# Flash Pay: take a payment on the spot with a QR code or a pay link > Type an amount, turn your phone to the customer and let them pay by Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. Every Flash Pay becomes a paid invoice, with optional tips. Canonical: https://workspace369.com/changelog/2026-10-18-flash-pay/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Billing & payments Type an amount, turn your phone to the customer and let them pay by Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. Every Flash Pay becomes a paid invoice, with optional tips. ![Cut-paper illustration: a phone showing a QR code, a cyan lightning bolt, a curling paper receipt and a gold coin with a star for a tip.](https://workspace369.com/images/release-notes/2026-10-18-flash-pay/hero.webp) ## Get paid by QR code, right where you are Open Flash Pay, type the amount and choose Show QR code. Turn the phone to your customer: they point their camera at it and pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card on a secure page with your business name. You'll need Stripe connected first. You don't need their details first. They add their own name and email when they pay, and the screen shows Payment received the moment it goes through. - Apple Pay, Google Pay or card - No customer details needed up front - Works through your own Stripe account Type the amount, show the QR code, and see Payment received when the customer pays. Example data. Where to find it 1. Flash Pay in the sidebar, just below Invoices [Open in the app](https://app.workspace369.com/flash-pay) Plans Every plan Learn more [Online payments](https://workspace369.com/features/payments/)[Stripe integration](https://workspace369.com/integrations/stripe/)[Take a payment with Flash Pay](https://docs.workspace369.com/v/2026.3/finance/take-a-payment-with-flash-pay/#show-a-qr-code) ## Or text and email a pay link Not standing next to the customer? Create a pay link instead and copy it, share it from your phone, or send it by text (from Voyager) or email. The link shows the same secure checkout as the QR code. Links expire after the number of days you choose: 1, 7, 30 or 90. You can cancel a link that hasn't been paid, and nothing is charged. (Changed Nov 3: before you create a link you can add a Client, so the payment lands on that client, and Items with a name, price and quantity, which add up to the amount. On a computer you can also add a tax rate, and the total shows with tax. Text message and Email fill in the client's phone or email, and nothing goes out until you send it; texting starts on Voyager.) - Copy, share, text or email - You set when links expire - Cancel an unpaid link, nothing charged Where to find it 1. Flash Pay 2. type an amount 3. Send payment link [Open in the app](https://app.workspace369.com/flash-pay) Plans Every plan Learn more [Online payments](https://workspace369.com/features/payments/)[Stripe integration](https://workspace369.com/integrations/stripe/)[Take a payment with Flash Pay](https://docs.workspace369.com/v/2026.3/finance/take-a-payment-with-flash-pay/#send-a-pay-link) ## Each payment becomes a paid invoice, with optional tips Every Flash Pay is booked as a paid invoice, so it shows in your invoices and reports like any other payment. In Flash Pay settings you can ask for a tip with your own suggested percentages, or fixed amounts for small sales, and choose whether tips are worked out before or after tax. Choose which customer details to ask for, and whether to save customers as clients: Flash Pay matches an existing client by email or phone first. - Booked as a paid invoice - Optional tips with your own suggestions - Matches existing clients by email or phone - Customers saved as clients if you want Where to find it 1. Settings 2. Invoices 3. Flash Pay [Open in the app](https://app.workspace369.com/settings/flash-pay) Plans Every plan Learn more [Online payments](https://workspace369.com/features/payments/)[Stripe integration](https://workspace369.com/integrations/stripe/)[Take a payment with Flash Pay](https://docs.workspace369.com/v/2026.3/finance/take-a-payment-with-flash-pay/#after-the-payment) ## Quick answers Which Workspace369 plans include Flash Pay? Every plan. Flash Pay is in the sidebar on all plans, just below Invoices. How does a customer pay with Flash Pay? Open Flash Pay, type the amount and choose Show QR code. The customer points their camera at it and pays with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card on a secure page with your business name. What do I need before I can use Flash Pay? You'll need Stripe connected first. Payments go through your own Stripe account, and you don't need the customer's details up front. Can I send a pay link instead of showing a QR code? Yes. Type an amount, choose Send payment link, then copy, share, text or email it. You pick when links expire: 1, 7, 30 or 90 days. An unpaid link can be cancelled and nothing is charged. Where do I find Flash Pay and its settings? Flash Pay is in the sidebar, just below Invoices. Its settings, including tips, are under Settings → Invoices → Flash Pay. What happens after a Flash Pay payment goes through? Each one is booked as a paid invoice, so it shows in your invoices and reports, with any tip on the same invoice. ## Related updates - [![Cut-paper illustration of a teal paper wallet with two blank pass cards fanned out, a pale paper ribbon looping around it and an amber ticket stub, beside a render of the membership editor with Bill through set to Square.](https://workspace369.com/images/release-notes/2026-11-07-square-for-memberships/hero-800.webp)November 7, 2026**Sell memberships through Square, and handle Square members’ requests**](https://workspace369.com/changelog/2026-11-07-square-for-memberships/) - [![Cut-paper illustration of a blank payment card whose two paper ribbons fork into two coin jars, an amber coin dropping into one, beside a render of a service's Payments and deposits settings with Pay with set to Square.](https://workspace369.com/images/release-notes/2026-11-06-take-payments-with-square/hero-800.webp)November 6, 2026**Take payments through your own Square account**](https://workspace369.com/changelog/2026-11-06-take-payments-with-square/) - [![Paper still life of a tray of twelve blank month tabs between two bookends and a folder, beside a render of the Year-end summary showing 2025 income, expenses and a By month table.](https://workspace369.com/images/release-notes/2026-11-05-year-end-income-summary/hero-800.webp)November 5, 2026**Year-end income summary in Finance → Reports**](https://workspace369.com/changelog/2026-11-05-year-end-income-summary/) [All release notes](https://workspace369.com/changelog/)[Subscribe to the feed](https://workspace369.com/changelog/feed.xml) ## Flash Pay: take a payment on the spot with a QR code or a pay link, in your own workspace Start your free trial, then find it under Flash Pay in the sidebar, just below Invoices. [Request a demo](https://workspace369.com/contact-sales/) 14-day free trial. Card required. After the trial: from $29/month. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Settings → Billing.