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Setting Up Payment Providers

PayRequest works with three payment providers: Mollie, Stripe, and PayPal. You only need one to get started, but you can connect all three and let your customers pick their preferred method.
Each provider has its own connect flow and runs through your own merchant account. PayRequest never holds your money — payments land directly in your provider’s account, and you withdraw on your own schedule.

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Which Provider Should I Pick?

There’s no wrong answer — most businesses start with one and add a second later as customer demand changes.

Mollie

Best for European invoicing and subscriptions. Strong on iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, and recurring billing.

Stripe

Best for payment links with global reach. Auto-localizes prices to the buyer’s currency in 150+ countries.

PayPal

Best for international payment links. Adds Pay Later and Venmo where eligible — many buyers prefer the familiar PayPal checkout.
You can connect all three. The payment page picks the right one for each transaction, and your customers see whichever methods you’ve enabled.

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What Each Provider Supports

CapabilityMollieStripePayPal
Payment links✓✓✓
Invoices✓——
Subscriptions✓——
Customer-currency display—✓—
Pay Later / BNPLKlarnaKlarna, AfterpayPay Later
Refunds✓✓✓
Stripe and PayPal currently power payment links only. Invoices, subscriptions, and customer billing flows continue to use Mollie. We’re rolling out broader Stripe and PayPal support in stages.

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How to Connect a Provider

The fastest way is through the onboarding wizard the first time you sign in. After that, you can add or swap providers any time from the Provider Settings page.
1

Open Provider Settings

Click your avatar in the top-right and choose Provider Settings, or visit /provider-settings directly.
2

Pick a provider

You’ll see a card for each available provider. Click Connect on the one you want.
3

Authorize on the provider's site

PayRequest sends you to Mollie, Stripe, or PayPal to log in (or create an account) and grant permission. You stay on the provider’s own pages — we never see your password.
4

Land back in PayRequest

Once you authorize, you’re returned to PayRequest with the connection live. You’ll see a green confirmation banner with the connected account’s name.

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Connecting Multiple Providers

You can have all three connected at the same time. Each one shows up as its own card in Provider Settings with its own enable/disable switch. PayRequest applies a simple priority: when a customer pays an invoice or subscription, it goes through Mollie. When they pay through a payment link, they see whichever of Stripe and PayPal you’ve enabled (or both, side by side).
If you disconnect a provider while subscriptions are active, those subscriptions will stop charging at the next renewal. Make sure to migrate active subscriptions before disconnecting.

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Setting a Default Gateway

When you have more than one provider connected, you can mark one as your default to keep things tidy. The default is the provider PayRequest reaches for first when there’s no explicit choice (for example, internal invoice flows and automatic routing).
1

Open Provider Settings

Navigate to Settings → Providers from the dashboard.
2

Pick a provider to make default

Find the card for the provider you want as default. It must be Active — you can’t set an inactive provider as default.
3

Click 'Set as default'

Click the star Set as default button in the top-right of the provider card. The button only appears on active, non-default providers.
4

See the new badge

A blue Default badge appears next to the active status, and the previous default (if any) is automatically demoted. Only one provider can be the default at a time.
If you mostly invoice European customers, set Mollie as default. If you mostly run global payment links, set Stripe. You can change the default at any time without breaking existing transactions.
Setting a default doesn’t disable the other providers — customers can still pay through any active gateway on the payment page. The default just decides which provider PayRequest picks when it has to choose for you.

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Provider-Specific Guides

Connect Mollie

Configure iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA, and recurring billing for European customers.

Connect Stripe

Accept cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, and more — with auto-localized pricing.

Connect PayPal

Add PayPal, Pay Later, and Venmo to your payment links.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Free-plan accounts pay a 2% platform fee that PayRequest takes from each transaction. Paid plans (Freelancer and Business) don’t pay any platform fee — you only pay your provider’s standard processing fees. The provider’s fees go directly to Mollie, Stripe, or PayPal — PayRequest never touches them.
Straight to your own merchant account. Mollie deposits into your bank account, Stripe and PayPal hold the balance until you withdraw it. PayRequest is just the storefront and accounting layer — we don’t act as a marketplace or payment aggregator.
Yes. The connect flow links your existing account — you don’t need to create a new one. If you don’t have an account yet, the provider will offer to create one during the connect flow.
Yes. Disconnect the old one in Provider Settings and connect a new one. Existing transactions stay searchable in your dashboard regardless of which provider is currently active.

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Next Steps

Payment Methods Overview

See every payment method PayRequest supports across all three providers.

Create a Payment Link

Generate a shareable link or QR code your customers can pay through.