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Re: Accepting SNAP/EBT Payments for qualified goods

Accepting SNAP/EBT Payments for qualified goods

ryanhalst
Visitor
1 0 4

Hello,

I am interested finding ways for small farms to sell their food online to SNAP/EBT customers. Does Shopify or Amazon Pay offer methods of accepting SNAP payments so that customer transactions can be handled online?

Thank you for your time,

Ryan

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N_Abey
Shopify Partner
675 4 108

Dear @harbinhollow 

Thats great, feel free to drop a message with your contact details. we will get back to you with next few steps.

NAbey | Shopify Payment Gateway Specialists @ IPG Consults
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harbinhollow
Tourist
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Can you type the email normally? That's not making sense to me?
wooltariusa
Visitor
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I would like to know how you can intergrate this.

 

please email me at wooltari.ecommerce@gmail.com

 

 

krafftbeef
Visitor
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@N_Abey I'm interested in if you have developed a private app with SNAP/EBT options? Please email me info@krafftbeef.com. Thank you!  

N_Abey
Shopify Partner
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Dear @krafftbeef 

Can you please confirm you have already obtain a SNAP/EBT enabled Merchant Facility? 

we also drop you an email. Regards

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fnm_kib
Visitor
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@N_Abey, I too would like more info on getting EBT added to our store.  Email me at onlinestore@frontierenaturalmeats.com

HolisticEnergy
Visitor
1 0 0

 Could you please also help us integrate SNAP/EBT with our store?

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Hi Holistic Energy, 

 

Can you email sales@paynowdirect.com

They can walk you though the intergreation process. or you can go to their website at www.paynowdirect.com.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Daddy01742
New Member
4 0 0

Can you please also send me information on accepting SNAP / EBT on our storefront?

-Sven

Www.svenfish.com

Ofek_Forage
Tourist
7 0 1

Check out Forage's app which helps merchants accept EBT (https://apps.shopify.com/ebt). 



If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us via partners@joinforage.com

sonilgandhi
Visitor
2 0 0

Did you find any other solution, we also want on our site that customer can pay for food bills using there EBT/SNAP card. If you have find then please share some info it will help us lot.

Thank you.

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Visit www.paynowdirect.com - they have a solution

Cami_12
Visitor
2 0 0

Paynowdirect seems like it is for WordPress only and not Shopify? Do you have a work around for this?

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

There is no workaround with Shopify. There is no option for accepting EBT's with Shopify. 

RiceVan
Tourist
3 0 0

We want to integrate the EBT/SNAP payment system into our website. Is it possible to use WorldPay? How is the process connected?

Ofek_Forage
Tourist
7 0 1

We just launched the first Shopify App that helps merchants accept EBT payments (https://apps.shopify.com/ebt). 



If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us via partners@joinforage.com

eCommCraig
Visitor
1 0 0

I see a lot of similar comments for people looking for SNAP payment processors. I'm wondering if anyone has solved this and can provide a soup-to-nuts guide for the rest of us? Here is what I have gathered so far:

  1. You have to be an eligible vendor, which means you meet the criteria for having enough "staple foods" as defined by the USDA here.
  2. You'll need an account with an approved payment processor that can accept a "secure PIN." It appears this may only be Fiserv/PaySecure or FIS/Worldpay (although they do say "or other" on their guidelines).
  3. A developer will have to create an integration between Shopify & your processor <<--this is the part that I would think has been done already and can be replicated? ANYONE? 

If anyone has examples of Shopify stores that are accepting SNAP please help! It appears there are dozens, if not hundreds of other merchants that want to know how to do this?

 

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Hi - 

The process you have outlined is correct, but pretty much a failure path because the Fiserv/PaySecure or FIS/Worldpay advise given by the USDA/FNS. We have been helping our clients get set up with EBT's for about 10 months now and we get a lot of new clients referred to us saying that they contacted Fiserv/PaySecure or FIS/Worldpay and it went nowhere because they don't know anything about a consumer-facing website. We brought it to the attention of the USDA/FNS and they said, in a snarky manor, that was their policy for now (send to Fiserv/PaySecure or FIS/Worldpay), and that was that. Cutting to the chase, the best way to do it is to go to Card Knox.

