# Pay-In Address

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The Pay-In Address is a single static address that can be shared with your community.\
It **automatically handles minting and distribution of tokens**, refunds and [discounts](https://docs.nmkr.io/nmkr-studio/set-up-sales/manage-prices-pricelist/discounts) once the funds are received. It works with multiple token amounts that are specified in the [price list](https://docs.nmkr.io/nmkr-studio/set-up-sales/manage-prices-pricelist) and is a very simple method to mint Tokens.\
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The following is an example how you would share the address with your community:

<pre><code><strong>Please send your ADA to the mint address:
</strong><strong>addr1v909jz0nnfwpl49st5yjp0ndht4s5vs4d0mhuz8fvv0nhrqj8mdqx
</strong>
To mint 1 Token please send 10 ADA,
for 2 Tokens, please send 20 ADA,
for 5 Tokens, please send 50 ADA
</code></pre>

This Example may sound familiar to you, as the pay-in address is still very common in the CNFT Space. But it actually has some downsides, not only for the seller and buyer, but also for the Blockchain.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Before you want to enable this option, you want to [compare NMKR Pay with the Pay-In Address](https://docs.nmkr.io/nmkr-studio/set-up-sales/nmkr-pay#nmkr-pay-vs.-pay-in-address) to learn more about why we recommend to use NMKR Pay!\
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Because the Pay-In Address is a public address, it has **no bot protection!**\
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The Pay-In Address is also working with [Sales Conditions](https://docs.nmkr.io/nmkr-studio/set-up-sales/sales-conditions-and-whitelisting).
{% endhint %}

### How the Pay-In Address works

Once the payment address receives a transaction with the correct amount of ADA that matches the prices in the price list, it will mint and send a token in a second transaction to the senders' wallet. The amount of tokens that are minted depends on the price/amount-pairs in the price list.

If the payment-address receives a transaction that does not contain the correct amount of ADA it will send a refund instead of the token.

### Enable the Pay-In Address

To activate the Pay-In address, please go to the[ price-list settings](https://docs.nmkr.io/nmkr-studio/set-up-sales/manage-prices-pricelist) and specify your prices there. After that, please scroll down.\
The Pay-In Integration is found in the second tab, where also the NMKR Pay Integration can be found.

{% hint style="info" %}
The Pay-In Address and NMKR Pay can be used simultaneously with NMKR Pay.
{% endhint %}

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The Pay-In address stays active for 7 days. If there is no input-transaction on the address, it will deactivate itself again.


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