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

1. Go to **Finance → PayLinks**.
2. Select **Create PayLink**.
3. Enter a **Description** — this is what the payer sees, so make it specific. "Speaker rental, Saturday" beats "Payment".
4. Enter an **Amount**.
5. 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](/hc/djs/articles/creating-private-or-sourced-proposals) 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.