Set up third-party payment methods for Shopify
With Reach and Shopify, you can offer your customers worldwide a variety of payment methods using Reach's local acquiring solution. Contact our Support Team or your Reach representative if you are interested in setting up alternative payment methods in your Shopify store.
Follow the instructions below to set up third-party payment methods in your Shopify account.
Set up PayPal
Reach supports PayPal in Australia, Canada, the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
To utilize Reach's local acquiring solution through PayPal on your Shopify storefront, please contact your Reach representative for guidance.
Follow the steps below to set up PayPal as a payment method option in your Shopify store:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings.
- Select Payments from the navigation menu.
- Under Supported payment methods, click Activate PayPal. A new browser tab will open where you can enter the PayPal credentials.

- Select the I'm not a robot checkbox and complete the security challenge. Click VERIFY.
- Sign in using the PayPal credentials your Reach representative provides. Click Next.
- Enter the PayPal password your Reach representative provides. Click Log In.
- Once signed in, enter the one-time authentication code provided by your Reach representative. The authentication code refreshes every 30 seconds.
- Log out of PayPal.
You have successfully added PayPal as a payment method to your Shopify store and are ready to process PayPal transactions through Reach's merchant of record solution.
Set up Klarna
The following steps only apply to suppliers with a United States, Canadian, or Australian entity. Suppliers with a European Union entity or a United Kingdom entity can enable Klarna through Shopify Payments.
Klarna can only be enabled for your primary entity. Your primary entity should match the region in which you intend to use Klarna. For more information, review Considerations when selling from multiple entities with Shopify Payments.
For more information, see Shopify's Klarna for Shopify Payments and Klarna's Shopify and Klarna Payments app documentation.
First, contact your Reach representative to enable Reach's local acquiring solution through the Klarna Payments app on your Shopify storefront. Afterward, complete the steps below to add Klarna as a payment method to your Shopify store through Reach:
- Activate your Klarna account
- Install the Klarna app on the Shopify store
- Connect your Shopify store with Klarna
- Install and configure the Klarna On-Site Messaging app
Step 1. Activate your Klarna account
After you notify your Reach representative, Reach will send you an account activation email. The email is required to complete the instructions.
Upon receiving the email, use the steps below to activate your Klarna account with Reach:
- After you receive the activation email from Reach, open it and click Activate account. The link will remain active for seven days and may be used once.
- Select the checkbox next to I Agree to the above Terms & Conditions and click Continue.
- Set your password and click Update password.
- Enter your first and last name in the appropriate fields and click Update profile.
- Set up two-factor authentication (2FA) through one of the available options.
- Once complete, log in to Klarna using your credentials and 2FA.
- Under To-dos, click 1 store invite awaiting action.

- Select Accept next to your store name and click Save.

Your access is complete; you can now install the Klarna Payments app on your store.
Step 2. Install the Klarna app
- Sign in to Shopify admin. If you have multiple stores, verify you are in the correct Shopify store.
- Click the following link: Klarna Payments for Enterprise.
The Klarna Payments app can only be accessed through the provided link. Searching for the Klarna app in the Shopify Store will not return results.
- Click the Install button. If you are not already logged in to your Shopify store, do so when requested.
- Select either Required only or Allow all, depending on your preferences, to manage cookies on the Klarna site.
- To log in to Klarna, enter the user credentials you created in Step 1, then click Sign in.
The Klarna Payments app is now installed in your Shopify store. Continue on to connect your store to your Klarna account.
Step 3. Connect your Shopify store with Klarna
Use the following instructions to connect your Shopify store with Klarna:
- In your Klarna account, make sure the correct Klarna Merchant ID appears in the Store field. If it is not there, select it from the Store dropdown list.
- Click Shopify.
- Click Continue to connect your Shopify store to Klarna.
- Click Install Klarna Shopify Application.
- Click Generate and connect credentials.
- Click Download Klarna_credentials and save the file to a secure location.

Click Download Klarna_credentials
- Click Continue Integration.
- Click Verify integration to test your integration.
- Your store has been verified. Click Next to return to your Shopify store.
- Click Next to activate your Klarna alternative payment method.
- Turn on the Klarna toggle and click Activate. Once activated, Klarna's status indicator will change from Installed to Active.

You have successfully installed and configured your store and Klarna. Complete the installation of the Klarna On-Site Messaging app to meet Klarna's requirements for checkout display and branding.
Step 4. Install and configure the Klarna On-Site Messaging (OSM) app
Display Klarna's messaging at checkout to indicate that Klarna is an available payment option using their On-Site Messaging (OSM) app. Follow the instructions below to install the app and set up the OSM block on your checkout:
Before you begin, you must complete all previous steps to install and activate Klarna. The On-Site Messaging app requires the Klarna app to connect to your store. If Klarna is not installed, you will see a Please check your configuration message. 
- Sign in to Shopify admin. If you have multiple stores, verify you are in the correct Shopify store.
- Click Settings, then select Apps.
- Click the Shopify App Store. The Shopify App Store will open on a new page.

- In the Shopify App Store's search bar, type
Klarna. - Click Klarna On-Site Messaging in the search results list.
- Click the Install button.
- Click Save to automatically deactivate the Klarna On-Site Messaging Ads when switching themes.

- Click the New App Block Placement button to open the theme editor.
- Dismiss the Klarna Placement instructions by clicking Got it.
- Select top-strip-promotion-badge from the Placement type dropdown list and click Save.
The OSM block should now appear on your checkout page.
Testing the OMS block in your checkout
Once saved, open a New Incognito window in your browser and view your store as a customer.
Visit a product page to ensure the Klarna OMS block appears in the correct location.
contact your Reach representative or our support team at [email protected].
Updated 19 days ago
