Paying at checkout
Pay with Cash App in about a minute.
Our checkout accepts Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. If you have Cash App on your phone, you can pay from it directly — you don't need to own any Bitcoin, and you don't need to understand how any of this works.
Before you start
Four quick things. If any of them don't apply to you, skip to what to do instead at the bottom.
- Cash App installed, with money in it Either a cash balance or a Bitcoin balance will work. You'll pick which one to use during the payment.
- You're in the US, outside New York Cash App's Lightning feature isn't offered to New York customers. If that's you, see the other wallet options below.
- Your order is under Cash App's Lightning limit Cash App caps Lightning payments at roughly $999 per rolling seven days, counting anything you've already sent this week.
- The checkout page is open on a second screen A laptop or tablet is easiest, since your phone's camera needs something to point at. Paying from a single phone works too — see step 3.
The five steps
Read them through once before you begin. The invoice on the checkout page expires after a few minutes, so it helps to know where you're going.
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Choose Lightning at checkout
On the payment page, make sure the Lightning option is selected rather than on-chain Bitcoin. Lightning is the instant one — it's what Cash App uses, and it costs you nothing in network fees.
This one matters. If you scan the on-chain code by mistake, Cash App will ask you to pick a withdrawal speed and show you a network fee. That's the wrong screen. Go back and switch to Lightning. -
Open the scanner in Cash App
Open Cash App to its main money screen and tap the QR scanner icon in the top-left corner. That's the fastest route.
There's a second way in if you'd rather: go to the Bitcoin section, choose to send, and you'll find the same scanner there.
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Scan the code — or paste it
Hold your camera over the QR code on the checkout page. It should register in a second or two.
Paying from the same phone? You can't scan your own screen, so copy the invoice instead. Tap Copy on the checkout page — you'll get a long string starting with
lnbc…— then paste it into Cash App's send field. -
Pick where the money comes from
Cash App will show you the amount and ask which balance to use. If you hold Bitcoin, you can send from that. If you don't, eligible customers can pay straight from their cash balance — Cash App handles the conversion behind the scenes.
Don't type in an amount. The invoice already has the exact total locked into it, and changing it will make the payment fail. -
Confirm, and watch the page change
Approve the payment with your PIN, Face ID, or fingerprint. It settles in seconds.
Keep the checkout page open while this happens — it detects the payment on its own and moves you straight to your download. You don't need to send a receipt or tell anyone.
The fine print, plainly
Worth knowing before you tap confirm.
- Speed
- Seconds. There's no waiting for confirmations the way there is with ordinary Bitcoin transfers.
- Fees to you
- Effectively nothing on the Lightning side. If you're paying from a cash balance, Cash App's conversion rate applies.
- Reversibility
- Lightning payments are final. There's no chargeback button, so check the amount before you confirm.
- Invoice lifetime
- Each invoice is good for a few minutes only. If the timer runs out, nothing is lost — you just generate a fresh one.
- Weekly cap
- Cash App allows roughly $999 in Lightning payments per rolling seven days.
- Availability
- US customers, excluding New York.
If something looks different
The common snags, and what each one means.
The invoice expired before I paid
No money moved and nothing is stuck. Refresh the checkout page or start the order again to get a new invoice, then work through the steps with the scanner already open.
Cash App is asking me to choose a withdrawal speed
That's the on-chain Bitcoin flow, not Lightning. Back out without confirming, return to the checkout page, and select the Lightning payment option before scanning again.
It says I've hit a limit
You've reached the roughly $999-per-seven-days Lightning cap. You can wait for the window to roll over, or pay from a different Lightning wallet — any of them will work with the same QR code.
I don't see an option to pay from my cash balance
Paying Lightning invoices with dollars is still rolling out and isn't switched on for every account yet. If you don't have it, you can buy a small amount of Bitcoin in Cash App first and pay from that balance instead.
Cash App won't scan the code at all
Try turning up your screen brightness and holding the phone eight to ten inches back. If it still won't read, copy the lnbc… invoice text from the checkout page and paste it into Cash App instead — the result is identical.
I'm in New York, or outside the US
Cash App's Lightning feature won't be available to you, but the invoice is a standard one that any Lightning wallet can pay. Wallet of Satoshi, Phoenix, Strike, Blink, and Muun all work, and most take only a few minutes to set up and fund.
I paid, but the page hasn't moved on
Give it another thirty seconds without closing the tab. If it still hasn't updated, don't pay a second time — get in touch and include the time you paid, and we'll confirm it against the invoice and send your download link directly.
After you pay
Your download link appears as soon as the payment settles, and a copy goes to the email address on your order.
The link is private to you, and it expires — so save the file somewhere permanent rather than relying on the link later. If it lapses before you've downloaded, contact us and we'll reissue it.