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6 Steps to Activate a Credit Card Payment Provider on Shopify

Last updated: September 01, 2024
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By Sam Nguyen

CEO Avada Commerce

The credit card is considered as a convenient mean of payment for every online shop, that’s why every shop owners need to consider activating a credit card payment provider. Credit card has a highlight feature is that it helps you manage when there is no money available in your account. You can still pay for your customers even if you do not have the money and you’ll pay back the money to the bank later. As a shop owner, I suppose using a credit card is a smart decision because it does not cost you time for other payment services and can be used for multiple shopping channels.

Shopify has a function to take advantage of the credit card as your online payment. Hence, follow this step-by-step article to know how to activate a credit card payment provider transparently:

How to activate a credit card payment provider

Step 1: Choose Payment providers

First of all, log in to your Shopify account. Then, go to Settings and choose Payment providers.

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Step 2: Click Add a provider

Take a look of Accept credit cards section and click on Add a provider button.

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Step 3: Select Third party credit card provider

The Change provider dialog will appear. Make sure to select Third party credit card provider.

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Step 4: Click Continue

There is a drop-down menu which is to choose the provider you want. Afterward, click Continue to move on.

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Step 5: Enter the account credentials

A box will come out for you to enter the account credentials for the provider. Make sure that they are all correct.

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Step 6: Activate credit card payment provider

Finally, select Activate to have a credit card payment provider activated.

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To activate a credit card payment provider on Iphone (Click here)

  • Step 1: Go to Payments After logging in your Shopify account in the app, go to Store and select Settings. Then, choose Payments button which is under Store settings.

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  • Step 2: Choose Add a provider Scroll down to view Accept credit cards section, choose Add a provider to add.

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  • Step 3: Tap Third party credit card provider Scroll down and tap Third party credit card provider in the Change provider box.

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  • Step 4: Click Continue A drop-down menu is shown to choose the provider that you prefer to add. After you've done, select Continue to go on.

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  • Step 5: Enter the account credentials As you've selected the provider, enter the account credentials for it. It must be easy to remember in case you forget sometimes.

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  • Step 6: Tap Activate Tap Activate to complete.

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To activate a credit card payment provider on Android (Click here)

  • Step 1: Click Setting From the Shopify app, choose the Store button in the bottom. Then, click Settings.

  • Step 2: Tap Payments Under Store settings, there is an option called Payments. Make sure to tap on it.

  • Step 3: Click Add a provider Click Add a provider in the Accept credit cards field.

  • Step 4: Select Third party credit card provider The Change provider dialog will appear. Select Third party credit card provider.

  • Step 5: Click Continue Select the provider you expected in the drop-down menu. Afterward, choose Continue to move to the next step.

  • Step 6: Type the account credentials Type the account credentials for the provider you selected.

  • Step 7: Choose Activate Choose Activate to activate a credit card payment provider.

Conclusion

This is a step-by-step tutorial about how to activate a credit card payment provider. It will be much easier for you to manage the finance of your Shopify online shop. What’s more, if you ask for a specific mean of payment only for Shopify, visit the post How to set up Shopify Payments to get knowledge about Shopify Payments.

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Sam Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Avada Commerce, an e-commerce solution provider headquartered in Singapore. He is an expert on the Shopify e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Sam loves talking about e-commerce and he aims to help over a million online businesses grow and thrive.

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