Accept Payments on Square Online
About accepting payments with Square Online
Square Online works with any Canadian-issued and most internationally-issued magstripe or chip cards and supports mobile wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Afterpay. Square processes all card types with the same standard rates.
Before you begin
Before you start accepting payments with Square Online, take a look at Square’s Learn about Square fees and for more details.
Square Online is automatically configured to use Square’s payment processor to accept card payments during the checkout flow of your site. No additional setup is needed.
You can list your accepted payment methods in the footer of your Square Online site. Learn how to change and edit your website footer in Square Online.
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Accept payments with Square Online
Apple Pay and Google Pay make checking out from online stores quick and easy, especially on mobile devices. You can enable these digital wallets on your website at any time.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Online.
- Click Settings (or Shared Settings) > Checkout.
- Under Square, toggle on Accept Apple Pay and/or Accept Google Pay.
Afterpay gives your customers the flexibility to pay for orders between $1–$2,000 in four interest-free installments over six weeks. You get paid the full amount right away. You’re automatically enabled to use Afterpay to help boost online sales, increase average cart size, and attract new customers.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Settings > Account & Settings > Payments > Payment methods.
- Under Afterpay, click ••• > Edit settings.
- Toggle on the Online option and click Save.
The setting for online payments with Afterpay is global and will apply across all Square products that can also take Afterpay payments online.
If you want to change your accepted price range from $1–$2,000 to something different, you can do so from Square Online.
- Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Online.
- Click Settings (or Shared Settings) > Checkout.
- Under Afterpay, Edit the eligible range.
- Enter amounts for both items and orders. Afterpay will be shown as an option to buyers for items and orders that fall within the ranges you enter.
- Click Save.
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You can also sell gift cards from your Square Online site to drive repeat business. Learn how to sell and send gift cards.
Saved payment information
Square Pay allows buyers to save and reuse their payment details when ordering from a Square Online site. The saved information is linked to the email and mobile phone number they provide during checkout, and includes their name, address, and payment card details.
When making a purchase from a Square Online site or Square Payment Link, buyers can save their payment information by choosing the Square Pay option during checkout and entering their mobile phone number. They can save their contact information, shipping address, and preferred payment method to their Square profile.
After a buyer opts in to Square Pay, they can access their saved information when ordering from any Square Online site in the future through a confirmation email. Buyers can set it up easily and delete their information at any time.
Note: Square Pay is a buyer-facing feature that can’t be disabled. It’s supported on all Square Online sites.
Disable online payments
You can temporarily suspend accepting payments for orders for your Square Online site. To turn off online orders and suspend taking payments during checkout:
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Online.
Click Settings > Checkout or Shared Settings > Checkout.
Toggle OFF Accept online orders.
When this switch is off, items will still be visible on your site but won't be available for purchase. This is helpful when you want to put your online business in vacation mode for any reason so new online orders don't come in while you're away. The toggle also makes it easy to turn things back on once you're ready to get back to business.