Set up your payment methods
Set up the payment methods that you want to offer to your customers.
Before you begin
Step 1: Enable payment methods in the WooCommerce shop
To enable each payment method, sign in to your admin account, and go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments. Set all payment methods you want to offer to your customers to enabled.
Step 2: Configure each payment method
- To enable each payment method, sign in to your admin account, and go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments.
- Select Manage to change the configuration of each payment method
The image displays the configuration for payment method Credit card as an example. Other payment methods can have additional or fewer fields. The following table lists all possible configuration values for payment methods.
Field | Description |
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Enable/Disable | Select to enable the payment method. |
Title | Specify the title that should be displayed during checkout. |
Description | Specify the description for the payment method. |
Charge or Authorize | Select Charge if you want to charge the customer directly. Select Authorize if you want to charge at a later time. |
Payment method specific requirements
For some payment methods, you need to implement specific settings so that you can process transactions correctly.
Unzer invoice (Paylater)
- For the payment method Unzer Invoice, ensure that only end customers with an invoice address from Germany, Austria or Switzerland can use the payment method.
- You require a unique key pair for each customer type and currency combination, for example a separate key pair for B2C (CHF) and a separate key pair for B2C (EUR).
- In the shop back end, go to Settings > Payments.
- Enable Unzer Invoice (Paylater) and select here to update the API settings.
- Update the key pair and then select Save changes.
- Currently only Euro (EUR) and Swiss Franc (CHF) currencies are supported.
- Make sure that the payment method is used for the minimum to maximum amounts contractually agreed with Unzer.
- You cannot see the transactions in Unzer Insights but require a separate portal access to view transactions. Contact Unzer to get access to this merchant portal.
Next steps
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