Looking to collect payments, donations, or fees directly through a form? With POWR Form Builder, you can accept payments via PayPal, Stripe, or even Offline methods. This guide walks you through setting up your payment settings so you can get paid fast without needing a separate checkout page.
In This Article
Step 1: Enable Payment in Your POWR Form
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Open the POWR Form Builder in the editor.
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Click the Payment tab in the left-side menu.
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Toggle Accept Payments to ON.
Once enabled, additional payment settings will appear.
💡 You must be on a paid plan to activate payment features.
Step 2: Choose Your Payment Method
You can accept payments using:
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PayPal (instant payments through PayPal account or guest checkout)
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Stripe (accepts credit/debit cards directly)
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Offline (cash, bank transfer, check, etc.)
You can choose one or multiple options.
To enable:
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Click the Payment Method dropdown.
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Select the option(s) you want to use.
Step 3: Connect to PayPal
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Under Payment Method, select PayPal.
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Enter your PayPal Email Address in the field provided.
🔐 Be sure to use a PayPal Business account if you want to allow guest checkout without requiring a PayPal login.
Need help with that? How to Enable Guest Payment on PayPal
Step 4: Connect to Stripe
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Select Stripe as your payment method.
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Click the Connect Stripe button.
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Log in to your Stripe account, or create one if you don’t have it yet.
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Authorize access to connect POWR.
Step 5: Set Up Offline Payments
Want to allow customers to pay later via check, bank transfer, or cash?
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Select Offline as your payment method.
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A text field will appear—add your payment instructions (e.g., “Send checks to [your address]” or “We’ll contact you for payment”).
Offline payment selections are submitted just like paid entries, but no charge is processed automatically.
Step 6: Publish and Test Your Form
Once you've configured your payment settings:
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Click Publish to save your form.
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Test the form on your live site:
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Submit a test entry using Stripe or PayPal (or offline option)
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Verify that the payment goes through correctly
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Make sure to double-check:
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Payment confirmation emails
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App integrations
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Data collected in your POWR dashboard
❓FAQs
Can I use both PayPal and Stripe?
Yes. Users will be able to choose which payment method they prefer at checkout.
Can I offer offline payments only?
Yes. You can disable PayPal and Stripe, and use only offline instructions for manual payments.
Can I offer free and paid options?
Yes. Simply leave the price at $0 for free items and set prices for paid ones. Only forms with prices will trigger the payment screen.
Can I show or hide payment fields conditionally?
Yes. Use Conditional Logic to show payment fields based on user selections.
📚 Related Articles
- Troubleshooting Payments in POWR
- Payments are in my POWR Dashboard but not PayPal or Stripe
- Learn more about creating subscriptions
- Learn more about accepting donations
- How to Add Products and Prices in POWR Forms
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Comments
14 comments
Right now the options are require payments or don't accept payments. there doesn't seem to be a way to accept payments through paypal or allow users to submit their form and pay by check. We are working with student artists and most of them don't have paypal accounts to use to pay their booth fees so we need two payment options.
Hi Brenda!
Thank you for the suggestion! Currently, our Form Builder has an integration with PayPal payments. Our engineers are working on future updates where there may be an integration with Stripe (so your user can type in a credit card without any login info) and even allow Offline Payments!
Until then, I may recommend turning off Payment in your Form. I may also recommend looking into adding our PayPal Button to your webpage to accept payments. Our PayPal Button accepts 3 different payment methods; PayPal, Stripe, and Offline. Once published, you may instruct your users who fill your Form to click on your PayPal Button for payment options.
Hi, I did receive payment from a customer but it did not include the shipping cost which I provided as part of the purchase
When I add on paypal payment, it no longer will collect info through mailchimp. Previously, without paypal it did add to mailchimp. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
Hello i added my email for PayPal.
but I cannot received any payment .... Please assist urgently...
Bonjour,
J'ai mis un lien de redirection après paiement, j'ai payé la formule qui permet de faire cela. Mais ça ne fonctionne pas.
Après le paiement, rien ne se passe, même pas de lien dans la facture.
Pouvez vous m'aider ?
Hi Julie,
Please contact our support team with a link to your site and your app so we can take a look. There is a 'Contact Support" link in the footer of this page. Thanks!
We had the POWr form builder on our website, connected to both PayPal and Stripe. Spammers were entering their details into the form and testing credit cards with Stripe. It did not work for them with PayPal. PLEASE, can you add Capcha or some similar technology so that these spammers cannot get through to payment via Stripe? This makes your form unsecure.
@Krista Sorry that happened. We were targeted a couple of months ago by scammers who were trying to abuse POWR payment apps to validate stolen cards. Stripe helped us resolve the issue (though unfortunately they couldn't help us identify which users were affected) and we implemented Captcha in all of our apps that take payments to prevent this from happening again. Did this happen to you more recently? If yes, please send us a message with screenshots of what you are seeing in Stripe so our team can look into this ASAP. Thanks!
Hi, yes this was about 1-2 months ago. I can send you a message about it, as I am hesitant on re-connecting Stripe to our website.
@Krista Totally understand. I just checked with our team and we have not had any reported issues since Captcha was added to all apps. Our support team will be happy to take another look and see if there is anything specifically in your form that can be updated to make it even more secure.
Is there a way to prevent the spammers from filling out the form and trying, as we get quite a few emails from them and we just have PayPal connected.
Hi Pilar, I'm not sure where the Captcha is located. I did a test purchase and never had to click on a Captcha. Please contact me. Thank you.
Hi Krista!
1) If spam submissions are a problem in general (and not just in conjunction with potential payment fraud), you might want to adjust your form settings to allow only one submission per user (the setting lives under Settings > After Submission Options).
2) Captcha is enabled by default in the checkout of all POWR apps. The captcha screen is only shown if Google has detected unusual patterns or activity. This is to ensure that captcha does not create an unnecessary barrier to purchase and has been designed by Google to work that way.
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