Connect Braintree to your store
Besides PayPal, Stripe and other payment gateways, you can activate Braintree as well if you want to allow credit card payments during checkout.
Before connecting, you must have a Braintree account, know your API credentials and Sandbox account, please check the step A below for more details. Kindly follow our instructions in this article to connect Braintree to your store.
A. Set up Braintree Business Account and Sandbox Account
B. Get the Merchant ID, Public key & Private key
C. Activate Braintree as your payment method
D. Deactivate your Braintree account
Braintree can be configured on test mode or live mode on your store.
In case you want to use it as a live gateway (for real purchases), go to this link to create an account.
If you only want to test the gateway, you can create a Test account (Sandbox account)
You will need to get the Merchant ID, Public key & Private key on your Braintree account for later steps.
Go to Braintree. If you have an account with Braintree, click on Log In or create an account by clicking on Sign Up.
Enter your credentials to Log In. You can also login with your PayPal account.
Click on cogwheel icon.
From the dropdown menu, select API.
Click on View to view the API keys. If you want to generate new keys, click on Generate New API Key.
Here is where you can find your Braintree Public Key, Private Key and Merchant ID. Copy all of the keys.
From your ShopBase admin site, go to Settings > Payment Providers.
Click Choose third-party provider in Accept credit cards section.
In the Third-party payment providers page, choose Braintree.
Enter your merchant info from step B above and then select Add account.
Turn on Test mode then use the credentials from Test account if you just want to test the store.
To keep your account safe, ShopBase will not send any information related to your store, including your store name, store domain, product name, etc. to payment gateways to help prevent your account from being restricted.
After connecting your Braintree account to the store, you can deactivate it anytime and still be able to re-activate it later with the same or different credentials.
Overview of Payment
Before connecting, you must have a Braintree account, know your API credentials and Sandbox account, please check the step A below for more details. Kindly follow our instructions in this article to connect Braintree to your store.
In this article
A. Set up Braintree Business Account and Sandbox Account
B. Get the Merchant ID, Public key & Private key
C. Activate Braintree as your payment method
D. Deactivate your Braintree account
A. Set up Braintree Business Account and Sandbox Account
Braintree can be configured on test mode or live mode on your store.
In case you want to use it as a live gateway (for real purchases), go to this link to create an account.
If you only want to test the gateway, you can create a Test account (Sandbox account)
B. Get the Merchant ID, Public key & Private key
You will need to get the Merchant ID, Public key & Private key on your Braintree account for later steps.
Go to Braintree. If you have an account with Braintree, click on Log In or create an account by clicking on Sign Up.
Enter your credentials to Log In. You can also login with your PayPal account.
Click on cogwheel icon.
From the dropdown menu, select API.
Click on View to view the API keys. If you want to generate new keys, click on Generate New API Key.
Here is where you can find your Braintree Public Key, Private Key and Merchant ID. Copy all of the keys.
C. Activate Braintree as your payment method
From your ShopBase admin site, go to Settings > Payment Providers.
Click Choose third-party provider in Accept credit cards section.
In the Third-party payment providers page, choose Braintree.
Enter your merchant info from step B above and then select Add account.
Turn on Test mode then use the credentials from Test account if you just want to test the store.
To keep your account safe, ShopBase will not send any information related to your store, including your store name, store domain, product name, etc. to payment gateways to help prevent your account from being restricted.
D. Deactivate your Braintree account
After connecting your Braintree account to the store, you can deactivate it anytime and still be able to re-activate it later with the same or different credentials.
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Overview of Payment
Updated on: 18/08/2022
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