diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e4174a1..294c2a3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -639,7 +639,61 @@ window.addEventListener('popstate', () => {
   fetchMinAmount();
 });
 
+// After an invoice is shown, ask the server page every 30 seconds whether the
+// payment has been seen, so the visitor does not have to reload. The status only
+// moves forward: unconfirmed_balance may go back to 0 before the deposit is
+// credited, and that must not look as if the payment had disappeared.
+const DEPOSIT_POLL_MS = 30000;
+const DEPOSIT_POLL_MAX_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+let depositWatch = null;
+
+function stopDepositWatch() {
+  if (depositWatch) clearInterval(depositWatch.timer);
+  depositWatch = null;
+}
+
+async function pollDeposit() {
+  const watch = depositWatch;
+  if (!watch) return;
+  if (Date.now() - watch.started > DEPOSIT_POLL_MAX_MS) return stopDepositWatch();
+  let data;
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`/weinfodata/${watch.chain}/${watch.id}`);
+    if (!response.ok) return;
+    data = await response.json();
+  } catch (err) {
+    return;  // temporary network problem: try again at the next round
+  }
+  if (watch !== depositWatch || !data) return;
+  const expiry = data.expiry_date || null;
+  // The first answer is the reference: listing or renewal changes the expiry date.
+  if (watch.expiry === undefined) watch.expiry = expiry;
+  const status = document.getElementById('iv-status');
+  const bal = data.balance != null ? fmt(data.balance) : null;
+  const unc = data.unconfirmed_balance != null ? fmt(data.unconfirmed_balance) : null;
+  if (bal) document.getElementById('iv-balance').textContent = unc ? bal + ' (' + unc + ')' : bal;
+  if (expiry && expiry !== watch.expiry) {
+    status.className = 'ok-line';
+    status.textContent = '✓ Payment confirmed: your server is now listed.';
+    stopDepositWatch();
+    fetchData();
+  } else if (Number(data.unconfirmed_balance) > 0 && !watch.detected) {
+    watch.detected = true;
+    status.className = 'ok-line';
+    status.textContent = 'Payment detected: ' + fmt(data.unconfirmed_balance) + ' sats, waiting for 3 confirmations (about 30 minutes). This page updates by itself, or use the "Follow your payment" link below.';
+  }
+}
+
+function startDepositWatch(chain, id) {
+  stopDepositWatch();
+  if (!id) return;
+  depositWatch = { chain, id, started: Date.now(), detected: false, expiry: undefined };
+  depositWatch.timer = setInterval(pollDeposit, DEPOSIT_POLL_MS);
+  pollDeposit();
+}
+
 document.getElementById('submit').addEventListener('click', async () => {
+  stopDepositWatch();
   const urlInput = document.getElementById('url');
   let url = urlInput.value.trim();
   if (!url) return;
@@ -739,6 +793,8 @@ document.getElementById('terms-accept').addEventListener('click', async function
       inv.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' });
       return;
     }
+    // Fixed address: whoever pays can close this invoice and follow the deposit there.
