Configuring third-party payment providers

If you're not using Shopify Payments and you want to accept credit cards, you can choose from over 100 credit card payment providers for your Shopify store.

You can activate or change a payment provider from the Payments page of your Shopify admin.

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If you need help setting up a third-party payment provider, then you can hire a Shopify Expert. Learn more about hiring Shopify Experts.

Activate a credit card payment provider

You can have only one credit card payment provider activated at a time. If you already have a provider activated, then you can change your credit card payment provider.

Note

Only the store owner can add a payment provider.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Payments.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If you have Shopify Payments enabled:
   • In the Shopify payments section, click Manage.
   • At the bottom of the page, click Switch to a third-party provider, and then click Switch to a third-party provider again to confirm.
   • If you don't have Shopify Payments enabled, then in the Shopify payments section, click See all other providers.
   • If Shopify Payments isn't available in your country, then in the Payment providers section, click Choose a provider.
3. Select the provider that you want to use from the list.
4. Enter your account credentials for the provider that you selected.
5. Click Activate.
6. Click Save.

Note

Before you use Shopify Payments, review the following requirements:

• Shopify Payments is only available to stores that operate in certain countries and regions. Learn more about which countries and regions are supported.
• To use Shopify Payments, you must secure your account by setting up two-step authentication. Learn more about setting up two-step authentication and account security in general. If you decide to deactivate two-step authentication in the future, then you expose your account and financial information to potential criminal attacks.

Change your credit card payment provider

Note

Only the store owner can change the payment provider.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Payments.
2. Click Choose another provider.
3. Select the provider that you want to use from the list.
4. Enter your account credentials for the provider that you selected.
5. Click Activate.
6. Click Save.

The payment provider that you selected will now be active on your store.

When you change your payment provider, your previous provider will be removed from your payment settings, but is available if you need it for cases such as order returns. If you want to process returns for orders placed using your previous payment provider, then don't remove your account credentials from the Payments page of your Shopify admin before switching providers.

Add a payment provider using ActiveMerchant

We're no longer accepting new payment providers into Shopify using ActiveMerchant. The GitHub project is still free and available to developers who want to use it with other projects.