A payment link lets you collect payments with an external service, without setting up a POS or a card.
Payment method with an external link (Mercado Pago or PayPal.Me)
1. Go to Sales / Payment methods and click New payment method. A two-step wizard opens: Basic information and Costs.
2. In Payment method choose the type Transfer (the list includes Cash, Cash on delivery, Transfer, Bizum, PayPal Personal, Stripe and Virtual POS (Redsys); there is no Mercado Pago type of its own).
3. Basic information: descriptive text (for example “Mercado Pago”; in the list it appears in the Description column), uses (Prints, Photography services, Digital files, Booking) and Publish.
4. In the Bank transfer details block, paste your link's URL in the Account field (there is also an Additional data field). In the payment methods list, the URL shows in the Account column.
5. Step 2, Costs: % cost, fixed cost, minimum cost and exempt from: leave 0 to always apply the cost. Save.
Get the link
Mercado Pago: create a free account, go to Payment link › Create new and enter a title, price and, if you want, a photo. Copy the URL. Your customers don't need an account.
PayPal: sign up for PayPal.Me, create your link and copy it.
What happens next
The customer sees the link when finishing the order and in the summary email, and pays the amount shown.
You receive an email notification.
In Client Galleries / Orders, the order appears as Pending payment. Open it, click Change status and mark it as Paid.
Create a payment link from an order
Open the order (row ⋮ menu › View order). In the Charges block there is a Create payment link button and a Payment management one. The links you create appear in Sales / Payment links. That screen only shows the list (number, expiry, related document —order, quote, booking…—, amount and status, for example Expired), with filters by document type and status and the options Go to order and Go to payment link. A new link is always created from the corresponding order, invoice or session.
