Crypto Payment Buttons: How to Add Crypto Checkout to Any Website (2026)

If you want to accept crypto on your site but you do not run a full online store, you do not need a checkout plugin, a shopping cart, or a developer. You need a crypto payment button: a single block of HTML you paste once, anywhere you can edit a page. A visitor clicks it, pays in BTC, USDT, USDC, or another supported coin, and the money lands directly in your wallet.

The short version: Aurpay’s Payment Button is a non-custodial snippet that charges a flat 0.8% per transaction, settles on-chain in minutes with zero chargebacks, and works on WordPress, Wix, YouTube descriptions, Twitch panels, and almost any other site or CMS that lets you paste an HTML snippet. It comes in two modes — Quick-Pay for fixed-price items and Donations for supporter-chosen amounts (one-time or recurring) — and you can have one live in under five minutes with no contracts or banking details required.

Here is the answer at a glance before we go deeper.

• What it is: one embeddable HTML snippet that triggers a crypto checkout — no e-commerce platform required.
• Two modes: Quick-Pay (fixed amount) and Donations (buyer sets the amount; one-time or recurring).
• Fee: 0.8% flat per transaction, the same on every payment — and one of the few genuinely non-custodial options among commercial gateways.
• Coins: BTC, Bitcoin Lightning, ETH, USDT (ERC-20 + TRC-20), USDC (ERC-20 + TRC-20), DAI (ERC-20), BNB.
• Where it works: WordPress, Wix, YouTube, and Twitch are the documented embed targets — and beyond those, any site or CMS that lets you paste an HTML snippet.
• Settlement: straight to your own wallet, on-chain, with no chargebacks and no minimum payout threshold.

What Is a Crypto Payment Button (and When Should You Use One)?

A crypto payment button is a small piece of embeddable code that, when clicked, opens a payment flow and lets a visitor send crypto to your wallet. Think of it as the crypto equivalent of a “Buy Now” or “Donate” link, except there is no merchant account holding the funds in between. The customer pays, the blockchain confirms, and the value arrives in the wallet you control.

The important distinction is between a payment button and a full checkout plugin. A checkout plugin — like the WooCommerce or Shopify integration — manages a cart, inventory, tax, shipping, and order records. A payment button skips all of that. It is purpose-built for selling one thing, taking a tip, or collecting a donation without standing up an entire store.

That makes buttons ideal for creators, consultants, service sites, open-source maintainers, NGOs, and simple single-product storefronts. If you have a blog, a Linktree-style page, a YouTube channel, or a Twitch panel, a button gives you a checkout without a platform. And because Aurpay is non-custodial, the funds never sit in Aurpay’s account — they route directly to your wallet, so there is no third party holding your money during conversion or settlement.

Quick-Pay vs Donations Mode — Aurpay’s Two Button Types

Aurpay’s Payment Button ships in two modes, and choosing the right one is the first real decision you make.

Quick-Pay is a fixed-amount, one-time purchase button. You set the price and currency in advance, and the buyer pays exactly that. Use Quick-Pay for digital downloads, a one-off consulting call, an event ticket, a single product, or a “support this post for $5” link. The amount is locked, so it behaves like a checkout for a single SKU.

Donations mode lets the supporter choose how much to give. This is the right tool for streamers, podcasters, open-source projects, and nonprofits where the contribution amount is not fixed. Donations can be one-time or recurring — and the recurring part needs a precise explanation, because the non-custodial model behaves differently from a credit-card subscription.

With recurring donations, your supporter sets up a contribution that repeats, but each cycle is buyer-initiated re-authorization rather than an automatic pull from their account. A non-custodial gateway physically cannot reach into a wallet and auto-charge it the way Stripe debits a saved card. Set the expectation with your supporters accordingly: recurring crypto support means the donor approves each contribution on schedule, not auto-charge SaaS billing. Being upfront about that keeps the experience honest for both sides.

Mode	Who sets the amount	Best for	Recurring?
Quick-Pay	You (fixed price)	Digital downloads, consulting calls, single products, tickets	No (one-time)
Donations	The supporter	Streamers, creators, open-source, NGOs	Yes — buyer re-authorizes each cycle

Why Creators and Streamers Are Switching to Crypto Tip Jars

The creator economy is where payment buttons matter most, because the alternatives are slow and expensive. Traditional tip platforms take a meaningful cut. PayPal’s standard US rate is 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction, and on small tips that fixed $0.49 pushes the effective rate well above 3% — while a crypto processor on a 0.8% flat fee stays under 1%. On $10,000 in monthly volume, a spread of roughly 3 percentage points keeps about $300 a month in your pocket. Our breakdown of stablecoin vs credit card fees for merchants covers the full math.

