Payments & Checkout Setup

The money side of the store, configured properly the first time.

What's inside

• How money actually moves: authorisation, capture, settlement and payout
• Choosing providers — the platform's own, third-party gateways, and wallets
• Activation and verification: the documents to have ready and what triggers manual review
• How to describe your business so a risk team approves you quickly
• Which payment methods are worth enabling, and the case against enabling everything
• Manual and offline methods, and the fraud they invite
• Shipping rates: zones, thresholds, carrier-calculated rates and the mixed digital cart
• Taxes: inclusive versus exclusive pricing, destination rules and digital goods — framed as what to decide and who to ask
• Checkout configuration, field by field, with recommended settings and reasoning
• Abandoned checkout recovery: what the email should say and when to send it
• Selling digital goods: approval wording, refund policy, and the evidence that wins a dispute
• Declines, chargebacks and keeping an account in good standing
• A full payments and checkout audit checklist

Who it's for

Store owners setting up payments for the first time, or anyone whose provider has started asking questions. Not for readers looking for tax advice — this book tells you what to decide and what to ask an accountant.

Format and delivery

• 41 pages, PDF (A4), approximately 1 MB
• Delivered instantly by email and download link after payment
• Readable on any computer, tablet or phone — no app required
• Digital product. Nothing is shipped.

Sellwyn is an independent publisher and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Shopify Inc. Nothing in this guide is legal, tax or financial advice.