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Business plan: Accepting payments via WeChat Pay
Business plan: Accepting payments via WeChat Pay

WeChat Pay is a digital wallet popular among customers from China

Updated over a week ago

WeChat is China’s leading mobile app with over 1 billion monthly active users. This app connects people, services, and businesses in China and around the world through a number of e-commerce and social features inside the app. WeChat Pay, the payment wallet inside the WeChat app, has over 800 million users.

Chinese consumers can use WeChat Pay to pay for goods and services inside of businesses’ apps and websites. WeChat Pay users buy most frequently in gaming, e-commerce, travel, online education, and food/nutrition. Learn more: WeChat Pay payments 💡

Availability

  • Available for merchants in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA

  • Supported currency: CNY, AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, SGD, USD, DKK, NOK, SEK, CHF

  • Available for the following clients: Chinese consumers, overseas Chinese, and Chinese travelers

Setup

To offer this payment option in your online store, simply turn it on in your Stripe dashboard. It's easy, just follow these steps:

1. Within the website builder, open your store management area. Go to Store settings → Payments → Manage Stripe and open your Stripe account.

2. In your Stripe account, go to the payment methods settings.

3. Scroll down to the Wallets section, and click Turn on next to WeChat Pay.

This payment method will be automatically suggested for Chinese consumers, overseas Chinese, and Chinese travelers.

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