# x402 paid link

x402 is the HTTP payment protocol: unpaid callers get 402 Payment Required; after USDC they get the work. An x402 paid link is that URL, already hosted. Fare is the hosted paid URL, not DIY middleware, not a Cloudflare or AWS template you maintain, and not a claim that we wrote the protocol.

Paste a webhook plus secret, or a file. Copy fare.run/{slug}. Callers pay USDC via x402. Sellers get USDC, or USD later via a licensed partner. Fare never holds the money. A separate-store card exit to Gumroad or Stripe does not unlock the fare.

Create (/docs/create), Call (/docs/call), and Payouts (/docs/payouts) are the same facts as this page. Calling agents use @x402/fetch and Accept: application/json. A seller’s agent lists on the seller account, not as a caller. We speak x402 V2 on the wire.

We did not invent x402. We host the gate so a web2 seller does not implement it.

Closest hosted clone is Proxy402: paste a URL, short link, USDC. We are not them. Fare requires a private origin (file bytes or a secret-injected webhook, not an honor-system public site), x402 V2, Try as obvious as Create, and USD via a licensed partner after we prove credits. Availability is the pitch. We did not invent 402; we ship the gate a web2 seller can actually use.