Aug 9, 2025

How to Set Up a Recurring Payment with ZapPlanner

A quick guide on how to use this Alby tool to create automatic recurring payments.

ZapPlanner is an app powered by Lightning and Nostr Wallet Connect that allows you to support someone with bitcon on a recurring basis.

If you have an Alby Hub, you can set up payments there. If not, you can use the web app provided by the Alby team: zapplanner.albylabs.com

On the home page, click "New Recurring Payment" to get started.

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You'll be presented with this form that's pretty straightforward to fill out.

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The next step allows you to review your settings and use Bitcoin Connect to add a funding source.

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A lot of connection options here. If you don't have any of those wallets set up yet, there's a link at the bottom to get one.

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Once you're connected, you'll see your wallet's balance and the "Create Recurring Payment" button enabled.

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After a few hours, I saw several succesful payments!

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Setting up programmatically

For you devs out there, there's even a way to set this up using a URL and parameters.

Here's an example you can test with. 😉 zapplanner.albylabs.com/confirm?amount=21&recipient=bullish@getalby.com&timeframe=1d&comment= ZapPlanner supporter&payerdata=%7B%22name%22%3A%22Anon%22%7D

And here's the list of all parameters.

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