Hello. When are you going to bring Shopify Payment to Hungary? Thank you

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Hungarian merchants are requesting Shopify Payments availability in their country, with the discussion spanning over two years without resolution.

Main Issue:

  • Shopify Payments remains unavailable in Hungary despite expansion to other European countries (Czechia, Portugal, Switzerland in September)
  • Multiple merchants and Shopify partners report losing clients who switch platforms due to this limitation
  • The Shop channel feature is also inaccessible without Shopify Payments

Business Impact:

  • Partners report advising 5+ clients to leave Shopify’s platform
  • Merchants forced to maintain duplicate stores (one for Hungary/Romania in forints, another for EU in euros), doubling app costs
  • Major retailers reportedly unable to join the platform

Merchant Frustrations:

  • Complete lack of timeline or roadmap information
  • Generic responses repeated for years without concrete updates
  • Requests for transparency: even knowing “2025” or “not planned” would help business planning
  • Suggestion to partner with local payment providers if direct implementation is difficult

Official Response:

  • Support staff consistently state no timeline available and cannot confirm if/when Hungary will be added
  • Feedback is being forwarded to development teams
  • Updates would appear on Shopify’s Changelog if expansion occurs
  • Recommendation: operate assuming Shopify Payments won’t be available

Status: Unresolved and ongoing, with growing merchant frustration over lack of communication.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi @orivas ,

Thank you for getting in touch and for expressing your interest in using Shopify Payments. The payment gateway’s availability has expanded greatly over time, and especially in Europe, with the most recent additions being Czechia, Portugal, and Switzerland in September of this year. We recognize the desire of merchants who wish to use Shopify Payments and my presumption is that our gateway’s expansion into new countries and regions is likely to continue in the coming months and years ahead.

While I cannot guarantee that Hungary will be one of those countries or that it may become available there any time soon, our development team do consider merchant demand when looking at where to expand Shopify Payments next and I will be sure to pass your feedback on to them. You can follow the payments section of the Shopify Changelog to track changes to availability for Shopify Payments.

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