You don't need to hire a developer or rebuild your site to start taking card payments. If you use Stripe — or you're happy to — there are three no-code ways to collect payments on your own website. Here's how to choose.
Option 1: a payment link
The fastest option. Create a reusable payment link for a product, service or fixed fee, and add it to a button or menu item on your site. Anyone who clicks pays by card on a secure checkout. Perfect when you're selling one or two things and don't want to touch code at all.
Option 2: an embedded pay button
Want customers to pay without leaving your page? An embeddable checkout lets you drop a Pay button onto your site with a single snippet — no API keys in your code and no PCI headache, because card details are entered on Stripe's hosted checkout. It feels native to your site while Stripe handles the sensitive part.
Option 3: send an invoice
Not every sale happens on the website itself. For quotes, project work or one-off bills, a branded invoice emailed to the customer with a "Pay now" button is often the cleanest route — they pay by card, and you're notified the moment they do.
Which should you choose?
- Selling a set product or ticket? Use a payment link.
- Want checkout on your own page? Embed the pay button.
- Billing a specific client for specific work? Send an invoice.
Keeping it secure
With all three, card data is entered on Stripe's PCI-compliant hosted checkout — never stored on your site — so you get modern payments without taking on the security burden yourself.