Google Pay for Magento 2 Released – Installation & Configuration Explained

Note: The Magento 2 Google Pay extension is no longer available.

Google has a major role in everyone’s life that it just can’t be ignored. Google offers products and services that help people in personal and professional lives.

Leveraging Google’s services and products for a business is a way to reach a wide customer base owing to its popularity. Also, it gives a competitive edge in the market by offering such integrations.

Google Pay, one of Google’s product for payments is a payment gateway that offers a faster and safer way to pay. Simplified checkouts, multi-layer security, and easily manageable information are prominent features of Google Pay.

Now, if you are a Magento 2 store, you just got lucky as Google launched the FREE Google Pay for Magento 2 extension to integrate the payment gateway with Magento 2 store.

Also read: Integrate Barclaycard Payments with Magento 2

You can check these statistics that leaves no doubt about the popularity of Google Pay:

• 67 million monthly active users
• More than 2.5 billion transactions
• An annual run rate of over US$110 billion in transaction value

If you want to leverage the popularity of Google Pay for your Magento 2 store, download the plugin from the Magento Marketplace now.

Not only the popularity but the features of Google Pay for Business is something that you should not miss:

• Secure payments
• Quick checkouts
• Track sales
• Share offers
• No POS System required
• Insightful dashboard

The Google standards of security and features, ready to be used for your Magento 2 store, without any extra fees is an opportunity to grab!

The extension is compatible with the below payment service providers:

• Adyen
• BlueSnap
• Braintree
• FirstData – Payeezy & Ucom
• Moneris
• Stripe
• Vantiv

Allow the customers to select this payment method from the mini cart or the checkout page. The customers can quickly make the purchases using the payment methods they’ve saved to their Google accounts!

Install the Magento 2 extension and get started with the Google Pay Plugin for Magento 2 configuration as shown in this post!

Steps to configure Google Pay for Magento 2 extension:

1. Navigate to Google Pay Business Console and get your Google Pay merchant identifier
2. Login to Magento 2 admin panel.
3. Go to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Payment Methods
   
4. Click the “configure” button next to the Google Pay
   
5. Under GPay Merchant Credentials, enter the Merchant ID and Merchant Name
6. Under the Gateway Credentials
   1. Select the preferred payment gateway
   2. The environment in which you want the extension to be executed
   3. The payment gateway credentials obtained while registration for the integration with the Magento 2 store
   4. Enable sandbox mode for testing if required
      
7. Enable Google Pay and choose the card networks that you would like to accept.
8. The advanced settings offer the button customization options as well as enabling the Google Pay for mini cart

Once configured, Google Pay is enabled in the frontend as shown in the below screenshots:

The thank you message after the order is placed:

(Image Source: Magento Marketplace)

Note: If your payment provider isn’t listed as an option in the payment gateway list, check to see if your payment provider’s plugin has built-in support for Google Pay.

That’s all to get you started for enjoying increased conversions and improved shopping experience for your customers in the Magento 2 store!

What do you think about the Google Pay plugin for Magento 2? Do let me know in the Comments section below.

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Thank you.