Accept BNB payments

BNB reaches a buyer most checkouts never see: the exchange-first customer whose crypto lives where they bought it. These buyers accumulate BNB through trading-fee discounts and token launch programs, and when they finally withdraw to pay for something, they favor the coin's own chain, where sending costs almost nothing. Accepting BNB is how you meet them at that moment.

How BNB settles here

Each payment gets its own forwarding address whose destination is fixed to your treasury when the address is created, and where the setup allows it the payment settles into your treasury directly. NoHoldPay's job is narrow: watch the chain, match the transfer to your invoice, and sign the webhook that tells your store it confirmed. Custody never enters the picture.

NetworkConfirmation rule (live)Typical time
BNB Smart ChainPayments confirm when the network finalizes the block that contains them.varies

Why merchants take BNB

BNB makes sense for merchants whose order sizes would be eaten by mainnet gas elsewhere. On its home network the cost of sending is small enough that a buyer will pay a modest invoice without hesitating, which opens crypto checkout to digital goods, game credits, and other low-ticket sales. The buyer base skews toward markets where an exchange app is the everyday wallet, so BNB acceptance often reads as a signal that you take those customers seriously. Settlement stays in your hands: each payment lands at its own forwarder address wired to your own treasury, and the Recovery Kit you download lets you rebuild every payment address without the platform's involvement.

Worth knowing

BNB payments come overwhelmingly from exchange accounts, not self-custody wallets, which changes the failure modes you will see. The classic mistake is the network picker: the same asset is offered over several networks at withdrawal, and only the network your invoice names will reach the payment address. Less obvious is timing. The chain gets crowded during hyped token launches, when the same buyers who hold BNB are busy using it, so a payment that normally lands promptly can take longer on those days. Neither problem is frequent, but both are worth a line in your buyer instructions.

The platform fee is 0.5% per confirmed payment, prepaid. New accounts start with $50 of live credit, covering roughly the first $10,000 processed. Checkout ships hosted, or through the WooCommerce and OpenCart plugins.

Common questions

My customer withdrew the exact invoice amount but the payment arrived short. Why?
The exchange took its withdrawal fee out of the amount sent, so what left the platform was less than what the customer typed. Ask exchange-paying customers to add their platform's withdrawal fee on top of the invoice amount, so the full total reaches the payment address.
We already accept ETH. What does adding BNB actually add?
A different buyer, mostly. ETH reaches self-custody natives, while BNB reaches customers who live inside exchange apps and rarely hold anything else. There is also an order-size effect: transfers on BNB's chain cost so little that buyers will pay small invoices they would skip on mainnet.
Why would a customer pay in BNB instead of a stablecoin on the same chain?
Because it is what they hold. Exchange users accumulate BNB passively through fee discounts and launch participation, and spending it avoids a trade they would otherwise make first. A payment in the asset already sitting in the account is a step shorter, and shorter checkouts complete more often.

Take your first BNB payment

Add a wallet, create a payment, and watch it confirm on a testnet before going live.

Accept BNB