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.

Activate a credit card payment provider

Steps:

  1. 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.
  2. Select the provider that you want to use from the list.

  3. Enter your account credentials for the provider that you selected.

  4. Click Activate.

  5. Click Save.

Change your credit card payment provider

Steps:

  1. Click Choose another provider.

  2. Select the provider that you want to use from the list.

  3. Enter your account credentials for the provider that you selected.

  4. Click Activate.

  5. Click Save.

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

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.

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