Farmers-market vendors, freelance tutors, and pop-up shops print PayPal QR codes at the till so customers pay without typing a username or amount. Hosted QR SaaS charges ~$49/month for a static link — you can generate the same PNG locally for free.
Get your PayPal.me link
In PayPal:
- Go to paypal.me and sign in
- Copy your personal link (optionally add a preset amount in the URL)
- Use the full HTTPS URL as the QR payload
Examples:
https://paypal.me/yourname
https://paypal.me/yourname/15
https://paypal.me/yourname/15USD
Encode the full HTTPS URL. Phone cameras open PayPal (app or browser) on the payment screen.
Tip: for a fixed-price item, include the amount in the URL so the payer only confirms — less friction at a busy stall.
Free browser generator (no account)
Open this page, paste your PayPal.me URL, download PNG or SVG. Everything runs client-side; nothing is uploaded:
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/toolkitlabs-qr@latest/index.html
Mirror: https://ytinumoc.github.io/toolkitlabs-qr/
Batch for multi-vendor events
Printing QR stickers for every booth from a spreadsheet:
npx toolkitlabs-qr@latest qr_batch.py vendors.csv ./output/
CSV format: one URL per line. Output: PNG files named from the row.
One-time batch CLI pack (EUR 9, no subscription): https://buy.stripe.com/5kQ9AU8X45LKe3A8S15Ne0i?client_reference_id=devto-paypal
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