PayPal QR Code

The link formats that matter

• Profile: paypal.me/yourname — payer types the amount
• Preset amount: paypal.me/yourname/25 — opens with $25 filled in (currency follows your account, or force it: /25EUR)
• Business checkout/invoice links work too — any PayPal URL encodes fine

QRolling's PayPal QR type builds the link from your username, or paste any PayPal URL as a URL QR.

Where PayPal QRs collect worldwide

• Invoices — the printed/PDF invoice with a preset-amount code: scan, confirm, paid — the follow-up email you never send
• Freelancer contracts — final page, final amount, zero friction
• International tip jars — tourists pay in their currency, you receive in yours
• Donations — charity boxes and campaign posters (nonprofit patterns)
• Market stalls — cards accepted without a terminal
• Cross-border sales — the one payment rail both sides already trust

Preset amounts change conversion

The difference between "scan and type 47.50" and "scan and tap Pay" is measurable abandonment. For anything with a known price — invoices, products, tickets — encode the amount. Generate one code per price point (bulk for price lists), or go dynamic and update the amount behind a single printed code as prices change.

Trust and fees, honestly

• Label the code with your business name — payers see the recipient before paying, labels make them scan at all
• Fees: PayPal's standard rates apply to goods-and-services payments; friends-and-family (where available) is free but unprotected — and wrong for business use
• Check printed codes in public placements for sticker-over-sticker swaps, the classic payment-QR attack