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Integrating CoinPayments – STEP 2: eCommerce Integration

January 7, 2024September 18, 2024 CoinPayments

Use CoinPayments in your Business Now that you have finished setting up your CoinPayments account and adjusting the settings to your liking, it’s time to move on to the next step. This is where the details you recorded in STEP 1 will be used (Merchant ID, IPN Secret, API Public Key, API Private Key), in order to link your eCommerce store to your CoinPayments account. Depending on how much automation you’re looking for and what type of platform you use to conduct your business activity, CoinPayments can be integrated via…

Integrating CoinPayments – STEP 4: Testing Integration

January 7, 2024September 12, 2024 CoinPayments

Testing Your CoinPayments Integration Now that you have finished Integrating CoinPayments into your business, and have reviewed and enabled the appropriate Additional CoinPayments Features, there’s just one thing left to do – test it! Luckily, CoinPayments already has a free cryptocurrency dedicated to testing transactions for your integration – it’s called Litecoin Testnet (LTCT). The best way to test your specific integration is to go through the process of checking out in your store using CoinPayments, selecting to pay with the LTCT coin, and then checking to make sure everything…

CoinPayments Ecommerce Integration Guide

January 2, 2024September 12, 2024 CoinPayments

eCommerce Integration Made Easy So you’ve decided to embrace cryptocurrency and start accepting crypto payments in your business? Congratulations on taking the first step towards lower fees, less fraud and faster payments! To help you out, we have created a simple and free step-by-step guide to help get your business all set up to start accepting cryptocurrency payments using the CoinPayments payment gateway, which lets you receive over 120 cryptocurrencies as payment at your store. The guide is broken up into different sections depending on how you want to integrate…

How To Vet the Best eCommerce Services

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 CoinPayments

Running an eCommerce business by yourself is a time-consuming affair. You have to set up a website, make sure it runs smoothly, run marketing campaigns, and sell your products and services to customers or clients. However, you can commission eCommerce services from providers to get assistance for any area of your online enterprise. But there are dozens of different quality agencies to choose from. It can be tough to know how to vet the best eCommerce services if you have never employed any of them before. Today, let’s break down…

eCommerce Metrics: KPIs You Should Be Tracking

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 CoinPayments

Running an eCommerce site involves a lot of metric tracking and analytics. It’s not enough to simply look at how much money you make each day. You also need to look at how many visitors your eCommerce site gets, how successful your online ads are, and much more. But with so many different metrics to look at, which should you prioritize? Today, let’s break down five key eCommerce KPIs you should track all the time. We will go over why these KPIs are so crucial to your business’s success and…

Understanding the Sales Funnel

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 CoinPayments

When any customer goes through a journey from discovering a brand to purchasing a product, they proceed through a sales funnel. Understanding the sales funnel is a crucial part of running a successful online business, especially if your eCommerce store relies on selling products to many different people. However, understanding the sales funnel is a lot different than mastering the sales funnel. This guide will break down how you can do both by first explaining what the sales funnel is and how it works. Then, we will break down how…

How To Accept Crypto as a Business

July 11, 2022July 4, 2022 CoinPayments

eCommerce business owners with their fingers on the pulse of the economy and forward-thinking business plans are starting to accept crypto tokens as forms of payment – and that’s a good thing! Accepting crypto as a business can provide your eCommerce venture with several benefits, including increased payment flexibility, more profits, and more outstanding service to your customers. However, it can be tough to know how to start accepting Bitcoin and other crypto tokens on your website if you haven’t done it before. Today, let’s break down how to accept…

How Can You Accept Crypto Payments on Your Site?

July 4, 2022June 20, 2022 CoinPayments

If you’ve decided to start accepting crypto tokens for your goods and services, congratulations! You’ve just made your business more flexible and approachable for an international audience. Deciding to accept crypto tokens as a currency will likely pay dividends in the future. That said, you still need to decide how to accept crypto payments on your site. There are several different ways to accept cryptocurrencies before exchanging them for fiat currencies or storing them for investment purposes. Today, let’s break down each crypto payment acceptance method one by one. What…

What Is a Payment Processor?

June 27, 2022June 13, 2022 CoinPayments

All online businesses thrive on digital payments, such as credit and debit card payments, electronic wallet payments, and even cryptocurrency payments. However, no eCommerce business can accept these digital currencies without a payment processor and payment gateway. Today, let’s take a close look at what a payment processor is, what it does, and how it works. We’ll also go over the types of currencies that payment processors accept and whether you can use a standard payment processor to accept crypto tokens at your eCommerce business. Payment Processors Explained Both retail…