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Activating Google Pay for PayPal in X-Payments
Activating Google Pay for PayPal in X-Payments
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⚠️ Requires X-Cart 5.5.1 or later.

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Google Pay + PayPal via X-Payments

Before you start

Enabling Google Pay

Via Payment Method page

Via General Setting

Customer Experience

Your Experience as a Merchant

Google Pay + PayPal via X-Payments

We've already covered how to configure Google Pay in X-Payments for various payment methods. However the process is slightly different for PayPal. Let’s walk through each step in this guide.

Before you start

Create an X-Payments Cloud Account via your X-Cart Admin.

Enabling Google Pay

At this point, you should have your PayPal account connected to X-Payments. If not, follow these steps:

I don’t have a PayPal account

  1. Go to Store › Payment Methods

  2. Find X-Payments Cloud and click ⚙️ Settings.

  3. Click Add payment gateway selector, pick PayPal.

  4. Click Add .

  5. On the next page, click Connect PayPal account .

  6. Follow sign-in instructions on the screen.

I have a PayPal account but haven’t connected it to X-Payments yet

Follow these instructions to add PayPal as a payment method in X-Payments.

Once you've connected your PayPal account to X-Payments, the next step is to ensure that Google Pay is enabled in your X-Payments Dashboard.

You can check this in two places:

  1. On the PayPal payment method page in X-Payments

  2. In the general settings of X-Payments

Via Payment Method page

  1. Click 🔧 Settings in the top right corner, then select Payment Processing.

  2. Find PayPal and click on it.

  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find Google Pay.

  4. If Google Pay is disabled, click Configure .

  5. On the next page, click the Status selector and switch it to Enabled .

Enabling Google Pay via Payment Method page

Via General Setting

  1. Click 🔧 Settings in the top-right corner, then select General.

  2. Scroll down to the Services section.

  3. Find Google Pay, and if it’s disabled, click Configure .

  4. On the next page, click the Status selector and switch it to Enabled .

Enabling Google Pay via General Settings

Customer Experience

Once set up, customers will see Google Pay as a new payment option at checkout, on the product page, and in the mini-cart.

Using 'Buy with Google Pay' button

Your Experience as a Merchant

When a customer makes a purchase at your store using Google Pay, you’ll be able to see this in your X-Payments Dashboard.

  1. Go to Payments.

  2. Click on a specific payment to open the Payment Details page.

  3. On the right side of the page, next to the credit card number used with Google Pay, you’ll see the Google Pay logo.

Related articles

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Set up Google Pay for other Payment Methods in X-Payments ›

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