Can't select Stripe anymore as payment method

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

A workaround exists for merchants unable to select Stripe as a payment method when Shopify appears to force Shopify Payments activation.

Original Solution:

  • Temporarily change store country (Settings >> General >> Store Details) to one without Shopify Payments (e.g., Estonia)
  • Add Stripe as payment provider
  • Switch store country back to original location

Updated Method:
A recent verification reveals a simpler approach may now work:

  • Click “See all other providers” during payment setup
  • Stripe should appear in the available provider list without changing country settings

One user reported the original country-switching method didn’t work for them, prompting the discovery of the alternative approach. A screenshot was shared demonstrating the “See all other providers” option.

Summarized with AI on October 26. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi,

I’m getting notifications from an old post of mine about not being able to add Stripe anymore as a payment method on my store.

The solution that has been accepted on the old post is pretty much garbage, and I can’t reply anymore since the post has been archived.

So if you can’t select Stripe anymore, and it’s forcing you to add Shopify Payments, here is the solution, it’s very simple:

Set your store to a country that doesn’t have Shopify Payments. This is found in Settings>>General>>Store Details. You will then be able to add Stripe as usual. Once you added Stripe you can change the store location back to the country your business is operating from.

Last time I did that was a few weeks ago, I just picked Estonia, I then added Stripe, then changed my store country back to my country. If I didn’t do that, it would try to force me to use Shopify Payments. I don’t have anything against Shopify Payments, but I’ve been using Stripe for almost 10 years and I don’t feel like changing.

Hope this helps

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not working for me! any help?

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I just tried right now to verify. I didn’t even have to change the country. You can just click “See all other providers” and it will show Stripe in the list