Coinsnap provides modules and plugins that enable operators of online stores and websites to receive Bitcoin payments from their customers' Bitcoin Lightning wallets to their own Bitcoin Lightning wallets.
Our
Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin allows you to accept Bitcoin Lightning payments from within any forms you created with Contact Form 7. You can now sell products (i.e. merchandise), content or software, event tickets and even accept donations in Bitcoin, all from a simple Contact Form 7-form on your website.
With the Coinsnap Bitcoin Lightning payment-plugin for Contact Form 7 you only need your email and a Lightning wallet (with a Lightning address) to accept Bitcoin Lightning payments in your Contact Form 7 forms!
More information:
Enable Bitcoin Lightning payments in Contact Form 7 with Coinsnap
With Contact Form 7, website owners can create forms with different fields such as name, email, subject, message, etc. and embed them in their pages or posts. It is highly customizable and allows users to change the look and feel of their contact forms.
With the Coinsnap for Content Form 7-plugin you can immediately accept Bitcoin Lightning payments on your site. You don’t need your own Lightning node or any other technical requirements.
Simply register with your email on
Coinsnap, enter your own Lightning address and install the Coinsnap plugin in your WordPress backend. Add your store ID and your API key (which you’ll find in your Coinsnap account), and your customers can pay you with Bitcoin Lightning right away!
Features:
- All you need is your email and a Lightning Wallet with a Lightning address. Here you can find an overview of suitable Lightning Wallets
- Accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments in your online store without running your own technical infrastructure. You do not need your own server, nor do you need to run your own Lightning Node. You also do not need a shop-system, for you can sell right out of your forms using the Coinsnap for Content Form 7-plugin.
- Quick and easy registration at Coinsnap: Just enter your email address and your Lightning address – and you are ready to integrate the payment module and start selling for Bitcoin Lightning. You will find the necessary IDs and Keys in your Coinsnap account, too.
- 100% protected privacy:
- We do not collect personal data.
- For the registration you only need an e-mail address, which we will also use to inform you when you have received a payment.
- No other personal information is required as long as you request a withdrawal to a Lightning address or Bitcoin address.
- Only 1 % fees!:
- No basic fee, no transaction fee, only 1% on the invoice amount with referrer code.
- Without referrer code the fee is 1.25%.
- Get a referrer code from our partners and customers and save 0.25% fee.
- No KYC needed:
- Direct, P2P payments (instantly to your Lightning wallet)
- No intermediaries and paperwork
- Transaction information is only shared between you and your customer
- Sophisticated merchant’s admin dashboard in Coinsnap::
- See all your transactions at a glance
- Follow-up on individual payments
- See issues with payments
- Export reports
- A Bitcoin payment via Lightning offers significant advantages:
- Lightning payments are executed immediately.
- Lightning payments are credited directly to the recipient.
- Lightning payments are inexpensive.
- Lightning payments are guaranteed. No chargeback risk for the merchant.
- Lightning payments can be used worldwide.
- Lightning payments are perfect for micropayments.
- Multilingual interface and support: We speak your language
Documentation:
1. Install the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin from the WordPress directory
The Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin can be searched and installed in the WordPress plugin directory.
In your WordPress instance, go to the Plugins > “Add New Plugin” section.
In the search, enter “Coinsnap for Contact Form 7”, and the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin will be displayed.
Then click “Install”.
After successful installation, click “Activate”. Now you are ready to set up the plugin (see below).
1.1. Install the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin from Github
If you don’t want to install our plugin from WordPress, you can alternatively download the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin from the Coinsnap Github page and install it via the “Upload Plugin” function:
Navigate to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin and select the zip-archive you’ve downloaded from Github.
Click “Install Now” and the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin will be installed in WordPress.
After you have successfully installed the plugin, activate it, and you can proceed with the set-up of your Coinsnap plugin, just as described below.
2. Configure the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin
After the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7 plugin is installed and activated, a notice appears that the plugin still needs to be configured.
To do this, you need a Coinsnap account first.
2.1 Create your Coinsnap account
Open your Coinsnap account at
https://app.coinsnap.io/register by simply entering your email address and a password of your choice.
If you are using a Lightning Wallet with Lightning Login, then you can also open a Coinsnap account with it.
2.2. Confirm your email address
You will receive an email to the submitted email address with a confirmation link, which you have to confirm. If you do not find the email, please check your spam folder.
Then, please log in to the Coinsnap backend with the appropriate credentials.
2.3. Connect your website with Coinsnap
After you signed up, you will be asked to provide two pieces of information:
In the “Website Name” field, enter the name of your site or online store that you want customers to see when they check out.
In the “Lightning Address” field, enter the Lightning address to which your Bitcoin Lightning transactions should be forwarded. A Lightning address is similar to an e-mail address, it looks like
tabletree48@mylightningwallet.io. Lightning payments are forwarded and credited to this Lightning address.
If you don’t have a Lightning address yet, set up a Lightning wallet that will provide you with a Lightning address.
For more information on Lightning addresses and Lightning wallet providers, click here:
https://coinsnap.io/en/how-do-i-get-a-lightning-wallet/.
3. Connect the Coinsnap for Contact Form 7-plugin with your Coinsnap account
To make it all work, you need to connect your plugin with your Coinsnap account. Here is how you do that:
3.1. Coinsnap for Contact Form 7 Settings
- Navigate to Contact > add new. Below the “Enter title here” field select the “Coinsnap” tab on the left.
- Click “Enable Coinsnap on his form”.
- Choose your preferred currency.
- Enter the “Store ID”, and your “API Key” (you will find those in your Coinsnap account).
- If you like, enter the URL of your success page where you can congratulate your customers for buying from you!
- Click “Save”
3.2. Create your first Contact Form 7 form with Coinsnap Bitcoin Lightning payment
Just follow the instructions under the fields you just filled out and create your first form with Bitcoin Lightning payment.
4. Test payment
4.1. Test payment in Contact Form 7
If you want to see how Bitcoin Lightning payment works in a Contact Form 7 form, just go to our
demo store and make a donation, a download, a purchase or a booking!
As soon as you click on “buy now”, you will see the Bitcoin Lightning payment page:
4.2. Bitcoin Lightning payment page
This payment page shows your customer the amount payable in SATS. Click on “view Details” for further information.
Then you see the QR code. Hold your wallet above it and the amount of SATS displayed above will be transferred from your wallet to the Coinsnap wallet as soon as you click the button “pay”.
Upgrade Notice
Follow updates on plugin's GitHub page:
https://github.com/Coinsnap/Coinsnap-for-Contactform7
Frequently Asked Questions
Plugin's page on Coinsnap website:
https://coinsnap.io/en/