---
title: Create a site from a payment with Zapier
description: The client pays through Stripe, an invoice tool or a booking app, and a Zap creates their site.
url: "https://shop.anypress.io/docs/create-a-site-from-a-payment-with-zapier/"
updated: "2026-10-24"
category: Automation
---

# Create a site from a payment with Zapier

Use this when the client pays somewhere other than your storefront, such as Stripe, an invoice tool or a booking app. You need an [API key](/docs/api-keys-and-partner-keys/).

## Steps

1. **Trigger:** the new payment, or the invoice marked paid, in your payment app.
2. **Action:** **Webhooks by Zapier**, then **Custom Request**.
   - Method: `POST`
   - URL: `https://api.anypress.io/v1/tenants`
   - Basic Auth: your key and secret with a bar between them, `key|secret`
   - Headers: `Content-Type` = `application/json`
3. **Data:** the body below, with the payment's id as the `externalId`.

```
{
  "name": "Rose and Fern",
  "externalId": "pay-3QxK81Lm",
  "wordPressUserName": "owner",
  "wordPressUserEmail": "owner@roseandfern.example",
  "wordPressUserRole": "administrator",
  "size": "medium"
}
```

## Tips

- Using the payment's own id means a Zap that runs twice still makes only one site.
- `externalId` may only contain letters, numbers and dashes, so swap any underscore for a dash.
- To take the site offline when the client cancels, see [Suspend a site when a client cancels](/docs/suspend-a-site-when-a-client-cancels/).