Afterpay and Square
Afterpay is a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment option that allows customers to pay for their purchases in four interest-free instalments. Merchants get paid in full—immediately. If eligible to accept Afterpay on your Square account, you can process Afterpay payments:
Your Square Online website will be automatically enabled for Afterpay transactions between $1 to $2,000. Accepting Afterpay will enable you to boost online sales, increase average cart size and attract new customers. No additional integration is required.
Learn more via our Square Webinars: Afterpay YouTube video.
You can create payment links with Square Online Checkout, allowing customers to select Afterpay as a payment method for transactions between $1 to $2,000.
Afterpay in-person acceptance is available straight away—no additional integration is required.
Your Square hardware will automatically allow customers to pay for in-person goods and services using their contactless Afterpay Card via digital wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay.
Afterpay in-person acceptance is currently available with:
With Square Invoices, you can enable Afterpay acceptance when sending digital invoices and estimates via your online Square Dashboard, Square POS app or Square Invoices app.
Learn more about sending Square Invoices online.
With Virtual Terminal, you can send payment links directly to your customers via text message. Customers can open the link to checkout via Afterpay.
Learn how to send a payment link with Virtual Terminal.
Learn more about processing Afterpay payments via our Square Online FAQ, In-Person FAQ or watch our YouTube video below.
Features
Afterpay gives your customers more payment flexibility when checking out online and in-person — see how your sales can grow:
Increase your average transaction value.
Customers who use Afterpay have an 18% higher average transaction value.*Reach new customers ready to spend.
85% of Afterpay customers discovered a new merchant in the last six months.**Never miss a sale.
Let customers pay how they want – with more flexibility – at no risk to you.
* Mastercard AU Incrementality Study, October 2020.
** Internal Afterpay Study, September 2021.
Performance highlights from the Afterpay Limited FY21 Annual Report include:
Expand your reach.
3.6 million customers shop with Afterpay in Australia and New Zealand.Bring in more business.
The top 10% of Australian and New Zealand customers use Afterpay more than 64 times per year.Prepare to grow.
Afterpay sends 1 million referrals to merchants every day.
Pricing
Enabling Afterpay with Square is free—there are no monthly fees or startup costs. The Afterpay processing fee is 6% + 30¢ (excluding GST) per Afterpay order across all Square products that accept it.
Square sellers using Afterpay get paid the full amount at the time of purchase, minus a processing fee on the total order.
You only pay when you make a sale—there are no processing fees charged on the remaining instalments or if your customer makes a late payment.
Afterpay rates are fixed and do not vary by subscription type, hardware, or custom pricing.
Eligibility
To see if you are eligible for Afterpay and Square, log into your online Square Dashboard and review your Payment methods. If Afterpay is available to your business, you can toggle on Afterpay acceptance both Online and In-person. If you are listed as "Ineligible," you cannot accept payments using Afterpay at this time.
Eligibility for Afterpay is dependent on numerous factors, including how your business is structured and what you sell. Eligibility includes, but is not limited to:
Sellers must be in an approved merchant category
Sellers must be based in Australia
Sellers cannot have multiple Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) or business numbers (such as ABNs)
We are working to expand Afterpay availability over time to allow more sellers to accept Afterpay within their business. Review our Afterpay Merchant Terms for more information.
Enable or Disable Afterpay
To enable or disable Afterpay for in-person transactions on Square POS app and Square Appointments app, you can enable/disable Afterpay directly from your app or online Square Dashboard.
If you're using Square for Retail POS, Restaurants POS, Invoices or Virtual Terminal, you will need to visit Payment Methods via your online Square Dashboard to enable/disable Afterpay.
- Go to Account & Settings on your online Square Dashboard.
- Click Business information > Payment methods.
- Next to the Afterpay payment method, click ••• then Edit settings.
- Toggle the In Person setting on/off.
- Click Save.
Note: Once you’ve enabled Afterpay in-person, customers can pay via their Afterpay Card on Square, Appointments, Retail, Invoices and Restaurants POS.
To enable or disable Afterpay for in-person transactions on Square POS app and Square Appointments app, you can enable/disable Afterpay directly from your app or online Square Dashboard.
From your Square POS app or Square Appointments app:
- Tap ≡ More > Settings > Checkout > Payment.
- Under All payment types, tap Configure Afterpay. You will be directed to your dashboard via a web browser.
- Toggle the In Person setting on/off.
- Tap Save.
If you’re using Square Retail POS, Restaurants, Invoices or Virtual Terminal, visit the Payment Methods setting from your online Square Dashboard to enable/disable Afterpay.
Once you've enabled Afterpay, customers can pay in-person via their Afterpay Card on any Square app. Customers can also pay via Virtual Terminal, Square Online and Square Online Checkout.
Afterpay and Square FAQ
Read the following articles to learn more about Afterpay acceptance: