# Create billing profile

**Last reviewed:**about 2 years ago

After you create a new account, you might want to create your billing profile.

A primary payment method is required to process payment for Cloudflare products and services. We value your confidentiality and privacy - Cloudflare does not have access to your bank, credit card, pin, or PayPal account password details.

To add or update your primary payment method,

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Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗.

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On the left sidebar, select

**Manage account**>**Billing**. -
Select

**Payment Info**. -
If there is no payment method on file, the

**Payment Method**dialog opens automatically. Otherwise, select**Manage**next to your current payment method and the**Payment Method**dialog opens. -
Enter the required information based on the payment options below:

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If paying by credit card:

- Enter all the information required under the
**Credit Card Details**form. - To add your business information to your invoice, include your
**Company**and**VAT/GST Number**, if applicable.

- Enter all the information required under the
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If paying by PayPal (will charge your credit card if you do not have enough funds in your PayPal account):

- Select the
**PayPal logo**on the upper right. - Follow the online instructions until PayPal returns you to Cloudflare
**Payment Method**dialog where you can continue with your set-up. - Verify that your
**PayPal username**now appears next to the**PayPal logo**. - Add your account contact information as well as
**Company**and**VAT/GST Number**, if applicable.

- Select the

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Review the payment method and contact information to ensure it is accurate.

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To finish, select

**Confirm**.

Ensure your new payment method now appears in the **Payment Method** section.

Enterprise customers must email ar@cloudflare.com with the last four digits of the credit card and its expiration date.

A backup payment method is used if the primary payment method fails. To add a backup payment method:

- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗.
- Go to
**Manage account**>**Billing**. - Select
**Payment Info**. - In the
**Payment Method**card, select**Manage**. - In the
**Backup**card, select**Add**to enter a backup payment method. - Enter the required information based on your preferred payment method (credit card or PayPal) and select
**Confirm**. - If you would like to make the backup payment method the primary method, select
**Make primary payment method**in the**Backup**card.

If you have a usage-based product ↗ like Rate Limiting or Load Balancing, set up Billing notifications to monitor usage and avoid surprises on your bill.

These notifications do not set a cap on usage, but rather alert you when your usage might be reaching a threshold.

To set up billable usage notifications:

- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account.
- Go to
**Notifications**. - Select
**Add**. - On the
**Billing**notification, click**Select**. - Enter a name and description.
- Select a
**Product**. This value affects the usage threshold specified in the next step. - Enter a usage threshold.
- Add a
**Notification email**. - Select
**Create**.

To disable, edit, or delete this notification, return to **Notifications** and find your notification.

To receive invoices via email — which are sent when you add or remove subscriptions from your account — you can opt-in within the Billing section of the Cloudflare dashboard. Once enabled, you will receive invoices via email:

- Within one business day of initial setup.
- Every month at the end of your billing period.
- Within one business day for all new purchases.

To enable Cloudflare invoice emails:

- Log into the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account.
- Go to
**Manage Account**>**Billing**. - Go to
**Invoices & Documents**. - For
**Billing email preference**, switch the value to**On**. You will receive an invoice via billing email address on file within one business day.