Online Payments

The process of receiving money for your sales via an online payment method involves three parties:

  • Your store.
  • The payment gateway: a special system, located outside your store but connected to it on a programming level, that processes your customers' credit cards (or e.g. PayPal accounts) and does charging
  • Your merchant account at the payment gateway connected to your bank account.

To put it simply, your store connects to the payment gateway, transmits the order details, the payment gateway processes the customer's credit card and transfers the money to your merchant account. Then you can withdraw the funds to your bank account and pay your bills or go on vacation.

Online payment methods can be narrowed down to 2 options:

  • Accepting credit/debit cards.
  • PayPal, a leading payment processor in US presently. To provide credit card payment option, you should choose a payment gateway through which your funds will be processed. So your next question is...

What payment gateway should I choose for my store?

Choosing a payment gateway means choosing a company (payment processor) who meets the following criteria:

  • They accept payments in your region (i.e. where you live or run your business) and allow paying with your currency. It could be a company working solely in your country like PayPal, etc).
  • Their services meet your business requirements.
  • Their plans and prices suit your budget. Most of the payment systems apply transaction fees. To learn exact fees, you should contact customer service of the payment company that you're considering. Below you will see a full list of payment gateways that are already connected.

What online payment methods can I use?

Here is a list of all online payment methods that work. The payment methods below do not require programming knowledge and are already integrated into your store. Just pick a payment method in the Payments tab of your store and follow the instructions.

Payment GatewaySupport Countries
SquareSquareUSA, Canada, Australia, UK, and Japan
StripeStripe20+ supported countries
PayPalPayPal (Standard, Advanced, Express Checkout, Payflow Link, Payments Pro Hosted)200+ supported countries
PayPal PlusGermany
Authorize.Net SIMAuthorize .Net SIMUSA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand
First Data Global Gateway e4First Data Global Gateway e4140+ supported countries
PayeezyPayeezyUSA and EU
2Checkout2Checkout200+ supported countries
Allied WalletAllied Wallet 190+ supported countries
American ExpressAmerican Express USA, UK, France, Germany, Mexico, and Australia
ArsenalPayArsenalPay Russian Federation
Authipay Payment GatewayAuthipay Payment Gateway UK and Ireland
Bambora Online CheckoutBambora Online Checkout USA, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Australia, and New Zealand
Beanstream (Hosted Payment Form)Beanstream (Hosted Payment Form) USA and Canada
BitPayBitPay 200+ supported countries
Boleto OnlineBoleto Online Brazil
CC AvenueCC Avenue India
Checkout Finland OVCheckout Finland OV Finland
CoinPaymentsCoinPayments 180+ supported countries
Datatrans PaymentDatatrans Payment Switzerland
DwollaDwolla USA
eWAY RapideWAY Rapid Australia and New Zealand
iDEAL (via Mollie)iDEAL (via Mollie)Netherlands
IntellectMoneyIntellectMoney Russian Federation
InstamojoInstamojo India
iPay88iPay88 Southeast Asia (including Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and a few others)
iPay88 PhilippinesiPay88 Philippines Philippines
iPaymentiPayment Germany
KlarnaAustria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, USA
Lemon WayLemon Way EU
Mercado PagoMercado Pago Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, and Uruguay
MOLPayMOLPay Southeast Asia
MollieMollie EU
Moneris eSELECTplus Moneris eSELECTplus(Hosted Paypage)Canada
MultiSafepayMultiSafepay (iDEAL, credit cards, Giropay, DIRECTbanking, etc)EU
Network MerchantsNetwork Merchants USA and EU
NextPay.ruNextPay.ru Russian Federation
Nochex Nochex UK
PagSeguro UOLPagSeguro UOL Brazil
PayFastPayFast South Africa
PayAnyWayPayAnyWay Russian Federation
PayJunctionPayJunction USA
PayKeeperPayKeeper Russian Federation
PayLeapPayLeapUSA and Canada
PayOnlinePayOnline Russian Federation
PayStoPaySto Russian Federation
PaystackPaystackNigeria
PaySeraPaySera 180+ supported countries
PayTMPayTM India
PaytrailPaytrail (former Suomen Verkkomaksut Oy)Finland
PayU MoneyPayU Money India
PayUbizPayUbiz India
PayU LatamPayU Latam Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru
PayU RussiaPayU Russia Russian Federation
PostFinance PaymentPostFinance Payment Switzerland
Rave by FlutterwaveRave by Flutterwave USA, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa
RazorpayRazorpay India
Realex Payments/Global IrisRealex Payments/Global Iris50+ supported countries
RedsysRedsys Spain
RobokassaRobokassa (Webmoney, Yandex.Money, etc)Russian Federation
SafexPaySafexPay India
Sage ExchangeSage Exchange USA
SberbankSberbank Russian Federation
SepaSepa EU
Tinkoff PaymentsTinkoff Payments Russian Federation
Tpay.comTpay.com Poland
Virtual Cart ServicesVirtual Cart Services South Africa
WalletOneWalletOne Russian Federation
Worldpay Business GatewayWorldpay Business Gateway 140+ supported countries
Worldpay Online PaymentsWorldpay Online Payments 140+ supported countries
Yandex.KassaYandex.Kassa Russian Federation
ZapperZapper USA, UK, EU, Australia, and South Africa

What do I need to start accepting credit cards?

  1. Open a bank account where you will transfer the money from your purchases.
  2. Find a payment company/processor from the list above.
  3. Create an account with the chosen company.
  4. Configure the payment method in your store according to instructions from our knowledge base.
  5. Make sure it works properly. A recommended way would be to create a test product, e.g., $0.01 and try to buy it as a usual customer. If the payment is setup correctly, your order will be recorded in Accepted status in your control panel.
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