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Get paid to confirm an order
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In general, online payments are considered as a fast and secure alternative to traditional payment
methods. It is generally cheaper, easier and faster than other payment methods. It is particularly
useful and efficient for international transactions. With Odoo Sales, you can use online payments
to get automatic orders confirmation. Online payments are made instantly, so it's very convenient
and saves lots of time in a basic sales process.

Enable online payment
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Go to :menuselection:`Sales --> Configuration --> Settings` and activate the **Online Payment**
feature.

.. image:: media/get_paid_1.png
   :align: center
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   :alt: How to enable online payment on Odoo Sales?

There, you will have direct access to the **Payment Acquirers** page. It will allow you to select
and configure your acquirers of choice. Before creating or modifying a payment acquirer, be sure to
check out our documentation about how to be paid with payment acquirers such as
:doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers/paypal`,
:doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers/authorize`, and others in the
:doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers` documentation.

.. note::
   If you are familiar with this documentation: :doc:`quote_template`; you
   can activate or not the **Online Payment** feature for each template you use, under their
   confirmation tab.

Register a payment
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After opening quotations from their received email, your customers will have different
possibilities to make their online payments. For example:

.. image:: media/get_paid_2.png
   :align: center
   :class: img-thumbnail
   :alt: How to register a payment on Odoo Sales?

.. tip::
   By clicking on the **Customer Preview** button, you will be able to see what your customers
   will have to choose when it comes to payment.

.. seealso::
   - :doc:`quote_template`
   - :doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers`
   - :doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers/paypal`
   - :doc:`../../general/payment_acquirers/authorize`