How to Create a Flutterwave Account and Setup Payment Link

Do you want to setup a Flutterwave account?

Flutterwave is a fintech that creates a platform for businesses to process payments, offers several important benefits, particularly for businesses looking to handle online transactions efficiently.

In this guide, we'll walk you through the step by step process of signing up on Flutterwave.

How to Create an account

On your browser, visit https://app.flutterwave.com. When the webpage loads, click 'Create Account'.

Choose your country and how you would like to operate your Flutterwave account: either as an unregistered business account, a registered business account, or a non-profit entity.

Next, you'll be redirected to the homepage dashboard where you should receive a popup message requesting you to verify your account.

Verify your Flutterwave account as soon as possible. This includes adding your bank account and uploading important documents. This way, you can start receiving payments into your account immediately.

How to Receive Payments

With your Flutterwave account, customers can pay for your product or service from anywhere in the world via card, bank accounts, QR codes, USSD, Mobile Money, and Mpesa. You can set up different methods to receive these payments on Flutterwave.

Setup Payment Link

From your Flutterwave dashboard, you can create custom links that you can send to customers or embed in your website for customers to pay you. A payment link directs your customers to a custom page created by Flutterwave.

When you are logged in, click the “Payments” tab on your dashboard homepage and go to ‘Payment links’.

Click ‘Create payment links’ on the following page to get started.

Select a payment link type to continue.

For one-time payments, select ‘Single charge’

For recurring payments, select ‘Subscription link’

To receive one-time donations, click ‘Donations’

On the next page, fill in relevant details and click ‘Create link’.

The payment link will appear on your dashboard. You can share the link with your clients so they can make payments using their cards, bank accounts, USSD, Mpesa, etc., as applicable.