Main issue: A merchant in South Korea (KRW) wants to expand to USA/Canada via Shopify Markets and use PayPal, but sees that PayPal doesn’t support KRW. They ask if setting store currencies to USD/CAD (via subdomains and geolocation) would still allow PayPal payments, or if the store’s default currency must change to USD/CAD.
Key updates:
Another merchant reports the same problem and asks if a solution was found.
An alternative (not PayPal) is proposed: use Stripe with the Easy,Pie for Shopify app. With a Stripe US account, merchants can accept KRW without a local entity, including local wallets (Kakao Pay, Naver Pay, Samsung Pay, Payco), local cards, Visa/Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Multi-currency is supported: keep KRW as the default while accepting USD/CAD using fixed exchange rates configured in Shopify Markets.
A YouTube demo link is provided for setup details.
Resolution status:
The PayPal-specific question (whether PayPal will work when stores are set to USD/CAD or if the default must change) remains unanswered.
A viable workaround via Stripe + Easy,Pie is presented.
Summarized with AI on December 15.
AI used: gpt-5.
I’m planning to expand my store to USA/CANADA by using Shopify Market. I have some questions before I start setting up my store in USA/CANADA Market.
-I’m planning to use Paypal to start off my market, but I got this message saying that Paypal does not support Korean Won, Will I still able to receive payment after setting up each store in CAD/USD when customers checkout? I’m planning to creat subdomain and Geolocation.
I would like to know if I will be able to receive payments from my customers if I set up each store with the different currencies even though paypal doesn’t support KRW, or Do I have to change my main store’s default currency to CAD/USD?
It is now available via Stripe, with Easy,Pie for Shopify, if you have a Stripe US account you can accept wallets (Kakao Pay, Naver Pay, Samsung Pay, PayCo) and all local cards in South Korea in KRW without a local entity.
In KRW, it also supports credit debit cards like Visa Matercard etc., Apple Pay and Goole Pay.
It also supports multi-currency. So, for example: while your default currency is KRW, it allows you to accept payments in USD or CAD using fixed exchange rates for new markets (countries) that you add in the Shopify Markets settings.