+    if (weLink) weinfoEl.textContent = 'Follow your payment';
     const amountSats = result.min_amount != null ? result.min_amount : minAmount;
     const amountBtc = (amountSats / 1e8).toFixed(8).replace(/\.?0+$/, '');
     const invoiceuri = `bitcoin:${result.address}?amount=${amountBtc}&label=BAL&message=Order+For+url+%26+${encodeURIComponent(url)}`;
@@ -773,6 +829,7 @@ document.getElementById('terms-accept').addEventListener('click', async function
     const inv = document.getElementById('invoice');
     inv.classList.add('show');
     inv.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' });
+    startDepositWatch(result.chain || chain, result.id);
   } catch (err) {
     document.getElementById('iv-status').className = 'err-line';
     document.getElementById('iv-status').textContent = 'Network error. Please try again.';
diff --git a/weinfo.html b/weinfo.html
index 5b5da54..e95f059 100644
--- a/weinfo.html
+++ b/weinfo.html
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       <h2 id="wename">&nbsp;</h2>
       <h3 id="weinfo">&nbsp;</h3>
       <h4 id="wechain">&nbsp;</h4>
+      <div id="wepayment" style="display:none;max-width:640px;margin:10px auto 18px;padding:10px 14px;border-radius:8px;font-weight:600"></div>
     </div>
     <div style="float:left;border:1;margin-right:50px;">
       <div><span>Version:</span><span id="weversion">&nbsp;</span></div>
@@ -77,6 +78,69 @@
     </div>
     <a href="" id="download">Download</a>
     <script type="text/javascript"> 
+      // Payment banner: this page has a fixed address, so whoever paid can close the
+      // invoice and follow the deposit here. It asks the server data every 30 seconds
+      // until the server is listed. The status only moves forward, because
+      // unconfirmed_balance may go back to 0 before the deposit is credited.
+      const PAYMENT_POLL_MS = 30000;
+      const PAYMENT_POLL_MAX_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+      const paymentStarted = Date.now();
+      let paymentTimer = null, paymentSeen = false, paymentAmount = 0, firstExpiry;
+
+      function showPayment(text, ok) {
+        const box = document.getElementById('wepayment');
+        box.textContent = text;
+        box.style.display = 'block';
+        box.style.color = ok ? '#14703a' : '#7a5200';
+        box.style.background = ok ? '#e6f6ec' : '#fdf3dc';
+      }
+
+      function stopPayment() {
+        if (paymentTimer) clearInterval(paymentTimer);
+        paymentTimer = null;
+      }
+
+      async function pollPayment() {
+        if (Date.now() - paymentStarted > PAYMENT_POLL_MAX_MS) return stopPayment();
+        const path = window.location.pathname.split('/').filter(p => p !== '');
+        let data;
+        try {
+          const response = await fetch('/weinfodata/' + path[1] + '/' + path[2]);
+          if (!response.ok) return;
+          data = await response.json();
+        } catch (err) {
+          return;  // temporary network problem: try again at the next round
+        }
+        if (!data) return;
+        const expiry = data.expiry_date || null;
+        if (firstExpiry === undefined) firstExpiry = expiry;
+        const unconfirmed = Number(data.unconfirmed_balance) > 0;
+        const active = expiry && new Date(expiry.replace(' ', 'T') + 'Z') > new Date();
+        const bal = data.balance != null ? data.balance : null;
+        const unc = data.unconfirmed_balance != null ? data.unconfirmed_balance : null;
+        document.getElementById('webalance').textContent = bal ? (unc ? bal + ' (' + unc + ')' : bal) : '—';
+        const expiryCell = document.createElement('b');
+        expiryCell.textContent = expiry || '—';
+        document.getElementById('weexpiry').replaceChildren(expiryCell);
+        if (expiry && expiry !== firstExpiry) {
+          showPayment('✓ Payment confirmed: this server is now listed.', true);
+          stopPayment();
+        } else if (unconfirmed || paymentSeen) {
+          paymentSeen = true;
+          if (unconfirmed) paymentAmount = Number(data.unconfirmed_balance);
+          showPayment('Payment detected: ' + paymentAmount.toLocaleString('en-US') + ' sats, waiting for 3 confirmations (about 30 minutes). This page updates by itself.', false);
+        } else if (active) {
+          stopPayment();  // already listed and nothing incoming: no banner, nothing to follow
+        } else {
+          showPayment('Waiting for payment. This page updates by itself.', false);
+        }
+      }
+
+      document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+        paymentTimer = setInterval(pollPayment, PAYMENT_POLL_MS);
+        pollPayment();
+      });
+
       function getWeInfo(){
         const path = window.location.pathname.split('/').filter(p => p !== '');
         const we_id = path[2];