Can Afterpay be accepted via the Shopify POS app?

Retail & Point of Sale

Topic summary

Merchants want to accept Afterpay within Shopify POS (Point of Sale), but it is currently not supported.

  • Official status: Shopify staff state POS supports gateways via Shopify Payments only; alternative gateways like Afterpay and ZipMoney cannot be used in POS at this time.

  • Suggested resource: A Shopify POS webinar was shared, but no technical workaround for taking Afterpay in POS was provided.

  • Pain points: Users say relying on emailing carts or using third‑party terminals defeats POS efficiency. Some allege the app advertises Afterpay compatibility misleadingly.

  • Business impact: Several report lost sales when customers request Afterpay, and some consider switching to Square POS, which they say supports Afterpay. One notes it’s been years without progress and asks for a near‑term ETA.

  • Shopify response: Acknowledged the need and promised to pass feedback to the development team; no timeline or commitment given.

  • Status: Unresolved and ongoing; key question—when/whether Afterpay will be added to Shopify POS—remains unanswered.

Summarized with AI on December 23. AI used: gpt-5.
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Is it possible to accept Afterpay through the Shopify POS app?

Thanks,

Nick

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Hey @NickGT ,

Welcome to the Shopify Community!

The Shopify POS system is set up to integrate with supported gateways. Through Shopify Payments, unfortunately, there is no way to include alternative gateways like ZipMoney or Afterpay at this time.

As you’re utilizing a POS channel, you may be curious in learning more from Shopify’s own Retail team. I’ve attached the course below should you be interested:

Let me know if I can clarify anything further!

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Can you please clarify why this afterpay payment gateway is falsely advertised in the app to work and why and when shopify is planning to actually do something to solve this problem - bit stupid if we still have to use vend your competitor we’re trying to leave for such a simple task

Without emailing the customer their cart or using a 3rd party terminal? Where’s the efficiency in that for POINT of SALE

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I can certainly appreciate how integrating more gateways with the Shopify POS would be helpful and I will happily submit this feedback to our development team for their consideration.

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I have clients shifted over to using Shopify POS but the lack of this feature is extremely poor. I may as well recommend clients to use Square POS as it seems to integrate with Afterpay.

Afterpay is a major third-party payment option and needs to be added. Having a customer refused for this payment option is saying no to money for the seller.

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Hello @Moira @Shopify_77

Are there any updates with this? This is a massive gap in payment processing for Shopify POS and is leading me to find an alternate solution for our platform.

Thanks

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@Shopify could you please update us on this. We are about to change to square because it’s been 5 years and still nothing. Can you please confirm if we can expect afterpay on Shopify POS within the next month or if we should go to square instead?

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@Shopify_77 could we please have an update? We pay a lot of fees, we deserve a response

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@sanico-software could we please have an update and ETA.