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Checkout links can be shared or linked on your website which automatically creates a checkout session for customers.
Looking for a way to generate Checkout session programmatically? Checkout Links might not be the right tool for you. Instead, you should use the Checkout API.
Checkout Links can be managed from the Checkout Links tabs of the Products section. Click on New Link to create a new one.

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Label

This is an internal name for the Checkout Link. It’s only visible to you.

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Products

You can select one or several products. With several products, customers will be able to switch between them on the checkout page.

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Discount

You can preset a discount on the Checkout Link: it will be automatically applied when the customer lands on the checkout page — no action needed from the customer. This is particularly useful for running promotions or offering special pricing through specific links. If Allow discount codes is enabled, customers can still manually enter other discount codes during checkout, even when a discount is preset.
Discounts without a code can only be applied through Checkout Link presets or the Checkout API. Learn more about creating and managing discounts in the Discounts documentation.

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Metadata

This is an optional key-value object allowing you to store additional information which may be useful for you when handling the order. This metadata will be copied to the generated Checkout object and, if the checkout succeeds, to the resulting Order and/or Subscription. You can share the Checkout Link URL on your webpage, social media, or directly to customers.
Checkout Links will go against our API, and redirect to short-lived Checkout session. This means that the Checkout page the user will end up on, are temporary and expires after a while if no successful purchase is made.This means that you need to make sure to always use this Checkout Link URL (as shown above). If you mistakenly copy the URL from a Checkout Session, the link will expire.

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Query parameters

You can pass optional query parameters to your Checkout Links.

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Prepopulate fields

You can prefill the checkout fields with the following query parameters:
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customer_email
string
Prefill customer email at checkout
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customer_name
string
Prefill customer name at checkout
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discount_code
string
Prefill the discount code field in the checkout form. The code will be pre-populated in the input field so the customer can see it. This only works with discounts that have a code set — see Discounts.This is different from presetting a discount in the Checkout Link settings: a preset discount is silently and automatically applied, whereas discount_code simply pre-populates the code input field.
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amount
string
Prefill amount in case of Pay What You Want pricing
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custom_field_data.{slug}
string
Prefill checkout fields data, where {slug} is the slug of the custom field.

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Store attribution and reference metadata

The following query parameters will automatically be set on Checkout metadata.
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reference_id
string
Your own reference ID for the checkout session.
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utm_source
string
UTM source of the checkout session.
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utm_medium
string
UTM medium of the checkout session.
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utm_campaign
string
UTM campaign of the checkout session.
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utm_content
string
UTM content of the checkout session.
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utm_term
string
UTM term of the checkout session.