Issue: Users setting up payment for Shopify Ads receive the error “Credit cards based in India are not permitted.” A screenshot of the error is provided and is central to the thread.
Recent update: Changing the account location to outside India—an earlier workaround referenced from a prior thread—no longer works for multiple users.
Tried/Proposed solutions:
Outcome/decisions: No official fix or confirmation from Shopify is mentioned. No consensus on a reliable, broadly working solution.
Status: Ongoing/unresolved. Key open question: Are there any officially supported payment methods for advertisers in India, or approved workarounds for Shopify Ads billing?
I am trying to add credit card as payment method while running Shopify Ads for the first time, but I am getting the error:
Credit cards based in India are not permitted
I have tried changing the location outside India, but it doesn’t work. From some previous posts, I saw changing location worked for people, but now it is not working: https://community.shopify.com/c/shopify-apps/unable-to-use-indian-credit-card-for-shopify-ads/m-p/2481177
Unfortunately, that solution isn’t working for us either.
Have you tried something else? We are still unable to run Ads
Hello @tazoh
We are from india, we were facing same issue.
I tried with virtual card service and it worked for all of us
https://nachonacho.com/?gr_pk=mr1Z
See, if that works for you.
You may also try these guys: https://app.epsifund.com/shopify_ads_services
