Why can't I accept payments on Shopify in Pakistan?

I’ve tried using Stripe, but it doesnt show for Pakistan account/market, skrill doesn’t verify documents, the Wise business account stopped working, Payoneer account creation was done with much hassle after uploading so many documents, but I cannot use it to accept payments at checkout and Payoneer checkout is taking too much to approve - thereby losing business. I’ve already paid for a Shopify monthly plan, invested time, money and effort in creating a new store, invested money to buy Shopify domains all of this payment was approved without a hitch but when it comes to checkout / receiving payments - suddenly everything is blocked.

In this day and age its unbelievable and somewhat biased that Pakistani market which is generating volumes in business and doing good work is not being allowed to function like any other country. Especially when Shopify can accept payments for domains, monthly plans, and other charges from any credit/debit from Pakistani origin but when it comes to payment methods and gateway - we’re blocked.

Kindly let us know which payment methods and gateways are functional and can be used, Its perfectly fine if details like Phone number, Bank account, ID, utility bills, address verification etc is required for verification but at least allow Shopify Payments and other gateways.

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Hi, @Ims_23

Greetings, and thanks for posting.

We definitely appreciate how frustrating it is not to be able to use the payment gateway you wish to use. We also wish we could process payments for the people of Pakistan.

That being said, the situation is not as simple as offering the service. There are a wide variety of legal requirements that vary from region to region. It is an extremely lengthy and difficult process to offer payment processing worldwide. As such, we are slowly expanding to more countries each year.

For the time being you are required to use a payment gateway that operates within Pakistan. Unfortunately, as these are third party companies we don’t have the ability to provide support or recommendations for these gateways. This is something you will need to research independently.

If you have any additional questions please let us know. Best of luck!