Payment gateway for India

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Shopify Payments Availability:
Shopify Payments is not available in India. Indian merchants must use third-party payment gateways to accept credit cards, which incur transaction fees based on the Shopify plan.

Payment Gateway Challenges:

  • Popular providers (Razorpay, Paytm, PayU) are reportedly not accepting new customers, with some applications pending for 6+ months
  • No timeline exists for when Shopify Payments will launch in India

Alternative Payment Options:

  • Manual methods (Cash on Delivery, bank transfer, cheque) available without extra transaction fees
  • PayPal and cryptocurrency (via Coinbase) are options, though with limitations
  • Recommended gateways include CCAvenue, 2Checkout, and Stripe

Cross-Border Issue:
A USA-based merchant reports inability to accept payments from Indian customers despite Stripe (Shopify Payments’ provider) supporting India transactions. This affects access to a major market.

Status: The discussion remains unresolved, with multiple merchants seeking viable payment solutions and no official timeline for Shopify Payments expansion to India.

Summarized with AI on October 30. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi

This is regarding payment gateways in india. Most of the payment gateways(Razorpay , Paytm ,Payu) are not accepting any new customers. Although we applied for these 3 payment gateways and completed all formalities still they are not activating for the last 6 months. can you please suggest some of the payment gateways which are allowing new customers and available in shoppify