For creators and small businesses who get paid from social
Link in Bio Payment Page to Accept Payments With Paid Links in Your Bio
Gated and paid links on every plan. No platform branding, ever.
Build your page
What your fans see
The short answer
A link in bio payment page lets people pay you from the one link on your Instagram, TikTok or YouTube profile, without a separate store or website. The cleanest version puts the price on the link itself: tap, pay, get access. There is no cart, no shipping step and no second site to maintain.
ExclusiveLink does this with paid links. You set a price on any link, the buyer pays at checkout, and the destination unlocks once the payment clears. Creator is $19 a month with a 2% platform fee on paid links; Pro is $49 a month with a 0% platform fee, revenue per link and your own domain. Card processing of 2.9% plus 30 cents applies on every platform, including ours.
01 ยท What your buyer sees
Three taps from your profile to money in your account
No store to browse and no account to create. The price sits on the button, so the buyer knows what they are paying before they tap.
@maya.styles
1. They tap a priced link
The price is visible on the page, next to the label. Free links sit beside paid ones.
Book a color consult
$25.00
Secure card checkout
2. They pay by card
A short card checkout on a secure payment page. No login, no cart, nothing to ship.
Payment received
Your link is open
3. The link unlocks
They go straight to what they paid for, and the sale shows up against that link in your panel.
Paid link in bio, use by use
What people actually charge for through a bio link
A paid link works for anything that lives at a URL. Six uses cover most of what we see creators and small businesses sell.
Paid consults and deposits
Put your booking calendar behind a $25 or $50 link. Only people who paid can pick a slot, which ends the no-shows that free booking links attract. Stylists, trainers, coaches and tattoo artists use it as a deposit.
Templates and guides
A Notion template, a Canva pack, a spreadsheet, a PDF guide hosted on your own drive. The payment unlocks the share link, so there is no file to upload twice.
Private videos and replays
The recording of last week's live class, an unlisted tutorial, a full-length cut of a short that went viral. The video stays where it is hosted; the link to it has a price.
Community and group invites
A Discord, Telegram or WhatsApp group invite that only buyers can see. Rotate the invite link inside the app when you want to close the doors, and update the paid link in one place.
Custom requests
A request form for a personalized video, a portfolio review or a written critique. Charging before the form opens means you only read requests from people who already paid.
Early access and presales
The first look at a drop, a presale code, a priority slot in a waitlisted class. Schedule the link on Pro so it opens and closes on its own.
Selling downloads in volume, with a shelf of several products? The link in bio to sell digital products page covers that layout. Running events? The link in bio for tickets page shows how to handle on-sale dates alongside your ticketing platform.
Accept payments in your link in bio
What ExclusiveLink gives a page that takes payments
A price on any link
Mark any link as paid and set the price. Free links, email-gated links and paid links sit together on one page, in the order you choose.
0% platform fee on Pro
Creator takes 2% on paid links. Pro, Studio and Enterprise take nothing: card processing is the only cost between the buyer's payment and your account.
Revenue per link
Clicks per link on every plan. Pro adds revenue per link plus UTM, referrer, device and location, so you can see that the consult link earned $600 this month and most of it came from TikTok.
Checkout under your name
On Pro, one DNS record puts the page on pay.yourname.com or links.yourbusiness.com. Buyers pay on a page that carries your brand and nobody else's badge.
Scheduling and expiry
On Pro, a paid link can go live at 9 a.m. on launch day and close at midnight on Sunday, with no one needing to be awake to switch it.
A/B test the price label
On Pro, test "Book a consult, $25" against "Reserve your spot, $25" and keep the one that sells. Wording on the button moves conversion more than most people expect.
