Order API - Processing Method and Payment Gateway

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Topic summary

Choosing how to categorize Shopify order payments using Order API fields is the core issue. The app collects payments and needs a reliable way to classify them.

Key questions:

  • Which field is better for categorization: Processing Method or Payment Gateway?
  • How do specific payment gateways map to Processing Method categories?
  • Is it correct that some direct providers appear under the Processing Method “Checkout,” and why does this happen?

Context notes:

  • “Processing Method” and “Payment Gateway” refer to Order API attributes that indicate how a payment was handled and the gateway name(s), respectively.
  • Screenshots (images) are provided to illustrate the two fields and appear central to understanding the issue.

Latest updates:

  • The original poster requested follow-up due to no responses.
  • A subsequent reply did not provide substantive information.

Outcome:

  • No decisions or guidance were provided. The discussion remains open with the key questions unanswered.
Summarized with AI on February 7. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi everyone,

Now I have an app and it has a feature that collects payments of orders from Shopify. But I don’t know how to categorize the payments correctly.

Here are my questions:

Question 1: Using Processing Method or Payment Gateway? what is better?

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OR

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- Question 2: Do you know what payment gateways will be categorized in what processing methods.

I ask this question because sometimes, direct providers are still categorized in processing method "Check out. Is that right?

Really appreciate everyone’s help!

Best regards,

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Can anybody answer my questions?

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No, anyways…