Payout timing is the other pain point. Twitch payouts run on a 15-day delay with a $50 minimum threshold, which means a small creator can wait weeks — or never reach the threshold at all. A crypto tip settles within minutes of on-chain confirmation, there is no minimum, and the money is yours the moment the transaction confirms. Aurpay’s 0.8% flat fee and instant settlement turn a tip jar from a deferred IOU into real, spendable income.

Placement is just as easy as the economics are attractive. You can paste the snippet into a YouTube video description or a pinned comment, drop it into your Twitch About panel HTML, or add it to a Linktree-style landing page. Supporters who want price stability can pay in stablecoins like USDT, USDC, or DAI, so a $20 tip is worth $20 regardless of how BTC moves that day. For more on accepting crypto without a banking account, see our guide to accepting crypto payments with a non-custodial gateway.

Which Coins Can Your Supporters Pay With?

Aurpay’s Payment Button accepts a practical spread of coins covering both store-of-value and stablecoin payers:

• BTC and Bitcoin Lightning (Lightning for fast, low-fee small payments)
• ETH
• USDT on ERC-20 and TRC-20
• USDC on ERC-20 and TRC-20
• DAI (ERC-20)
• BNB

For stablecoin payments, the network choice matters more than most guides admit, because the donor pays the network fee. A USDT TRC-20 transfer costs roughly $0.50–$2, while the same transfer on ERC-20 runs $3–$35 depending on Ethereum gas conditions. The gap is real at the withdrawal level too: a Binance USDT ERC-20 withdrawal can cost a 4 USDT fee plus gas (roughly $6–$20 total), versus a flat 1 USDT on TRC-20.

For small donations and tips, that difference is decisive — a $5 tip should not cost the donor $15 in gas. Point your donors to USDT on TRC-20 for low-value flows, and keep ERC-20 for supporters who already hold funds on Ethereum. Aurpay supports both networks, so you can let supporters choose. Our deep dive on USDT TRC-20 payment processing and low fees covers this trade-off in full.

How to Set Up Your Crypto Payment Button on Aurpay (Step-by-Step)

Getting a live button takes about five minutes and zero code. Here is the full flow.

1. Create your account. Sign up at the Aurpay Payment Button page. No contracts or banking details required to start.
2. Choose your mode. Pick Quick-Pay for a fixed-price item or Donations for supporter-chosen amounts.
3. Configure it. Set the amount and currency, then add your branding — logo, colors, and button label — so it matches your page.
4. Copy the snippet. Aurpay generates the embed code for your button.
5. Paste it anywhere. Drop the snippet into any page or platform that accepts HTML, and the button goes live.

Platform-Specific Paste Instructions

The same snippet works across platforms; only the place you paste it changes:

• WordPress: add a Custom HTML block in the block editor, or paste it into an HTML widget in a sidebar or footer.
• YouTube: place the payment link in your video description or a pinned comment so viewers can tap straight through.
• Twitch: add the snippet to your channel’s About panel, which supports HTML.
• Wix: drop in an Embed (HTML iframe) element and paste the snippet — note this is embedding the button on Wix, not a native Wix payment integration.
• Any other site or CMS: if the platform offers an HTML/embed widget (most site builders and CMSs do), use it to paste the snippet in.

Because the button is just HTML, the rule of thumb is simple: if a page lets you paste a block of code, it can host an Aurpay payment button.

Fee Comparison — What You Actually Pay

Most competitor pages quote “low fees” without numbers. Here is the real picture across the major crypto payment gateways, including the custody model — which is the part that quietly matters most.

Gateway	Button / transaction fee	Custody model	Notes
Aurpay	0.8% flat	Non-custodial	Funds go straight to your wallet; no contracts or banking details
NOWPayments	0.5% (same-currency) / 1% (with conversion)	Non-custodial for direct payouts; custodial when auto-converting	0.5% looks cheapest, but most merchants need conversion at 1%
CoinGate	1% flat, no setup fee	Custodial (fiat settlement)	Holds your funds during fiat conversion before payout
BitPay	~1% (custom-quoted)	Custodial	High-volume pricing is opaque and individually negotiated
Coinbase Commerce	~1%	Non-custodial / on-chain	Since its 2023 redesign, payments settle on-chain to a merchant-controlled wallet on Base

Two things stand out. First, Aurpay’s 0.8% sits at the low end of flat pricing — undercutting CoinGate, BitPay, and Coinbase Commerce, and matching or beating NOWPayments once conversion is in play. NOWPayments charges 0.5% for same-currency payouts and 1% with conversion; CoinGate is a flat 1%; and Coinbase Commerce charges a 1% fee, with BitPay landing in the same ballpark on custom-quoted plans.

