In this guide, we will walk you through, step by step, how to add the ThePay payment gateway to your WooCommerce store. You will see it is not difficult at all.
Popular payment methods, flexible plans, and easy setup — these are the main reasons why the Czech payment gateway ThePay is so popular among e-commerce store owners. But it can offer even more.
Why choose the ThePay payment gateway for your WooCommerce store?
Popular payment methods
The ThePay payment gateway offers customers and your store a wide range of payment methods, so most customers can choose what suits them best:
- card payments
- Apple Pay and Google Pay e-wallets
- bank buttons for Czech and Slovak banks
- online QR payments
- recurring payments for subscription sales
- deferred payments
- Bitcoin payments
Customization options
ThePay offers all the payment methods above to your customers in a proven redirect payment gateway model, where customers are redirected to the gateway page to complete the payment.
Thanks to appearance customization options, you can easily match the gateway to your store and encourage customers to complete the payment. Of course, there is also support for many global currencies and languages.
An interesting benefit is the option to automatically send payouts in real time to your account. You will not have to wait for your money.
Easy implementation and troubleshooting
A key advantage of this payment gateway is easy setup. Implementing the ThePay payment gateway into an online store is very straightforward, registration is fully online, and test payments are usually not required. If any issues arise, Czech-language customer support is available.
Flexible plans
Using the ThePay payment gateway is subject to transaction fees on each payment according to the current price list. The provider offers three plans based on turnover volume, and your plan is automatically adjusted based on the previous month’s turnover. For the lowest plan, there is also a mandatory monthly fee for maintaining the gateway.
How to get the ThePay payment gateway?
Have you decided to get this payment gateway for your store? The whole process looks like this:
- First, you need to register with ThePay.
- Then, in your account, you will fill in the application for a payment gateway and upload the required documents.
- Next, you need to verify your bank account with a verification payment (CZK 1).
- After verification, you can immediately sign the contract.
- Now you can implement the payment gateway in WooCommerce using a plugin.
Let’s go through it step by step.
Registering with ThePay
Go to thepay.eu and click the “Chci ThePay” button, or go directly to the registration form.
You will now reach a page where you can create a new ThePay account, or log in to your existing account.
Enter your phone number and email address. On the next page, you will create a password…
…and verify your phone number.
Now you have your ThePay account.
Applying for a payment gateway
In your account, you can now apply to have a payment gateway set up. Before you do, check on the ThePay website whether your store meets the requirements for launching a payment gateway and does not fall into a prohibited category of products and services.
Log in to your ThePay a