Webflow Client Payments: Hand Off Billing to Clients
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In short
Switch Webflow client payments on if you want the client to own the bill, but skip it if you need to control upgrades and cancellations yourself, since only the client can cancel or upgrade the site plan.fact [3] It is available to everyone on Freelancer and Agency Workspace plans, and the client adds their credit card to cover the site plan, bandwidth overages and other add-ons.fact [1]fact [2] Sites that already have a paid plan need a temporary downgrade to Starter first.fact [4]
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Key facts
Every claim in the video comes from these facts, each read on an official page on the date shown.
- Client payments is available to everyone on Freelancer and Agency Workspace plans, and Webflow introduced seamless transfers in the same launch. Source [1], read .
- You can invite your client to securely add their credit card to cover costs for their site, including new site plans, bandwidth overages, and other site add-ons. Source [1], read .
- Once the client adds their card on file, you can keep managing the site’s design and hosting while delegating billing to the client. Only the client can cancel or upgrade their site plan. Source [1], read .
- For an existing paid plan, downgrade the site to the Starter plan temporarily, coordinate the time with the client to minimize downtime, then go to the Plans page and enable client payments. Source [1], read .
- To transfer a site, select it, go to Billing, then choose Transfer site and enter the client’s email address. The client receives an invitation in Webflow and by email to accept the transfer request. Source [1], read .
- Once the client accepts a transfer, they are prompted to reauthorize Webflow apps to maintain integrations, and then the site appears in the client’s Workspace. Source [1], read .
- Sites built and hosted in a Freelancer or Agency Workspace and paid for using client payments can be transferred to the client’s Workspace without affecting key site settings. Source [1], read .
- On the pricing page, client payments is described as: invite your clients to securely add their credit card on file to cover any new site plan or other site add-ons. Source [2], read .
- On the pricing page, the Freelancer Workspace plan is listed at $16 per month billed yearly and the Agency Workspace plan at $35 per month billed yearly, and the Freelancer plan list includes client payments. Source [2], read .
- The client payments update page says it launched on January 29, 2025. Source [1], read .
- For new sites: when creating a new site, simply invite your client to set up client payments. Once they accept, their credit card is securely added to cover site costs. Source [1], read .
Questions and answers
Who can use Webflow client payments?
Client payments is available to everyone on Freelancer and Agency Workspace plans.fact [1] According to the pricing page, Freelancer is $16 per month billed yearly and Agency is $35 per month billed yearly.fact [9]
What does the client’s credit card pay for?
You invite your client to securely add their credit card to cover costs for their site, including new site plans, bandwidth overages, and other site add-ons.fact [2]
Can I still manage the site after the client adds their card?
Yes, you can keep managing the site’s design and hosting while billing is delegated to the client.fact [3] However, only the client can cancel or upgrade the site plan.fact [3]
How do I enable client payments on a site that already has a paid plan?
Downgrade the site to the Starter plan temporarily, coordinate the time with the client to minimize downtime, then go to the Plans page and enable client payments.fact [4]
How do I transfer a site to my client’s Workspace?
Select the site, go to Billing, choose Transfer site and enter the client’s email address.fact [5] The client gets an invitation in Webflow and by email, and after accepting they are prompted to reauthorize Webflow apps to maintain integrations.fact [5]fact [6]
Transcript
Who pays for the site? Play from 0:00
Webflow client payments launched on January 29, 2025, so this is not breaking news.fact [10] It still fixes a real freelancer headache: whose card pays for the client’s site.
Verdict first: switch it on, but know the catches before you promise it to a client.
Stay for the one trap on sites that already have a paid plan.
The setup order Play from 0:17
According to the official page, client payments is available to everyone on Freelancer and Agency Workspace plans.fact [1]
You invite your client to add their credit card securely. That card covers the site plan, bandwidth overages, and other add-ons.fact [2]
The link is right under the video if you want to read the announcement yourself.
Once the card is on file, you keep managing the design and the hosting. The client holds the billing.fact [3]
Here is the part people skim past. Only the client can cancel or upgrade the site plan.fact [3]
So you are out of the billing loop, but you can no longer cancel or upgrade it yourself. Decide if you are fine with that before you promise it to a client.
Now, the trap.
The Starter trap Play from 0:53
If the site already has a paid plan, you cannot just flip a switch.fact [4]
The page says to downgrade the site to the Starter plan temporarily. Then you coordinate the time with the client to minimize downtime. Only after that do you go to the Plans page and enable client payments.fact [4]
In plain terms: book a slot with the client before you touch anything. The downgrade is the step that can hurt, and the page itself tells you to minimize the downtime.fact [4]
For a new site, the page gives a simpler path: when creating the site, you invite your client to set up client payments, and once they accept, their card is added.fact [11]
If you are moving a live client site, the paid plan is the hard part.
If you want the steps open beside you while you work, the link is in the description.
Transfer and reauthorize Play from 1:31
Want to hand over the whole site instead? Select it, go to Billing, choose Transfer site, and enter the client’s email address.fact [5]
The client gets an invitation in Webflow and by email, and they have to accept the transfer request.fact [5]
After they accept, they are prompted to reauthorize Webflow apps to maintain integrations. Then the site appears in their Workspace.fact [6]
Tell the client to expect that prompt before you send the invite. It is the step most likely to confuse someone who has never opened Webflow.
The good news: sites built and hosted in your Workspace and paid for through client payments transfer without affecting key site settings.fact [7]
The announcement does not cover the client seat, so we won’t guess how it compares. What the page does show is the difference that matters here. With client payments you keep managing the site. With a transfer, the site moves into their Workspace.fact [3]fact [6]
If this saved you a setup headache, like the video, subscribe, and tell me in the comments which handoff you are doing. It helps a channel that’s just getting started.
Webflow client payments: verdict Play from 2:26
Now the numbers. According to the official pricing page, Freelancer is $16 per month billed yearly, and Agency is $35 per month billed yearly. The Freelancer plan list includes client payments.fact [9]
Verdict: switch it on if you are a freelancer or a small agency and you want the client to own the bill. Skip it if you need to control upgrades and cancellations yourself.
The link to the official announcement is in the description.
Sources
- webflow.com/updates/client-payments (facts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11)
- webflow.com/pricing (facts 8, 9)
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