diff --git a/crates/gp-server/src/checkout.rs b/crates/gp-server/src/checkout.rs
index a5a841f..ba691fe 100644
--- a/crates/gp-server/src/checkout.rs
+++ b/crates/gp-server/src/checkout.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ pub fn build_info(inv: &Invoice, cfg: &Config) -> CheckoutInfo {
         Ok(pk) => (gp_nostr::npub_of(pk), gp_nostr::nprofile(pk, &relays)),
         Err(_) => (String::new(), String::new()),
     };
-    let qr_svg = qr::svg(&nprofile, cfg.qr_logo_href()).unwrap_or_default();
+    // The QR carries a pay-URI so a scanning wallet can auto-fill the amount
+    // (and memo). The human-readable nprofile/npub strings on the page are
+    // unchanged — only the QR payload gains the query. An invalid pubkey yields
+    // an empty nprofile; keep that empty (no useless `nostr:` QR).
+    let qr_payload = if nprofile.is_empty() {
+        nprofile.clone()
+    } else {
+        pay_uri(&nprofile, inv)
+    };
+    let qr_svg = qr::svg(&qr_payload, cfg.qr_logo_href()).unwrap_or_default();
     let amount_display = amount_display(inv);
     let token = inv.token.clone().unwrap_or_default();
     CheckoutInfo {
@@ -86,6 +95,53 @@ fn amount_display(inv: &Invoice) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+/// Build the QR pay-URI for an invoice: `nostr:<nprofile>`, plus `?amount=`
+/// when the invoice has an exact expected amount, plus `&memo=` when it carries
+/// a human memo. A scanning Goblin wallet auto-fills the amount (and note) from
+/// this; open-amount invoices stay a bare `nostr:<nprofile>`.
+///
+/// The URI never carries the invoice token or any key — only the already-public
+/// recipient nprofile, relay hints, the amount, and the human memo shown on the
+/// page. `expected_amount` is a locked nanogrin quote (i64 in the DB, always
+/// non-negative here); only strictly positive amounts are emitted.
+fn pay_uri(nprofile: &str, inv: &Invoice) -> String {
+    let mut uri = format!("nostr:{nprofile}");
+    let mut sep = '?';
+    if let Some(nano) = inv.expected_amount {
+        if nano > 0 {
+            uri.push(sep);
+            uri.push_str("amount=");
+            uri.push_str(&nanogrin_to_grin(nano as u64));
+            sep = '&';
+        }
+    }
+    if let Some(memo) = inv.memo.as_deref() {
+        let memo = memo.trim();
+        if !memo.is_empty() {
+            uri.push(sep);
+            uri.push_str("memo=");
+            uri.push_str(&percent_encode(memo));
+        }
+    }
+    uri
+}
+
+/// Minimal RFC-3986 percent-encoding for a query value: keep the unreserved set
+/// (`A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~`), percent-escape every other byte. Small and
+/// dependency-free (gp-core has no percent-encoding crate).
+fn percent_encode(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    for &b in s.as_bytes() {
+        match b {
+            b'A'..=b'Z' | b'a'..=b'z' | b'0'..=b'9' | b'-' | b'.' | b'_' | b'~' => {
+                out.push(b as char)
+            }
+            _ => out.push_str(&format!("%{b:02X}")),
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// The checkout page template.
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "pay.html")]
@@ -243,3 +299,93 @@ fn render<T: Template>(page: T) -> HttpResponse {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A minimal invoice fixture: only the fields the QR pay-URI reads matter.
+    fn invoice(expected_amount: Option<i64>, memo: Option<&str>) -> Invoice {
+        Invoice {
+            id: "inv_1".into(),
+            order_ref: None,
+            expected_amount,
+            expiry: None,
+            status: "open".into(),
+            created_at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z".into(),
+            token: Some("secret-token-should-never-leak".into()),
+            memo: memo.map(str::to_string),
+            recipient_pubkey: Some("aa".repeat(32)),
+            fiat_amount: None,
+            fiat_currency: None,
+            match_mode: None,
+            paid_payment_id: None,
+            paid_at: None,
+            quote_rate: None,
+            quote_source: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn amount_invoice_encodes_amount() {
+        // 1.5 GRIN → nostr:<nprofile>?amount=1.5
+        let inv = invoice(Some(1_500_000_000), None);
+        assert_eq!(
+            pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &inv),
+            "nostr:nprofile1abc?amount=1.5"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn open_amount_invoice_stays_bare() {
+        // Open amount (no expected_amount, no memo) → bare nostr:<nprofile>.
+        let inv = invoice(None, None);
+        assert_eq!(pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &inv), "nostr:nprofile1abc");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn amount_and_memo_encoded() {
+        let inv = invoice(Some(1_000_000_000), Some("Coffee & cake"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &inv),
+            "nostr:nprofile1abc?amount=1&memo=Coffee%20%26%20cake"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn memo_only_uses_question_mark() {
+        // No amount but a memo → the memo is the first (and only) query param.
+        let inv = invoice(None, Some("hi"));
+        assert_eq!(pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &inv), "nostr:nprofile1abc?memo=hi");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn zero_and_blank_are_treated_as_open() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &invoice(Some(0), None)),
+            "nostr:nprofile1abc"
+        );
+        // A whitespace-only memo is dropped.
+        assert_eq!(
+            pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &invoice(None, Some("   "))),
+            "nostr:nprofile1abc"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn uri_never_leaks_token_or_key() {
+        // The token and recipient private material must never appear in the QR.
+        let inv = invoice(Some(2_000_000_000), Some("order 42"));
+        let uri = pay_uri("nprofile1abc", &inv);
+        assert!(!uri.contains("secret-token-should-never-leak"));
+        assert!(!uri.contains("token"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn percent_encode_covers_reserved_and_unicode() {
+        assert_eq!(percent_encode("a-b_c.d~e"), "a-b_c.d~e");
+        assert_eq!(percent_encode("a b&c=d"), "a%20b%26c%3Dd");
+        // Multi-byte UTF-8 is percent-encoded byte-by-byte.
+        assert_eq!(percent_encode("é"), "%C3%A9");
+    }
+}