Collect payments with PayPal Payment Links and your domain

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Collect payments with PayPal Payment Links and your domain

Last updated June 22, 2026 21:31

Use your PayPal account with your domain to create and share custom checkout links.

If you have a Squarespace domain, you can quickly start collecting payments for products and services using PayPal Payment Links, with no website needed.

By connecting a PayPal Business account to your domain, you can create branded payment links that use a unique URL tied to your domain.

PayPal Payment Links are only available to a select number of customers.

Also available: If your domain is associated with a Squarespace website, you can create Squarespace Pay Links without a PayPal account.

What do I need to create a PayPal Payment Link?

To create PayPal Payment Links, you need the following:

• An active Squarespace domain or a resold domain (except Google Cloud domains). If your domain subscription expires or is canceled, your pay links will stop working.
• Your domain must have Squarespace default nameservers and Squarespace default DNS records in place for PayPal Payment Links to work properly.
• A PayPal Business account. If you have a personal account, you’ll be prompted to upgrade at no cost during the setup process.
• Domain owner permissions. Domain managers can view PayPal Payment Links but can’t add or edit them. If the domain is associated with a website, only owners and administrators can create and edit PayPal Payment Links.

PayPal Payment Links transaction fees

Squarespace doesn’t charge a transaction fee for PayPal Payment Links. However, standard PayPal processing fees still apply to each sale.

Create a PayPal Payment Link

To create a pay link:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain you want to create PayPal Payment Links with.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click Create Pay Link.
• Enter the following details:
• Link Name - The name of the product or service you’re selling.
• Description - Details about the product or service.
• Custom URL - Customize your shareable URL. By default, this is yourdomain.com/pay/[item-name]. After you create the link, the URL can't be edited. To change the URL later, you need to delete the link and create a new one.
• Price and Currency - Set the cost and select from PayPal’s supported currencies.
• Quantity - Turn on the Quantity toggle to set a limit on how much of the item visitors can purchase (up to 100).
• Post purchase redirect - Enter a URL to send customers to a specific page after they complete their purchase.
• Click Create.
• Enter your current password, or if you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, reauthenticate your account using your 2FA method and click Continue.
• Optional: visit PayPal to customize the PayPal Payment Link checkout experience.

• Repeat these steps for each additional link.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain you want to create PayPal Payment Links with.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Enter the following details:
• Link Name - The name of the product or service you’re selling
• Description - Details about the product or service
• Custom URL - Customize your shareable URL. By default, this is yourdomain.com/pay/[item-name]. After you create the link, the URL cannot be edited. To change the URL later, you need to delete the link and create a new one.
• Price and Currency - Set the cost and select from over 25 supported currencies.
• Quantity - Enable the Quantity toggle to set a limit on how much of the item is available to purchase (up to 100).
• Post purchase redirect - Enter a URL to send customers to a specific page after they complete their purchase.
• Tap Create.
• Enter your current password, or if you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, reauthenticate your account using your 2FA method and click Continue.
• Optional: visit PayPal to customize the PayPal Payment Link checkout experience.
• Repeat these steps for each additional link.

Share your PayPal Payment Link

After creating a link, it appears in the Pay Links section of your domain details page. To share the link:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you created the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click on the link you’d like to share.
• Choose a sharing method.
• Click Copy Link to copy it to your clipboard.

• Click Download QR Code to generate a QR code.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you created the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap on the link you’d like to share.
• Choose a sharing method.
• Tap Copy Link to copy it to your clipboard.
• Tap Download QR Code to generate a QR code.

Edit a PayPal Payment Link

To edit a PayPal Payment Link:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you created the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click on the link you’d like to edit.
• Make your edits.

• Click Save.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you created the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap on the link you’d like to edit.
• Make your edits.
• Tap Save.

Duplicate a PayPal Payment Link

To duplicate a PayPal Payment Link:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you created the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click … on the link you’d like to duplicate.
• Click Duplicate.

• Review the link details, then click Create.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you created the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap … on the link you’d like to duplicate.
• Tap Duplicate.
• Review the link details, then tap Create.

How many links can I create?

You can create up to ten links per domain. If you can no longer click the Create Pay Link button, you've reached the limit. If you need more, you can delete existing PayPal Payment Links to create new ones.

If your business requires more than ten links, consider upgrading to a Squarespace website plan to create payment links through Squarespace. Your existing PayPal Payment Links will remain active and you can still manage them, but they won’t convert into Squarespace Pay Links as these two features are separate.

Delete a PayPal Payment Link

When you delete a pay link, visitors will no longer be able to use it to submit payments. Instead, an error message appears. To delete a PayPal Payment Link:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you want to delete the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click … on the link you’d like to delete.
• Click Delete.
• Click Delete againto confirm.

• Enter your current password, or if you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, reauthenticate your account using your 2FA method and click Continue.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you want to delete the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap … on the link you’d like to delete.
• Tap Delete.
• Tap Delete againto confirm.
• Enter your current password, or if you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, reauthenticate your account using your 2FA method and click Continue.

Who to contact for support

Squarespace Customer Support can help you with these PayPal Payment Links questions:

• Linking and unlinking PayPal to your Squarespace account
• Troubleshooting any issues in the payment links panel

For anything else, contact PayPal or visit their documentation. Popular articles include:

• How to view and download statements and reports
• How do I check the status of my payment?

View transaction details and payment history through PayPal

Although you create and share PayPal Payment Links in your Squarespace account, Squarespace doesn't process these payments. We don’t store customer payment information or transaction histories.

To view your transaction details and payment history in PayPal:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you created the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click … next to the Create Pay Link button.

• Click View Transactions in PayPal.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you created the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap … next to the Create Pay Link button.
• Tap View Transactions in PayPal.

Manage orders in PayPal after receiving a payment

When you receive a payment from a PayPal Payment Link, log into your PayPal Business account to:

• Fulfill the order
• Add tracking details (if applicable)
• Handle post-purchase actions, like refunds or disputes

Why does a DNS error message appear when I create a payment link?

To create PayPal Payment Links, you need to use the Squarespace default nameservers and have the Squarespace preset DNS records in place. If you try to create payment links without these, an error message appears on your Pay Links dashboard.

Similarly, if you’ve already created pay links, then remove your preset DNS records or change your nameservers, you can’t create more pay links until you reset your nameservers to Squarespace defaults and add the DNS records back.

To add the Squarespace preset DNS records to your domain:

• On a computer

• From the Squarespace app

• Open your domains dashboard.

• Click the domain where you created the pay link.
• Click Pay Links.
• Click Add Presets or Go to DNS Page depending on when the records were removed.
• Click Add Preset, then from the dropdown menu select Squarespace Defaults.

• Click Pay Links.

• Open the Squarespace app.

• Tap Domains, then tap the domain where you created the pay link.
• Tap Menu.
• Tap Pay Links.
• Tap Add Presets or Go to DNS Page depending on when the records were removed.
• Tap Add Preset, then from the dropdown menu select Squarespace Defaults.
• Tap Pay Links.

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