SHOPIFY CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS BOTSWANA

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

A Shopify merchant in Botswana is seeking recommendations for credit card payment gateways, as Shopify Payments is not available in their country.

Suggested Options:

  • 2Checkout Convert Plus (by Verifone)
  • Advanced Credit/Debit Card - UseePay
  • Adyen Payments
  • Full list available in Shopify’s payment gateway documentation

Current Issues:

  • The original poster tested multiple gateways from the list but none are functioning
  • Adyen specifically rejected their email registration, blocking further progress
  • Growing frustration that Shopify allows store creation and billing in Botswana but provides no working payment solutions
  • Merchants feel this creates a barrier at checkout, potentially sabotaging their businesses

Status: Unresolved. The discussion reflects significant dissatisfaction with Shopify’s lack of payment infrastructure support for Botswana-based merchants.

Summarized with AI on November 3. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
1

Hello

Which credit card payment option should i choose for Botswana?

2

Hi @babyk19 !

There are a lot of payment gateways that offer credit card payments for Botswana such as, 2Checkout Convert Plus (by Verifone), 2 Advanced Credit/Debit Card - UseePay, and Adyen Payments - Credit Cards. You can check the full list here: Payment Providers and Online Payment Gateways (2024).

3

Hello

I went through the whole list and they do not work

Adyen does not accept my email so i cannot go any further

4

Shopify is taking us for granted and its not only demoralizing, its uncouth. Shopify is not making any effort to help us in Botswana and I am starting, now more than ever, to believe they don’t care. I am so disappointed in this treatment. Why then do you accept our store creation, bill payment only to sabotage us at out prospected checkouts. this is unheard of.