Accept Bitcoin payments with WooCommerce - simple, fast & secure!
To accept Bitcoin payments with WooCommerce has never been more simple and required less information – all you need to get started is an email and a Lightning wallet. The installation of our plugin is done in a few minutes – and you can start accepting Bitcoin payments with WooCommerce today!
With the Coinsnap Bitcoin payment plugin for WooCommerce you only need a Lightning wallet with a Lightning address, a Coinsnap account, and a minute to set up the plugin to accept Bitcoin Lightning payments in your WooCommerce online store.
Coinsnap’s Bitcoin payment plugin for WooCommerce makes it amazingly simple for your customers to purchase your offerings with Bitcoin-Lightning: They can make their transactions with just a scan of the QR code generated by the Coinsnap plugin for WooCommerce, and their authorization of the payment. When authorized, the payment will be credited directly and immediately to your Lightning wallet.
Accept Bitcoin payments with WooCommerce in only 3 steps:
- Get your free Coinsnap account with just your email
- Install, activate and configure the plugin in your WordPress backend (see the installation guide)
- Activate Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce and accept Bitcoin payments from your customers
Why should you choose the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin?
- Amazingly simple installation in just 3 steps and a few minutes
- Customizable checkout for optimized customer experience
- Multilingual merchant admin dashboard for easy administration and management of transactions.
Why should you choose Coinsnap as your Bitcoin payment solution?
- Quick and easy registration: Just enter your email address and your Lightning address – and you are ready to integrate the payment module and start selling for Bitcoin Lightning.
- Immediate crediting of all payments to your wallet.
- Payment transfer directly from your customer’s wallet to your wallet.
- Low transaction fee of only 1% of the invoiced amount (with referrer code).
- The plugin is free of cost, including all future updates. Stay up-to-date at absolutely no cost today or in the future.
- Outstanding privacy: Direct, P2P payments into your Lightning wallet, no intermediaries and paperwork. Any transaction information is only shared between you and your customer.
- Detailed reporting and advanced filtering for all transactions, simple data export for your accounting.
- Sophisticated merchant’s admin dashboard in Coinsnap: See all your transactions at a glance, follow-up on individual payments or see issues with payments.
- No need for any technical infrastructure: Accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments in your online store without having to set up your own server or your own Lightning node.
- On-chain and Lightning transactions are supported: Let your customers choose their preferred payment method.
Why should you offer Bitcoin payment in your WooCommerce shop?
- No chargebacks: All Bitcoin payments are irreversible.
- Lightning fast transactions: Receive your payment within seconds (with the Lightning payment method), in minutes with on-chain.
- Low fees (with Lightning)
- Global reach: Sell to any customer anywhere – all he needs to buy from you is a Lightning wallet.
More information:
Documentation:
1. Install the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin from the WordPress plugin repository
The Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin can be searched and installed in the WordPress plugin directory.
You can easily find the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin under Plugins/Install new plugin if you enter Coinsnap WooCommerce in the search field. Simply click on Install now in the Coinsnap plugin and WordPress will install it for you.
Now WordPress will offer you to Activate the pugin – click the button and you set to go!
Next, you will connect the plugin with your Coinsnap account.
1.1. WooCommerce Coinsnap Settings
After you have installed and activated the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin, you need to configure the Coinsnap settings. To do that, go to
WooCommerce / Settings. Now open the tab on the far right named
Coinsnap Settings.
You will see in a red message on the top of the tab, that there is a
Coinsnap connection error. Ignore this for now, for we will now connect the plugin with your Coinsnap account.
To do that, you need to enter your Coinsnap
Store ID and your Coinsnap
API key.
These details are provided in your Coinsnap account in the
store settings section. If you do not yet have a Coinsnap account, you can register under the following link:
Coinsnap registration.
You will be asked to name your store, and to enter your Lightning wallet adress. When this is done you are ready for the next step.
1.2. Enter Store ID and API Key in your WooCommerce Coinsnap Settings
Go to the
Settings menu item in your Coinsnap merchant admin backend. Then click on
Store and you will see your Coinsnap
Store ID and the Coinsnap
API Key in the
Store section.
Copy these two strings and
paste them into the matching fields in the
Coinsnap settings in WooCommerce in your shop’s backend.
Click on the “
Save changes” button at the bottom of the page to apply and save the settings. You will now see a green message on top of the tab saying
Coinsnap server is connected. You are almost ready to start selling for Bitcoin now.
1.3. WooCommerce payment settings
Now you need to
add the payment method Bitcoin-Lightning payment to your
WooCommerce checkout.
To do this, navigate to the
Payments tab under the WooCommerce settings to see a list of all available payment methods. Coinsnap is shown at the bottom of the list.
(1)
Enable Coinsnap by moving the slider to the right.
You must activate Coinsnap as a payment option!
Additional configurations – customize your checkout
To do this, click on the “
Finish setup” button (or the “
Manage” button after you activated the payment method). Here you can make some adjustments that impact the customer’s journey during the payment process.
(a)
Enabled/Disabled: Make sure the gateway is enabled!
(b)
Title: You can change the default text, i.e. to „Bitcoin/Lightning payment“.
(c)
Customer Message: Here you should let your customer know what to expect next.
(d)
Button Text: you can also change the text on the button that initiates the actual payment and generatest he QR code for your customer’s payment, i.e. to „I want to pay with Bitcoin now!“\
(e)
Gateway symbol: Here you can upload an icon of your choice that illustrates the Bitcoin-Lightning payment method in your checkout. This image serves as a visual indicator for a specific payment option or gateway that is displayed to the customer at the time of checkout.
YOU ARE SET TO SELL FOR BITCOIN NOW! To be sure all works fine, you should now…
1.4. Test the payment method in your WooCommerce store
After all settings have been made, a test transaction should be carried out.
Place an order in your WooCommerce online store and choose the Bitcoin-Lightning Payment option. Click on Pay with Bitcoin.
You will now be redirected to the Bitcoin-Lightning payment page to complete the purchase. The Bitcoin payment page is now displayed and offers the payer the option of paying with Bitcoin or Lightning. Both methods are integrated in the displayed QR code. After successful payment, the invoice can be viewed in detail.
2. Install the Coinsnap WooCommerce plugin from our Github page
If you don’t want to install Coinsnap WooCommerce plugin directly from your WordPress backend, download the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin from the
Coinsnap Github page here.
Find the green button labeled
Code. When you click on it, the menu opens and Download ZIP appears. Here you can download the latest version of the Coinsnap plugin to your computer.
Then use the “
Upload plugin” function to install it. Click on “
Install now” and the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin will be added to your WordPress website. It can then be connected to the Coinsnap payment gateway.
As soon as the Coinsnap for WooCommerce plugin is installed and activated, a message will appear asking you to configure the plugin settings.
From here on you can follow 1.1 to 1.4 and you will be set to sell for Bitcoin in no time at all!