WeChat Pay - the well-known Chinese wallet payment method

Easy online and mobile payment

What is WeChat Pay?

WeChatPay is the second largest e-wallet in China and is part of the WeChat app. With over 800 million users. Together with Alipay, they’re responsible for over 80% of all online and mobile payments in China.

 

WeChat Pay

Offering WeChat Pay in your webshop

Does your webshop focus on the Chinese market? Or would you like to process payments from Chinese tourists safe and easy? Then it’s a smart move to offer WeChat Pay in your webshop. The payment method is extremely popular and is acknowledged in the retail and tourist branch. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam offers WeChat Pay to all its Chinese museum visitors. It is extremely popular in the travel and retail branch.

WeChat Pay payment process

Pay with WeChat Pay

In order to be able to pay with WeChat Pay, the Chinese consumer has to link a debit bank account or credit card to the e-wallet. When payments are made via WeChat Pay, be it via desktop or mobile, the amount is automatically debited from the account.

Easy to activate

The payment method WeChat Pay is a standard feature in the Buckaroo Smart Checkout. In short term, WeChat Pay will also be part of our ecommerce plugins. Should you however prefer to implement it by yourself, we have an SDK to help you do so.

Online payment

Online payment via WeChat Pay

What if Chinese consumers want to shop online using their pc or laptop? They can pay with WeChat Pay as well. In the checkout or on the payment page, a WeChat Pay QR code is shown. Your customers can scan this QR code onscreen with their mobile. They are then asked to log in on the WeChat Pay account in order to authorise the transaction.

WeChat Pay payments China

Advantages of WeChat Pay

  • No chargebacks, so guaranteed payment
  • Pay with quick scan or QR code
  • Safe for both entrepreneur and customer
  • Higher conversion rate
  • Realtime transactions

Inspiring cases

The ideal payment method differs per situation, product or service. Because of our wide range of payment methods and unique features, we at Buckaroo are always able to offer you an appropriate solution. Let the following cases inspire you.

See our client cases