Accepting digital wallets and Buy now, pay later payment methods makes the checkout process more convenient and efficient for shoppers. This article describes the benefits of adding accepted payment methods, and how to manage payment methods in Merchant Center.
What is Buy now, pay later?
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment methods allow shoppers to purchase items immediately and pay for them in installments over time.
Benefits
When you add payment methods to your Merchant Center account, we may show shoppers the payment methods that you accept on your products. These annotations help shoppers make more informed decisions on offers or merchants that they would want to explore further.
Additionally, accepting payment methods can help you improve your overall customer satisfaction score, which is reflected in your Quality Score in the Store Quality program.
Instructions
Instructions for Merchant Center Classic
To add or update your accepted payment method:
In your Merchant Center, click the tools and settings icon
.
Under the “Tools” section, click Business information.
Select Accepted payment methods.
On the “Accepted payment methods” page that opens, you will have
- Digital wallets
- Buy now, pay later
Select an option and click Add to add a new payment method and save the selected details.
- Click Save (New payment methods will be reviewed and added to the list in alphabetical order, once approved).
To remove an existing payment method:
- Click “X” which is next to the payment method to remove it.
- Select the removal reason
- I don’t support this payment method
- I prefer not to show this payment method on Google Search
- Other
- Click Confirm.
- Click Save.
Note: Once removed, shoppers won’t see the payment method on your products, and it won’t be counted toward the Quality Score in the Store Quality program.
Instructions for Merchant Center Next
To add or update your accepted payment methods:
In your Merchant Center, navigate to the left menu and click Business info.
On the “Accepted payment methods” card, click Edit payment methods.
On the “Accepted payment methods” page that opens, you will have
- Digital wallets
- Buy now, pay later
Select an option and click Add to add a new payment method and save the selected details.
- Click Save (New payment methods will be reviewed and added to the list in alphabetical order, when approved).
To remove an existing payment method:
- Click “X” which is next to the payment method to remove it.
- Select the removal reason
- I don’t support this payment method
- I prefer not to show this payment method on Google Search
- Other
- Click Confirm.
- Click Save.
Note: Once removed, shoppers won’t see the payment method on your products, and it won’t be counted toward the Quality Score in the Store Quality program.
You can also select in which order payment methods can show to shoppers by simply dragging and dropping each payment method provider either up or down the list.
Allowing crawlers to access your site
In addition to managing via Merchant Center, payment methods may be associated with your account from automated website crawls. Follow these steps to ensure your website enables crawling:
Visit your website.
Ensure that your indexing or robots tags are set up correctly. In some cases, Google StoreBot may also crawl your website automatically or when triggered by the site owner. Learn more about Google crawlers and fetchers.
Add a payment method to your checkout page.
Ensure that your checkout process doesn't require customers to login. If customers need to log in, we won't be able to get your payment method information listed.
After you’ve added a payment method to your guest checkout experience, you need to wait for up to 30 days for the Store Quality program to show and validate this data.
If the number of payment methods shown in the Store Quality program doesn’t match what you currently offer, or if you don’t offer a guest checkout experience but accept a payment method, follow the instructions above and add the payment method following the instruction for Merchant Center above.
Request a new payment method
If a payment method you accept isn’t available in the list, click "Send feedback to request" on the right side of the Accepted payment methods page and submit a feedback request with the name of the service you would like to add.