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Payment links and charges

Collect payments with or without a saved catalog product from the dashboard at https://app-dev.clearway.to.

Where: Products & Payment Links (/products)
History: My Links & Checkouts (/links)

For programmatic link creation, see API Reference (CREATE_PAYMENT_LINK, CREATE_CHECKOUT_SESSION).

Repeatable vs one-off

Type	Best for	Reuse
Repeatable payment link	Fixed price many customers pay (e.g. "Piano tuning — $75")	Same URL for every payer
One-off checkout	Single invoice to one payer	Create a new checkout each time

Quick charge vs catalog

Source	When to use
Quick charge	You know the service name and price now; catalog optional
Catalog product	You want images, reuse from product cards, or stable catalog history

Both support repeatable and one-off modes.

Flow — Quick charge (no catalog)

Go to Products & Payment Links.
In Quick charge, enter service name, price, and currency.
Choose Repeatable payment link or One-off checkout.
Optional: save to catalog for next time.
Click create and copy the URL (or find it later on My Links & Checkouts).

Flow — Catalog product

Create product — choose One-time or Recurring plan (monthly or annual).
Open the product from Saved products (/products/saved).
Use the Publish tab to create a repeatable link or one-off checkout.
Share the URL from the success panel or /links.

Products vs Subscriptions (dashboard)

Area	What it is
Products (`/products`)	Your catalog — what you sell, with images and pricing. You publish payment links and checkouts from here.
Subscriptions (`/subscriptions`)	Operate recurring commerce — active subscribers, failed payments, payer emails, and billing policy. Only applies after a customer subscribes to a recurring plan catalog item.
Services → Service Plan	What you pay Clearway (platform billing). Separate from customer subscriptions.

Mental model: Define + publish in Products; manage payers in Subscriptions.

Recurring plans

Recurring catalog items require a billing interval (monthly or annual) at create time.
Changing a product price creates a new Stripe price — existing subscribers keep their old price until you run a plan change from Subscriptions.
Recurring checkout uses your connected account billing (not the same path as one-time destination charges).

Before identity verification

You can create and edit catalog products before identity completes, but publishing payment links requires identity verification. Once identity passes, existing drafts are ready to publish.

Next steps

Last modified on July 22, 2026

Getting started Payment widget

Type

Best for

Reuse

Repeatable payment link

Fixed price many customers pay (e.g. "Piano tuning — $75")

Same URL for every payer

One-off checkout

Single invoice to one payer

Create a new checkout each time

Source

When to use

Quick charge

You know the service name and price now; catalog optional

Catalog product

You want images, reuse from product cards, or stable catalog history

Products vs Subscriptions (dashboard)

Area

What it is

Products (/products)

Your catalog — what you sell, with images and pricing. You publish payment links and checkouts from here.

Subscriptions (/subscriptions)

Operate recurring commerce — active subscribers, failed payments, payer emails, and billing policy. Only applies after a customer subscribes to a recurring plan catalog item.

Services → Service Plan

What you pay Clearway (platform billing). Separate from customer subscriptions.

Mental model: Define + publish in Products; manage payers in Subscriptions.

Recurring plans

Recurring catalog items require a billing interval (monthly or annual) at create time.

Changing a product price creates a new Stripe price — existing subscribers keep their old price until you run a plan change from Subscriptions.

Recurring checkout uses your connected account billing (not the same path as one-time destination charges).