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How can I accept UPI payments for India bookings in Calendly without setting up a local entity?

  • December 16, 2025
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R

Hi Calendly team and community,

We support several US and UK based businesses that rely on Calendly for scheduling paid calls, demos, and services. Many of them are now expanding into India and are running into challenges around accepting local payments, especially UPI, without forming an Indian entity.

Currently, these companies are using Merchant of Record and payment facilitation models such as (removed by moderator), which helps foreign businesses sell in India without local incorporation and enables UPI alongside standard credit card processing.

Our questions are:

  1. Does Calendly support UPI or other India specific online payment services for paid bookings?

  2. If not, is there a recommended way to integrate Calendly with external payment processing services or Merchant of Record platforms?

  3. Are there any plans on the roadmap to support localized payment methods like UPI in addition to credit card processing for Indian customers?

The goal is to allow Indian users to book through Calendly and pay using their preferred local payment method, while the business remains based in the US or UK.

Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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David
Community Manager
  • David
  • Community Manager
  • December 16, 2025

Hi ​@Rinkesh47035 - Thanks for reaching out! I’ll leave some answers below.
 

  1. Calendly does not currently support UPI payments. Right now, Calendly currently supports payments in the following currencies through Stripe:
    • $ AUD - Australian Dollar
    • $ CAD - Canadian Dollar
    • € EUR - Euro
    • £ GBP - Pound Sterling
    • $ USD - United States Dollar
  2. Calendly only integrates with Stripe and Paypal to offer payment on booking.
  3. I’ll get this information passed along to our product team to see where our plans are at for additional currency. Once I hear any updates we’ll update the community!

In cases where you need to start accepting a new currency that Calendly doesn’t offer - Users will send an external payment link via a workflow or by redirecting the user after the booking is made. Or vice versa, they’ll send the user a payment link first, then they get the booking page sent to them automatically. 

Let me know if you have any questions! You can read more about our payment integrations here:

Calendly + Stripe

Calendly + PayPal
 

R
  • Rinkesh47035
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  • Community Member
  • December 17, 2025

Thanks for the clarification, David. This is helpful.

For businesses targeting India, the workaround you mentioned is exactly what many teams are exploring right now. In practice, what we are seeing is that companies keep Calendly purely for scheduling, then handle payment collection outside of Calendly using a localized payment flow.

For example, some US and UK businesses are using Merchant of Record platforms such as Transact Bridge (www.transactbridge.com) to generate a payment link after the booking is confirmed. This allows Indian customers to pay via UPI ort while Calendly continues to manage availability and confirmations.

From an implementation perspective, this usually looks like:

  1. User books via Calendly

  2. Booking confirmation triggers a webhook or follow up email

  3. Customer completes payment on a separate UPI enabled checkout

  4. Meeting confirmation is finalized after payment

If Calendly introduces native support for India specific payment methods like UPI in the future, that would remove a lot of friction for companies expanding into the region. Until then, separating scheduling and payment seems to be the cleanest approach.

Appreciate the response and transparency on the roadmap.

David
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