Fluidcoins offers two simple ways to accept payments from anyone, anywhere on the globe, even if you don’t have your own website:

• FluidShop
• Payment Links

What is FluidShop?

FluidShop is a simple platform that allows small business owners with no coding or design experience to create and maintain beautiful online stores that are consistent with their brand and identity. FluidShop also allows you to easily upload products, set prices, give out discounts, and track inventory all from one web platform. Users can accept cryptocurrency payments from anywhere in the world, as well as Naira payments via well-known payment processors such as Paystack or Flutterwave.

FluidShop is great for selling multiple products at a time.

What are Payment Links?

Payment links are the most straightforward way of collecting payments with Fluidcoins. Payment links allow you to create a simple URL that consumers may use to make one-time payments to you. This link can be sent to customers via WhatsApp, email, Twitter direct messages, or any other online medium of your preference.

Payment links are a byproduct of the Fluidcoins Merchant Dashboard and can be monitored at any moment via the dashboard. They are also reusable, meaning they do not expire until you delete or disable them.

They are great if you want to sell one product at a time.

When should you use one over the other?

FluidShop is a good choice for business owners who sell multiple products and want to accept payments from multiple customers. FluidShop is perfect for managing an online store almost as similar to how you would manage your store offline. You’re able to upload product pictures, create multiple product variants, and give out discounts. Also, it’s the only way you can showcase all your products on a single web page.

You may likely benefit more from using FluidShop if:

• You’re a store owner selling multiple products.
• You’re selling your products to a mass audience.
• You want to make use of special store features like low stock alerts, discounts, and delivery.

Payment links on the other hand are a lot more targeted. They’re above all meant for a specific person and give you the option of collecting a customer’s phone number along with up to 4 additional custom fields. You also have the option of enabling a one-time payment option for your payment link. This means the payment link will automatically be disabled immediately after a customer pays you through it.

You likely want to use a Payment Link if:

• You sell specialized or customized goods and services to specific customers.
• You want to collect more specific information from the customers you sell to.
• If you would like to allow customers to pay their desired amount.

In conclusion, FluidShop provides the most versatility, whereas Payment Links are ideal for direct payment requests to specific individuals.