • Get started with a fast and easy setup.
  • Grow your business and revenue through multiple sales channels.
  • Offer customers the convenience of popular payment options.
  • Get paid from any connected device: mobile, tablet, and desktop.
  • Reduce chargebacks and fraud through easy integration with Decision Manager or Fraud Management Essentials.
  • Maintain PCI security and compliance, and minimize future PCI scoping.
Prerequisites
Before you can begin using
Pay by Link
, your merchant account must be enabled for Unified Checkout. If you are a merchant, contact your sales representative for more information.
If you are a portfolio user, you can use the
Business Center
to board and enable your merchants for Unified Checkout and
Pay by Link
. For more information, see the
Pay by Link
section in the
Boarding User Guide
.
To access
Pay by Link
in the
Business Center
, see Using the Business Center.

Tokenization for Merchant-Initiated Transactions

You can create
Token Management Service
(
TMS
) tokens from
Pay by Link
transactions using Transaction Management in the
Business Center
.
IMPORTANT
If you create and use
TMS
tokens for merchant-initiated transactions (MITs), you must comply with the
Consent Agreement Provisions
as stated in the
Improving Authorization Management for Transactions with Stored Credentials
guide.
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