Second — and this is where custody matters — the gateways differ sharply on who holds your money. CoinGate and BitPay are custodial and hold your funds during settlement or fiat conversion, which adds counterparty risk: if the gateway freezes, fails, or delays a payout, your money is stuck. Coinbase Commerce moved to an on-chain, non-custodial model in 2023, and self-hosted BTCPay Server is non-custodial too, though it requires you to run your own node. Aurpay’s edge is that it pairs a fully non-custodial model — payments route straight to a wallet you control — with a hosted, no-infrastructure setup and a 0.8% flat fee. For a wider view, see our crypto payment gateway comparison for 2026.

Zero Chargebacks and Instant Settlement

Card payments carry a structural cost that buttons eliminate: chargebacks. A disputed card transaction can cost a merchant 1–3% in fees plus the hours of labor it takes to fight it, and the merchant often loses anyway. Blockchain transactions are irreversible by design — once confirmed, a payment cannot be clawed back — so a crypto payment button removes chargeback fraud from the equation entirely.

Settlement speed is the other win. Card processors typically settle on a T+2 basis, and creator platforms can be far slower — Twitch’s 15-day cycle being the obvious example. With Aurpay, the payment is yours as soon as the on-chain confirmation lands, usually within minutes, with no minimum payout threshold to clear.

Stablecoins Are Now a Recognized Payment Instrument

This is not a fringe payment method anymore. The GENIUS Act, signed into law on July 18, 2025, legally defines USD-backed stablecoins as payment instruments — not securities, not commodities — giving merchants in the US a clear regulatory framework for accepting them. That clarity has accelerated adoption sharply.

The total stablecoin market capitalization reached roughly $315 billion in early 2026 — more than double its 2023 level — according to industry reporting on post-GENIUS Act stablecoin growth, and industry estimates suggest stablecoins could account for a low-single-digit share of US dollar payments in 2026. Because Aurpay’s Payment Button accepts USDT and USDC, your button is aligned with that framework on day one. Our comparison of USDT vs USDC and which stablecoin to accept goes deeper on choosing between them as a merchant.

When a Payment Button Isn’t Enough

A button is the right tool for lightweight, single-item, tip, and donation flows — but it is not a store. If you need a shopping cart, inventory tracking, tax and shipping logic, or full order management, a button will frustrate you. At that point you want a real e-commerce integration.

For a WordPress store, install the official Aurpay WooCommerce plugin and see our guide to the best crypto payment gateway for WooCommerce in 2026. For a Shopify store, Aurpay connects through a Custom App in your Shopify Admin — see the best crypto payment gateway for Shopify in 2026 and how to accept USDC on Shopify (ERC-20 and TRC-20 setup). Choosing the right tool up front saves you a rebuild later: button for simple flows, plugin or Custom App for a full catalog. For more on where buttons and full integrations each fit, see our merchant decision guide to industries accepting crypto payments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a website or e-commerce platform to use a crypto payment button?

No. The whole point of a payment button is that it works without a platform. As long as you have somewhere to paste HTML — a blog, a landing page, a YouTube description, a Twitch panel, or a simple site builder — you can host the button and start accepting crypto.

Does Aurpay hold my crypto before paying me out?

No. Aurpay is non-custodial, so payments route directly to the wallet you control. There is no intermediary account holding your funds during settlement or conversion, which removes the counterparty risk that comes with custodial gateways.

Can supporters set up recurring crypto donations?

Yes, in Donations mode. The recurring model is buyer-initiated: your supporter authorizes each contribution on schedule rather than the system auto-charging a saved card. A non-custodial gateway cannot pull funds automatically, so recurring support means the donor approves each cycle.

Which network should my donors use for stablecoins?

For small tips and donations, point supporters to USDT or USDC on TRC-20, where network fees run about $0.50–$2 versus $3–$35 on ERC-20. For larger payments or donors already holding funds on Ethereum, ERC-20 is fine. Aurpay supports both networks.

What does Aurpay charge per transaction?

A flat 0.8% per transaction, applied consistently across every payment. There are no contracts and no banking details required to get started, and there is no minimum payout threshold.

Are crypto payments reversible like card payments?

No. Blockchain transactions are irreversible once confirmed, which means there are no chargebacks. That protects you from the 1–3% chargeback fees and dispute labor that card payments can carry.

Add a Crypto Payment Button in Under Five Minutes

If you want to accept crypto without building a store, a payment button is the fastest path there: pick Quick-Pay or Donations, configure the amount and branding, copy one snippet, and paste it wherever you sell or collect. You keep your funds in your own wallet, pay a flat 0.8%, settle on-chain in minutes with zero chargebacks, and start with no contracts or banking details required.

Ready to set yours up? Visit the Aurpay Crypto Payment Button page, choose your mode, and have a working crypto checkout live on your site today.