Bitcoin payments for freelancers and service businesses

OrangeTill was born in a restaurant, but its design makes it equally useful for anyone who gets paid in person — photographers, personal trainers, tutors, consultants, tattoo artists, therapists, dog walkers, and any other service professional who occasionally has a client who wants to pay in Bitcoin.

The freelancer crypto use case

Freelancers who accept Bitcoin payments often do so for a few reasons: clients in other countries who prefer crypto over international wire transfers, privacy-conscious clients, crypto-native clients who prefer to spend rather than sell, or simply because they want to build a crypto position alongside their regular income.

OrangeTill handles all of these cleanly — you enter the dollar amount, the client scans and pays, and the payment is logged in your history.

How to use OrangeTill for service payments

Service payments don't always happen at a fixed counter. OrangeTill works anywhere:

• In person — show the QR code on your phone or tablet at the end of a session
• Via screenshot — generate the QR code and screenshot it, then send the image to a remote client via text or email
• On a laptop — pull up OrangeTill on your laptop and let the client scan from the screen

Invoicing and receipts

OrangeTill's payment log serves as your receipt record for Bitcoin payments. Each entry shows the date, time, dollar amount, coin, and any note you added. The note field is useful for logging client names or invoice numbers — "Sarah / Invoice 47" — so your records stay organized.

OrangeTill also supports email receipts: after confirming a payment, you can send a receipt to any email address. For freelancers, this is useful for giving clients a paper trail.

For formal invoicing, your existing invoicing software (FreshBooks, HoneyBook, Wave, etc.) handles the invoice generation. OrangeTill handles the Bitcoin payment collection. Use the note field to link the two: log the invoice number in OrangeTill and mark the invoice as paid in your invoicing software under "Other payment."

International clients

Crypto is particularly valuable for international payments. Wire transfers are slow (2–5 business days), expensive ($15–45 per transfer), and require sharing banking details. A Bitcoin payment from an international client arrives in your wallet in minutes with fees under a dollar. For clients in countries with banking restrictions or currency controls, crypto may be the only practical way to pay you.