Checkout Links

Reusable hosted checkout URLs for products, campaigns, and no-code payment flows

Checkout links are reusable hosted payment URLs. They are the simplest way to publish a purchase flow without building your own checkout page.

Best For

Product sales from landing pages
Email and SMS campaigns
QR codes for in-person sales or printed materials
No-code payment collection from the dashboard

How Checkout Links Work

You create a payment link in RevKeen.
RevKeen generates a public checkout URL for that link.
The customer opens the hosted checkout page and pays.
RevKeen creates or updates the downstream billing objects for the purchase.

The exact public URL format can vary by environment and branded domain. Copy the link RevKeen generates instead of constructing the URL yourself.

Create a Checkout Link in the Dashboard

Go to Dashboard > Payment Links.
Click Create.
Add one or more products or line items.
Choose the checkout presentation you want RevKeen to use for the hosted flow.
Configure optional behavior such as success URL, cancel URL, shipping collection, discounts, or expiry.
Save the link and copy the generated public URL.

What You Can Configure

Capability	Supported
One or more linked products	Yes
Ad hoc line items	Yes
Success redirect	Yes
Cancel redirect	Yes
Shipping collection	Yes
Promotion codes	Yes
Tax behavior	Yes
Expiry timestamp	Yes
Metadata	Yes
Link status management	Yes
Hosted display mode selection	Yes

Link Modes

Payment links support different billing use cases:

Mode	Use when
`custom`	You want a general hosted payment link
`invoice`	You want the link tied to a specific invoice
`subscription`	You want the link tied to a subscription flow

API Example

If you want to create links programmatically, use the payment-links API.

curl -X POST "https://api.revkeen.com/v2/payment-links" \
  -H "x-api-key: $REVKEEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Starter plan",
    "mode": "custom",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "price": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "success_url": "https://example.com/success",
    "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancel",
    "allow_promotion_codes": true
  }'

Status Lifecycle

Payment links can move through the following states:

Status	Meaning
`draft`	Created but not yet active for customers
`active`	Live and usable
`expired`	No longer usable because the link expired
`completed`	Used for a completed one-time flow

For operational management, RevKeen also supports active, inactive, and archived status transitions on the management endpoints.

Important Notes

Checkout links are designed to be reused. If you need a single checkout created per user action, use a checkout session instead.
Hosted payment-link checkout is currently card-focused.
If you need per-session method control such as card versus in-store, use the checkout-session API.

Checkout Sessions -- One-off API-created checkout flows
Embed -- Current display mode and embed limitations