Skip to main content

How to send paylink Payment Requests

How distributors send a PayLink payment request by email or text from Customer Search in Encompass so retailers can pay selected invoices on dsdlink, plus what the retailer receives.

B
Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 22.05

Pre-Conditions

  • Have to have paylink integration

Steps

How to send paylink Payment Request

  1. Using Universal Search, navigate to the Customer Search dashboard
    ​
    ​

  2. Use the filters to search for the Customer and click the arrow to select
    ​
    ​

  3. Locate the AR Account Summary tile
    ​
    ​

  4. Click the Request payment with paylink button
    ​
    ​

  5. Use the checkboxes to select the invoices to request payment for
    ​
    ​

  6. From the drop-down at the bottom, select a paylink term
    ​
    ​

  7. Select a send method: Email or Text
    ​
    ​

  8. The AR Account’s User displays as the default email/phone number and a new email address or phone number can be manually entered

What the Retailer sees from the paylink Payment Request

  1. The retailer receives the email looks like this:
    ​
    ​

  2. Retailer clicks Pay on dsdlink which will direct them to dsdlink Guest Payment or the retailer can log onto the Invoices Dashboard to pay these invoices

Best Practices

  • Please send paylink Payment Request for Balanced or Verified Invoices
    ​
    ​

  • The ‘Request Payment with paylink’ button will only populate on an individual Invoice Total when the Credit Term on the Invoice has the Payment Type of paylink Push
    ​
    ​

  • Verify if the email has been sent in the ‘Messages’ table

Did this answer your question?