Link to a QuickBooks Payments account you already have
If you already have a QuickBooks Payments account from Intuit (you may know it as QuickBooks Merchant Service or GoPayment), you can link it to QuickBooks and start processing credit card payments right away.
You can link a Payments account to only one company at a time, so if you link your account to the current company, you'll no longer be able to accept credit cards in the previously linked QuickBooks company.
To link your account:
- Click the Gear icon > Company Settings (or Account and Settings depending on what you see).
- Click the Payments tab.
- Click Connect.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
Limitations
Here are some important things to know before linking your existing Payments account to QuickBooks Online.
- If you use Recurring Billing or Automatic Credit Card Billing in QuickBooks Desktop or the Merchant Service Center, consider turning off your scheduled transactions prior to linking your Payments account to QuickBooks Online. You can recreate your scheduled payments as memorized Sales Receipts once you've linked your account to QuickBooks Online, otherwise you'll have to add these payments to your new file manually and manage them in the Merchant Service Center.
- If you use currently use your Payments account in QuickBooks for Mac, please contact Customer Support so we can configure your account properly.
- Point of Sale merchant accounts cannot be linked to QuickBooks Online.
- If you use GoPayment, you'll need to set up your users again in the Merchant Service Center after you link your account to QuickBooks Online.
To view the currently linked account
To check which Payments account is currently linked to QuickBooks:
- Click the Gear icon > Company Settings (or Account and Settings depending on what you see).
- Click the Payments tab.
- Click Manage details.
See also
QuickBooks Payments overview