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Accepting Bitcoin payments for QuickBooks invoice


If you are interested in accepting Bitcoin payments for QuickBook invoices, follow the steps below to get started.
  1. Signup with Coinbase (https://coinbase.com). Coinbase is a Bitcoin payment processor.
  2. Link a bank account where you would like Coinbase to deposit payments from your customer. 
  3. Once the Coinbase account is setup, create a payment form at https://coinbase.com/merchant_tools?link_type=hosted as follows;
    • select Payment Type = Buy Now
    • Type a description in Item field. For example, Goods Sold, Service Charges etc.
    • Select a default amount. (Your customers will be able to change it.)
  4. Click "Show Advanced Options".
  5. Under "Variable Price" select checkbox - "Let the user change the amount" if you want customers to input a variable amount or "Add some suggested amounts" if you want customers to select from one of the pre-defined amounts.
  6. All other fields are optional.
  7. Click generate page code. 
  8. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Coinbase will create a href link for your payment form. Copy and save the link to your payment page in a text editor. 
  9. Sign in to your QuickBooks online. 
  10. Select the gear icon on top right and click Company Settings.
  11. Click Sales link in left navigation bar.
  12. Click "pencil" icon in Communication section.
  13. Append following text in email message field. Remember to replace the http url with the link to your payment page generated in step #8 above.
  14. Change Email options for invoices to "HTML email". 
  15. Click Save
  16. Click Done
That's it. Now when you create and send invoice QuickBooks email will include a link to your Bitcoin payment page. You can preview it by creating a new invoice and sending it your own email account.




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