Accepting crypto payments

How to start taking crypto, what it really costs and what happens to the money after checkout.

An online shop owner in a green sweater turns away from a small blue PayPal safe shut with a padlock and topped with an hourglass, and looks at his phone, where a green USDT coin arrives with a check mark.
An online shop owner in a green sweater turns away from a small blue PayPal safe shut with a padlock and topped with an hourglass, and looks at his phone, where a green USDT coin arrives with a check mark.
Published
17.10.2026

Your PayPal account is permanently limited: what to do now

Your PayPal account won't come back, but the money can. How the 180-day hold works, why a new account fails, and what to take payments with instead.
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A computer screen with an online store checkout: a $49 T-shirt and buttons to pay by credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin or CryptumPay
Published
17.10.2026

Why offer multiple payment options, and which ones does your store need?

Customers who can't pay their usual way leave. Which payment methods your online store needs: crypto, cards, wallets and local methods, and how to add them.
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A developer at a laptop with a code editor open, the PHP, Laravel and Python logos above the screen, and a glowing line running to a USDT coin with a green checkmark on a parcel box
A developer at a laptop with a code editor open, the PHP, Laravel and Python logos above the screen, and a glowing line running to a USDT coin with a green checkmark on a parcel box
Published
16.10.2026

How to connect a crypto payment gateway in PHP, Laravel or Python

Connect a crypto payment gateway to a PHP, Laravel or Python server: sign API requests with HMAC-SHA256, verify webhooks and check payment status. With code.
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A ceramics studio owner in a green apron stands among her vases and bowls holding a tablet with her Wix online shop, while a bank card, a USDT coin and a bitcoin coin float toward it.
A ceramics studio owner in a green apron stands among her vases and bowls holding a tablet with her Wix online shop, while a bank card, a USDT coin and a bitcoin coin float toward it.
Published
15.10.2026

How to accept payments on a Wix site

Which Wix plan takes payments, what Wix Payments costs, how to add crypto, and what to check when a payment method isn't available on your site.
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A cashier in a blue blazer hands a glowing software box and a receipt to a customer paying by card, with tax folders marked with EU, UK and US flags on the shelves behind him, while the developer who made the software works at her laptop beside a stack of coins sent over from the counter.
A cashier in a blue blazer hands a glowing software box and a receipt to a customer paying by card, with tax folders marked with EU, UK and US flags on the shelves behind him, while the developer who made the software works at her laptop beside a stack of coins sent over from the counter.
Published
14.10.2026

What's the difference between a merchant of record and a payment gateway?

A payment gateway moves the money and leaves tax and chargebacks with you; a merchant of record sells in its own name. Costs, Stripe, VAT and when each fits.
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A seller with a laptop bag stands in a bright hall in front of a station-style board: its rows carry the Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, Wise, Paddle and Shopify logos, with green lamps lit for PayPal, Payoneer and Paddle and grey lamps for Stripe, Wise and Shopify
A seller with a laptop bag stands in a bright hall in front of a station-style board: its rows carry the Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, Wise, Paddle and Shopify logos, with green lamps lit for PayPal, Payoneer and Paddle and grey lamps for Stripe, Wise and Shopify
Published
13.10.2026

Which payment gateways work in your country? Nine services, 40 countries, October 2026

Which payment services take sellers from your country: Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, Wise, Shopify Payments and four more, checked in 40 countries in October 2026.
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A shop owner in a coral jacket pushes a handcart of parcels and coins — bitcoin, USDT and a coin with the TON logo — along a path between hills, from a grey shop with a cloud emblem over its closed door to a bright shop with an open door and a USDT coin with a green checkmark above it
A shop owner in a coral jacket pushes a handcart of parcels and coins — bitcoin, USDT and a coin with the TON logo — along a path between hills, from a grey shop with a cloud emblem over its closed door to a bright shop with an open door and a USDT coin with a green checkmark above it
Published
12.10.2026

CryptoCloud alternatives in 2026: where to move your crypto payments

CryptoCloud alternatives in 2026: CryptumPay, NOWPayments, CoinGate, Plisio, BitPay and PassimPay compared on fees, coins and withdrawals.
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An online shop owner in a rust-orange sweater holds parcels at a packing table: banknotes fly out of a card terminal with the Mastercard logo toward a bank on a hill, while a phone on a stand shows a green USDT coin and a check mark next to a stack of USDT coins
An online shop owner in a rust-orange sweater holds parcels at a packing table: banknotes fly out of a card terminal with the Mastercard logo toward a bank on a hill, while a phone on a stand shows a green USDT coin and a check mark next to a stack of USDT coins
Published
10.10.2026

What is a chargeback, what does it cost a merchant, and how do you get fewer of them?

A chargeback takes the sale and adds a fee. What it costs a merchant, how to contest one, the Visa and Mastercard limits, and why crypto can't be charged back.
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A seller in a teal jacket with a laptop under his arm walks away from a padlocked purple door with the Stripe logo, along a path toward a small house with a US flag and a large green USDT coin
A seller in a teal jacket with a laptop under his arm walks away from a padlocked purple door with the Stripe logo, along a path toward a small house with a US flag and a large green USDT coin
Published
09.10.2026

Stripe is not available in your country: how do you get paid instead?

Stripe only serves businesses based in its supported countries. Here is what it checks, why shortcuts fail, and four routes that still get you paid.
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