A PayLink is a standalone payment request. You set a description and an amount, and you get a link that anyone can pay — no account, no proposal, no booking attached.
Creating one
- Go to Finance → PayLinks.
- Select Create PayLink.
- Enter a Description — this is what the payer sees, so make it specific. "Speaker rental, Saturday" beats "Payment".
- Enter an Amount.
- Select Create.
Getting it to the payer
Each PayLink row has three actions:
- Send — opens How do you want to send it?, with Email and SMS options. Enter the address or number and select Send.
- Share Link — copies the URL so you can paste it into a message yourself.
- Delete — removes it.
What the payer sees
A branded checkout page with your stage name, what they're paying for, and the amount. They enter an email address and pay by card or digital wallet. They never need a DJfindr account.
Card details go straight to our payment processing and are never visible to you.
When to use a PayLink instead of a proposal
PayLinks are for money without a booking behind it — equipment rental, a deposit for something you're handling elsewhere, a tip, splitting a cost with another DJ.
For an actual gig, use the proposal flow instead. A PayLink gives you no signed cancellation terms, no documents, no calendar block, and no payment schedule. If a client cancels after paying a PayLink, you have a payment and nothing agreed around it. See Sourced Events: Inviting an Off-Platform Client for bringing an outside client into the full flow.
Fees and payouts
A PayLink payment carries the same platform fee and follows the same payout delay as any other payment. It shows under Finance → Payments with the type PayLink.
Statuses
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Created | Made, not yet paid |
| Paid | Someone has paid it |
| Expired | No longer payable |
A PayLink covers a single payment. Once it's paid or expired, create a new one for the next amount.