The pay page

The pay page is what your client opens from the link in your email or the link you shared. It shows the invoice in your branding, the amount due, and the ways they can pay you. Money goes straight to your own Stripe account or bank, never through us, and we never take a cut.

What your client sees

The pay page at freeinvoiceautomation.com/pay/[token] shows:

• the invoice as it was sent, themed with your logo and business colour;
• the amount due, which is the invoice balance after payments and credit notes;
• every payment method you accept on this invoice;
• the void or credit note state, when there is one.

The page has no app chrome, no analytics, no ads, no affiliates and no sponsors. On Free it carries a small "Powered by Free Invoice Automation" line; on Team it does not.

Payment methods

Which methods appear depends on what your business has set up in Settings > Payment methods and which of them are accepted on this invoice.

QR rails appear only when the invoice currency matches them, so a USD invoice never shows UPI or Raast.

Partial payments

Partial payments are allowed by default. The client may pay part of the amount, and the balance updates once the payment is confirmed. A business can turn partial payments off for itself, a client or one invoice.

"I have paid" and payment proof

For bank transfer and QR payments, the client clicks I have paid, optionally enters the amount and date and adds a note, and may upload a proof such as a bank screenshot or PDF. You are notified and the proof is stored privately. The invoice is not marked paid until you accept the proof or record the payment. See Payment proofs.

What changes after launch

• Payment schedules (week of 25 January 2027): when the invoice has a deposit or instalments, the page shows the schedule and asks for the next amount due; the client may also pay more. See Deposits and schedules.
• Save card (March 2027): on the first Stripe checkout, the client may tick "Save this card for future invoices from" your business, so later invoices can be charged automatically with their consent. See Saved cards and auto-charge.

Void and credited invoices

How payment is confirmed

Through the API

The pay page is built on public routes that need only the pay token. You normally do not call them yourself, but they are documented so you can build your own page if you want:

curl "https://api.freeinvoiceautomation.com/v1/public/pay/$PAY_TOKEN"

curl -X POST "https://api.freeinvoiceautomation.com/v1/public/pay/$PAY_TOKEN/checkout" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "connection_id": "0193f2a8-6a7b-7c8d-9e0f-1a2b3c4d5e70",
    "amount_minor": "60000"
  }'

The checkout call returns the URL of the hosted checkout. It never marks anything paid.

Rules and limits

• We never hold your money. Stripe and Whop pay into your own accounts; bank and QR payments go straight to you.
• Rate limits protect the page: token pages allow 60 requests a minute per visitor, and "I have paid" with upload is limited to 5 an hour per link.
• Uploads are limited in size and type, and images are re-encoded before they are stored.
• The link expires and can be revoked. See Share links.

Permissions

Your client needs no account; the pay link is their access. On your side:

Errors your client may see

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