Send an email to Preston Glenn pglenn@cardknox.com - he can get you a gateway payment that accepts EBT for both online and in-person. Enclosed is a letter from the CEO of Fidelity Payments, who owns Card Knox to show you it's real. That said, Shopify charges 2%+ over their processing fee, so we have found it more cost-effective to build a WP site for our EBT clients, but it depends on volume, right? 

Send me an email if you need more info to chris@advancedtargeting.agency

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Shopify does not, unfortunately. Amazon does not either because it's outside their gateway payment. 

We ended up making a plugin for Woo Commerce that allows merchants to accept EBT payments along with other debit cards. We still put out non-ebt clients on Shopify, but clients who want to accept EBT, have to go to WP/Woo platform. 

If you want more info email me at chris@advancedtargeting.agency. I'm happy to walk you through what's involved and it's awesome that you are getting smaller businesses to participate. 

Chris

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Shopify does NOT offer any gateway payment system that accepts EBT Cards. We talked to Shopify about it and they didn't have any idea what was going in the US with EBT's. They thought it was interesting, but not on their product roadmap whatsoever. They said if your want to use EBT's it would be 2% over the 2.9% or 4.9% processing fees and that would apply to all card transactions. This was a non-starter for us. Sooo....

 

For our clients who want to take EBT cards, we went with Pay Now Direct www.paynowdirect.com. Pay Now Direct accepts all cards, including EBT's, at or below 2.9%. They also help with getting their clients approved by the USDA/FNS. 

sonilgandhi
Visitor
2 0 0

Hey, @Chrischurch1 

 

Thank you for the super help on this. I'm now curious to know that did you create your custom payment solution in shopify to allow EBT/SNAP from paynowdirect? or you purchased some plugin which already provide this ?

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

We create new Word Press sites for our clients that want to take SNAP EBT payments. Then we add in the payment gateway from Card Knox. Shopify does not offer any SNAP EBT processing. I have asked Shopify about it, and they had no idea what I was talking about and has no interest in adding it to their product roadmap. Anyhow, www.paynowdirect.com can hook you up, if you are willing to switch platforms.  You have to weigh the benefits, our clients see about a 10-40% increase in revenues. 

SmushT
Visitor
2 0 0

Hi there, could you please also email us with info on how to accept EBT cards on our Shopify storefront? @N_Abey 

MorganLerner
Visitor
1 0 0

@N_Abey  Could you please email me with some information on integrating our system to accept EBT/SNAP.

 

morgan@eatgonanas.com

 

Thanks

elservipr
Visitor
2 0 0

@N_Abey  We would also like to offer SNAP/EBT payments through our online store. Can you please send us more information? elservipr@yahoo.com  We are located in Puerto Rico, and have just been given access to be able to accept PAN (SNAP/EBT/Family Card). Thanks

Ofek_Forage
Tourist
7 0 1

Hello, my name is Ofek Lavian and I'm the co-founder & CEO of Forage (joinforage.com). We're a mission-driven payments company that helps merchants like yourself accept EBT/SNAP payments online. We recently launched the first Shopify App that helps merchants accept EBT payments (https://apps.shopify.com/ebt). Shopify store owners can meet most compliance requirements - including producing compliant receipts, split tender, and calculating the proper EBT amount to charge - by simply installing the Forage EBT Gateway to their store. 



If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us via partners@joinforage.com

Chrischurch1
Excursionist
19 0 8

Shopify does not accept EBT payments through its gateway. You need to work with a third party on that. Forage or Pay Now Direct can help with that. Email me at chris@advancedtargeting.agency if we need more info or an introduction to those companies. 

Brian_at_Forage
Visitor
2 0 1

Hi Ryan,

 

Forage is the only Online SNAP EBT payments processor that assists merchants through the USDA's approval process to accept SNAP payments. We also promise the fastest go-live in time for SNAP acceptance. If you'd like to learn more, please feel free to reach out to me directly at brian@joinforage.com.

 

We look forward to connecting with you!

 

Best,

Brian @ Forage

HometownButcher
Tourist
5 0 4

I'm late to this party.  We're buying a butcher shop that currently accepts EBT/Snap but uses old POS and I have been setting up to move over to Shopify for many reasons.  Now I find out can't do EBT and that's a big piece of our business and customers needs.  I need this ONLY for the brick and mortar store POS at this point.   Are there any new developments or is it just to completely scrap out the Shopify POS setup we're in?   ??    

Greg