{"id":3577,"date":"2021-05-18T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open.money\/blog\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2023-07-05T13:27:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:57:38","slug":"collect-online-payments-without-a-website-on-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/open.money\/blog\/collect-online-payments-without-a-website-on-open\/","title":{"rendered":"How small businesses can collect online payments without a website on Open?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 brought about changes in the way businesses collect online payments across the globe. Especially with the pandemic at the forefront, the second wave has shaken the economy and the very core of companies.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the enduring spirit of small businesses to thrive regardless is what has been keeping many companies afloat.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This need to get ahead has also forced businesses to adapt to new ways of doing things. One of which is to collect online payments without a website!<\/span>\r\n<blockquote><strong>Not all small businesses need a website to offer products and services. So there&#8217;s no need to invest in a website just to collect payments for the same.<\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we all know, consumers expect a safe, convenient, and more global yet localized payment platform that makes collecting payments easier and faster. Now, businesses can achieve that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">too \u2014 without spending thousands on building a website and integrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/open.money\/products\/payment-gateway\">payment gateway<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you too can start collecting online payments for your business without a website and allow your customers to make payments effortlessly. Let&#8217;s look at some of the ways you can do it with Open.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Share invoices with built-in payment links<\/strong>\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses need to send out GST-compliant invoices. And collecting payments against the invoice is a big task! As it includes revisiting the invoice to reconcile the payments shared.<\/span>\r\n<blockquote><b>You can now create and send GST-compliant invoices with built-in payment links on Open to send to customers.<\/b><\/blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way, you can keep tabs on customer payments without any additional work of reconciliation.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>What are payment links?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment links are online payment methods that wherein, you can share an online payment request with your customer and get paid immediately.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>Why should businesses use payment links?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the payment links are generated online and are part of the invoice, the customers can make payments within a few clicks. And this helps small businesses straight up reconcile payments against the invoice. Turns out, payment links are convenient for both the merchant and the customers alike!\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>How do payment links work on Open?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can view all the invoices and banking transactions from a single dashboard! Just click on the invoice to find all the customer details, and avoid the hassles of using multiple sites to match every transaction.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By choosing Open, you can also save over a hundred hours spent on reconciliation every month.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to get started?<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to Open\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the invoice section directly or click on payments <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Create an invoice with basic details of your customer<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Save and send it within seconds<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Create and send direct payment links<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Why should businesses use Open&#8217;s payment links?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If yours is a small business that needs to collect quick payments from customers, then payment links will work out great!\u00a0 And with Open, you just need to select the customer name, enter the amount and add a pre-defined income category.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to add to this feature, you can also <strong>enable partial payments!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>What are partial payments?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partial payments refer to the invoice payment or any impending payment due. Here, the customers have an option of making a partial payment instead of paying at one go.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving customers an option of sharing partial payments will help you retain them for a longer period of time. So let your customers make invoice payments at their convenience and get notified for the same via emails and messages.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to edit the invoice? Go ahead and get on with it. In case there are any changes to be made in the invoice, you edit the invoice as per the requirement.<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>How to collect payments via invoices with built-in payment links?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you share the invoice with your customers, they get notified via mail.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once they click on, <\/span><b>Pay Now<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; they will get redirected to the checkout page.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the payment has been processed, you will receive an update on the same and reconcile it immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>Wondering how your small business can collect payments smartly?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can enable <a href=\"https:\/\/open.money\/blog\/10-challenges-businesses-face-with-recurring-payments\/\">recurring payments<\/a> too! That\u2019s right. You don\u2019t have to keep going back and forth to reconcile all payments from one customer. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up <a href=\"https:\/\/open.money\/blog\/enable-recurring-payments-using-upi-autopay\/\">recurring payments<\/a> for regular consumers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the first time you share the payment link, and collect timely payments.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isn&#8217;t this great? You don&#8217;t need to <a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesignstudio.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a website<\/a> to collect online payments. You can set up and collect online payments for your business with existing operations in the works!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we all know, digitization is a necessity in the modern business world. And creating a system that makes collecting online payments more nimble will benefit the customers and businesses alike. 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