Link in bio payment fees
What $2,000 a month in bio sales costs on each platform
Eighty sales at $25. The table shows the monthly subscription plus the platform's own cut. Card processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents a sale) is charged on top on every platform, so it is left out to keep the comparison fair.
| Platform and plan | Monthly price | Platform fee on sales | Cost at $2,000 in sales | Own domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linktree Starter or Pro | $8 or $15 | 9% | $188 to $195 | Not offered |
| Linktree Premium | $35 | 0% | $35 | Not offered |
| Beacons Creator | $10 | 9% | $190 | Yes, paid plans |
| Beacons Creator Plus | $30 | 0% | $30 | Yes |
| Stan Store Creator | $29 | 0% (payout fee 0.25% + $0.25) | About $34 | Not offered |
| ExclusiveLink Creator | $19 | 2% | $59 | No |
| ExclusiveLink Pro | $49 | 0% | $49 | Yes |
Read it honestly: at this volume Beacons Creator Plus, Stan Store and Linktree Premium all cost less per month than our Pro plan. What the extra $15 to $20 buys is your own domain (which neither Linktree nor Stan sells at any price), revenue broken down per link and per traffic source, scheduled links and A/B tests. The expensive rows are the 9% tiers: once you sell more than about $500 a month, a percentage fee costs more than any flat plan on this list. Prices are the vendors' published monthly rates; see Linktree pricing and Beacons pricing for every tier.
Set up in one sitting
How to add a payment link to your bio
Four steps, and most people finish them before their coffee gets cold.
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Claim your page
Pick your handle, or import your existing Linktree links so nothing you already share goes dead.
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2
Add the destination
Paste the URL the buyer should reach after paying: your booking calendar, the video, the template or the invite.
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Set the price and label
Name the outcome, not the file ("30-minute color consult", not "Booking"). Move the paid link to the top slot.
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Put it in your profile
Add the page to your Instagram, TikTok and YouTube bios. Use a separate UTM on each (Pro) so you know which platform pays.
Being straight with you
When a different tool is the better answer
A paid link is the right shape for access. It is the wrong shape for a few jobs, and it is cheaper to know that now.
Tips and donations
A paid link has a fixed price. If you want pay-what-you-like tips, add your Venmo, Cash App or PayPal.me link as a normal link on the same page. It costs nothing and people already know how it works.
Physical products
Anything that ships needs inventory, shipping rates and sales tax handling. Keep that in your store and link to it; the link in bio for Shopify page shows how.
Invoices to companies
Brand deals and B2B work need a proper invoice with terms, not a checkout. Send those from your accounting or invoicing tool and keep the bio page for fans and one-off buyers.
People also ask
Link in bio payments, answered
How do I add a payment link to my bio?
Use a link in bio tool that supports paid links, add the destination URL, set a price, and put the page URL in your Instagram or TikTok profile. On ExclusiveLink the buyer pays by card on tap and the link opens right after, so there is no separate store or website to build.
Can you accept payments on Linktree?
Yes. Linktree offers payment and commerce features, and it charges a transaction fee on digital product sales of 12% on Free and 9% on Starter and Pro, dropping to 0% only on the $35 Premium plan, with card processing on top. It does not offer a custom domain at any price.
What is the best link in bio for payments?
It depends on what you sell. For a shelf of digital products with no domain need, Stan Store at $29 is hard to beat. For pay-to-unlock access (consults, videos, templates, invites) with revenue per link and your own domain, ExclusiveLink Pro at $49 with a 0% platform fee fits better. Avoid 9% fee tiers once sales are steady.
Can I put a PayPal link in my Instagram bio?
Yes. Instagram allows up to five links in your bio, and a PayPal.me link works like any other. It is fine for tips, but it does not unlock anything after payment, so you still have to deliver the product or booking by hand. A paid link does the delivery for you.
How do I get paid through my link in bio?
Connect a payout account when you set up paid links, then sell. Each buyer pays by card at checkout, card processing is deducted, the platform fee (2% on Creator, 0% on Pro) is deducted, and the rest is paid out to your account. Your panel shows every sale against the link that earned it.
Does a link in bio take a percentage of sales?
Many do. Linktree takes 9% to 12% below Premium and Beacons takes 9% below Creator Plus. Stan Store, Linktree Premium, Beacons Creator Plus and ExclusiveLink Pro take 0%. Card processing, usually 2.9% plus 30 cents, applies everywhere regardless of plan.
How much does a link in bio with payments cost?
ExclusiveLink Creator is $19 a month ($15 billed yearly) with paid links at a 2% platform fee. Pro is $49 a month ($39 yearly) with a 0% fee, revenue per link, scheduling, A/B tests and your own domain. Every plan and feature is on the pricing page.
Your bio, now a checkout
Get paid from the one link you already have.
Put a price on a link, share it once, and see what every link earns. Start on Creator today and move to Pro when a 0% fee pays for itself.