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title: Payment Links vs Invoices
slug: payment-links-vs-invoices
published_at: 2021-09-24 14:00:04 +0000
updated_at: 2023-01-30 22:53:10 +0000
summary: 
description: You want to start collecting one-time payments but you're not ready to code yet. Do you create a hosted invoice or a Payment Link? Learn the difference between Stripe invoicing and Stripe Payment Links and which is best for your use case.  ### Presenter CJ Avilla - Developer Advocate at Stripe - https://twitter.com/cjav_dev  ### Table of contents  00:00 Introduction 00:32 Your use case 00:44 Specific customer vs specific product 01:15 Reusability 01:46 Custom payment flows with the Invoicing API 02:39 Stripe Connect support 02:47 Fulfillment 03:00 Conclusion  ### Resources Create and share a payment link: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-links How invoicing works: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/overview  ### Support If you have a question, please feel free to reach out to our support team on Discord at https://stripe.com/go/developer-chat.  ### Updates Sign up to stay updated with developer news: https://go.stripe.global/dev-digest  ### Feedback If you have any feedback about this or other episodes, let us know: https://forms.gle/VjNqzRhotM2snYo88. #Stripe #Payments
tags: [stripe, payments, payment links, invoices, invoicing, payment links vs invoices, @cjav_dev]
views: 5556
author: CJ Avilla
url: https://www.cjav.dev/videos/payment-links-vs-invoices
youtube_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dWeELtA5k
youtube_id: 64dWeELtA5k
embed_url: https://www.youtube.com/embed/64dWeELtA5k
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/64dWeELtA5k/hqdefault.jpg
type: video
---

# Payment Links vs Invoices

*Published: September 24, 2021*
*Views: 5556*

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## Description

You want to start collecting one-time payments but you're not ready to code yet. Do you create a hosted invoice or a Payment Link? Learn the difference between Stripe invoicing and Stripe Payment Links and which is best for your use case.

### Presenter
CJ Avilla - Developer Advocate at Stripe - https://twitter.com/cjav_dev

### Table of contents

00:00 Introduction
00:32 Your use case
00:44 Specific customer vs specific product
01:15 Reusability
01:46 Custom payment flows with the Invoicing API
02:39 Stripe Connect support
02:47 Fulfillment
03:00 Conclusion

### Resources
Create and share a payment link: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-links
How invoicing works: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/overview

### Support
If you have a question, please feel free to reach out to our support team on Discord at https://stripe.com/go/developer-chat.

### Updates
Sign up to stay updated with developer news: https://go.stripe.global/dev-digest

### Feedback
If you have any feedback about this or other episodes, let us know: https://forms.gle/VjNqzRhotM2snYo88.
#Stripe #Payments


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