{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "linkedin",
    "name": "LinkedIn",
    "category": "sales-and-marketing",
    "description": "LinkedIn Admin Center provides invoices for sales-assisted contracts and receipts for online purchases, while app-store subscriptions remain with the store.",
    "status": "researched",
    "website": "https://www.linkedin.com/",
    "invoiceHelpUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1553436/",
    "accessMethods": [
      "vendor_portal",
      "email_forward",
      "manual_upload"
    ],
    "authentication": {
      "oauth": false,
      "apiToken": false,
      "browserSession": true,
      "requiredRole": "Billing admin for the relevant contract, or the purchasing member for an online purchase"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "accountDiscovery": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Admin Center can show contracts and purchases associated with the signed-in user."
      },
      "billingHistory": {
        "supported": true
      },
      "invoiceMetadata": {
        "supported": true
      },
      "invoicePdf": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Invoices or receipts can be downloaded depending on purchase channel."
      },
      "creditNotes": {
        "supported": "unknown"
      },
      "lineItems": {
        "supported": true
      },
      "usage": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Campaign Manager has advertising spend data, but document access varies by product and purchase channel."
      },
      "subscriptions": {
        "supported": true
      },
      "paymentMethod": {
        "supported": true
      }
    },
    "billing": {
      "cadence": [
        "monthly",
        "quarterly",
        "annual",
        "up front",
        "contract dependent"
      ],
      "invoiceLocation": "LinkedIn Admin Center; online-purchase receipts are under Transactions, while sales-assisted contracts expose invoices.",
      "emailedAutomatically": "unknown",
      "currencies": [],
      "documentTypes": [
        "invoice",
        "PDF receipt",
        "order form"
      ]
    },
    "billproof": {
      "retrieval": "partial",
      "normalization": "partial",
      "transactionMatching": "partial",
      "connectionAvailable": false,
      "limitations": [
        "No direct LinkedIn billing connection is available in Billproof.",
        "Online purchases provide receipts, not invoices; sales-representative purchases provide invoices.",
        "LinkedIn states that Premium purchase receipts are not emailed.",
        "Apple and Google purchases must be retrieved from their respective stores.",
        "Purchase history is tied to the purchasing member or contract permissions."
      ]
    },
    "normalizedFields": [
      "vendor_name",
      "invoice_number",
      "receipt_number",
      "invoice_date",
      "billing_period",
      "contract_number",
      "order_number",
      "product_name",
      "line_items",
      "subtotal",
      "tax",
      "total",
      "currency"
    ],
    "commonCardDescriptors": [],
    "guide": {
      "quickAnswer": "Use LinkedIn Admin Center: download invoices for sales-assisted contracts, or open Transactions and download a receipt for an online Premium purchase.",
      "requiredRole": "Billing admin for the relevant contract, or the purchasing member for an online purchase",
      "steps": [
        "Determine whether the purchase was sales-assisted, online self-serve, Apple, or Google.",
        "For a sales-assisted purchase, sign in to LinkedIn Admin Center and open the relevant contract or billing area.",
        "Download the invoice associated with that contract.",
        "For an online Premium purchase, open Premium features > Manage your subscription to reach Admin Center.",
        "Select Transactions, open the transaction menu, and choose Download receipt.",
        "For Apple or Google purchases, retrieve the receipt from the corresponding app-store history."
      ],
      "historyLocation": "LinkedIn Admin Center across contracts, purchases, and Transactions; app-store history for mobile-store subscriptions.",
      "missingInvoice": "First verify the purchase channel. Online purchases may only have receipts, app-store purchases live outside LinkedIn, and sales-assisted invoices require the proper Admin Center contract access; use LinkedIn support if a contract is missing.",
      "formats": [
        "PDF invoice",
        "PDF receipt",
        "order form"
      ],
      "commonProblems": [
        "An online Premium purchaser expects an invoice even though LinkedIn provides a receipt.",
        "A mobile-store receipt is searched for on LinkedIn.com.",
        "The signed-in member did not make the purchase.",
        "The billing admin has access to one contract but not the contract tied to the charge."
      ],
      "matchingTips": [
        "Match contract or order number before amount when multiple LinkedIn products are used.",
        "For sales-assisted contracts, compare the invoice to the quarterly, annual, or up-front billing schedule.",
        "For online purchases, use the transaction receipt and purchasing member together as evidence."
      ]
    },
    "researchedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "sources": [
      {
        "title": "Understand your invoices",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1553436/",
        "type": "official"
      },
      {
        "title": "View and download your receipts",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339138/access-and-printing-your-receipts?lang=en",
        "type": "official"
      },
      {
        "title": "Billing management in LinkedIn Admin Center",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1507590",
        "type": "official"
      }
    ],
    "statusLabel": "Billing guide available",
    "cta": "Request this integration",
    "manualGuide": null,
    "urls": {
      "html": "https://billproof.io/integrations/linkedin",
      "json": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/linkedin.json",
      "capabilities": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/linkedin/capabilities.json"
    }
  }
}