Best Practice: Create Payment Links Only When Needed

If you use QR codes on invoices, we recommend creating the payment only after the customer scans the QR code.

Instead of linking the QR code directly to a payment link, let it point to a page on your own website. From there, the customer can view the invoice details and choose a payment method. Only then should a payment be created.

This approach has several advantages:

• Fewer unused payment links.
• Lower costs, as you are only billed for payment links that are actually created.
• More control over the payment experience.
• The ability to show invoice details before payment.
• Easier validation, such as checking whether an invoice has already been paid.

This is the recommended approach for QR code payments on invoices.