Provide a fast, easy, and secure way for users to buy goods and services in your app or on your website. Developers that implemented Apple Pay using best practices have substantially increased checkout conversion rates, customer loyalty and purchase frequency, and reduced checkout time.
Apple Pay is compatible with most active Apple devices and is used by hundreds of millions around the world. We recommend adding Apple Pay to product detail pages, the cart, checkout page, in payment settings, or anywhere else a user can choose a payment method or initiate a purchase.
Apple Pay APIs provide several types of buttons you can use in your app or website. Each button displays an Apple-approved caption, font, color, and style and maintains ideal proportions when scaled for various interfaces layouts. You can configure the button’s corner radius to match the style of your UI. And support for localization and accessibility are built in.
For details, view the Human Interface Guidelines and Acceptable Use Guidelines for Apple Pay on the Web.
When a user chooses Apple Pay as the payment method, a payment request is created. The payment sheet must be presented immediately after the user taps the Apple Pay button, without any interim screens or pop-ups except to prompt for necessary product details, such as size or quantity.
The payment sheet can include the user’s name, billing address, shipping address, shipping method, phone number, and email address. When deciding what information to display, remember to show only what’s necessary to process and service the transaction. You can configure line items to add relevant information such as shipping cost, taxes and discount.
For details, view the Human Interface Guidelines and the interactive demo.
Once the user has authenticated to confirm purchase intent, you don’t need to handle their actual credit or debit card numbers. Instead, your app or website receives a payment object containing an encrypted payment token. This token encapsulates the information needed to complete a payment transaction, including the device-specific account number, the amount, and a unique, one-time-use cryptogram. The token can be decrypted by the merchant with the certificate private key or by the Payment Service Provider (PSP) on behalf of the merchant. Once decrypted, the token needs to be passed to the payment service provider for processing.
Transaction includes unencrypted billing and shipping contacts, and encrypted payment token.
Decrypts payment token. This can also be done by a payment service provider.
Uses token to run an eCom credit/debit card authorization, which includes a one-time cryptogram.
Validates token, translates it into the credit/debit account, and submits to issuer for confirmation.
Receives payment request and can either approve or decline.
If you already work with an e-commerce platform or Payment Service Provider (PSP) supporting Apple Pay, they can simplify and shorten your integration effort. Alternatively, you can develop your own solution to receive and decrypt the Apple Pay payment tokens from your app or website and submit it for regular processing. Contact your platform or PSP to ensure that it supports Apple Pay, or view our list of platforms and providers.
Apple Pay lets you accelerate checkout and create great new customer experiences. Follow these best practices and increase checkout conversion rates, customer loyalty, and purchase frequency.
Make sure that the call to action in the button is aligned with the action the user needs to take. The system provides several Apple Pay button types and styles you can use in your app or website, and the Human Interface Guidelines provide options for further customization. Display the Apple Pay button prominently and above the fold.
Offer express checkout by displaying the Apple Pay button on the product or cart page. Users can select shipping options and addresses directly in the payment sheet and check out without any typing, which leads to decreased cart abandonment and increased overall conversion rates.
Leverage PassKit APIs for apps and Javascript-based APIs in Safari for websites to identify users with a card in Wallet and preselect Apple Pay as the payment method to accelerate checkout.
The Apple Pay sheet can include the user’s name, billing address, shipping address, shipping method, phone number, and email address needed to complete the transaction. Consider using the information provided by the payment sheet for check out and avoid asking the user to enter any of these fields, as doing so increases purchase abandonment.
Requiring users to register for an account before purchase is a leading cause of checkout abandonment. Apple Pay allows users to easily check out as a guest. After the purchase is complete, you can provide the option to set up an account with their Apple Account using Sign in with Apple.
Starting in iOS 16, detailed receipts and order tracking information can be displayed in Wallet. You can notify customers about order changes and provide easy access to customer service and order management options. Use the Wallet Orders web service to seamlessly add order details to Wallet once the payment is complete. For design guidance on order tracking, view the Human Interface Guidelines.
To simplify and shorten your integration effort, get started with an order management platform (AfterShip, Narvar) that supports Order Tracking. Additional platforms will be available soon.
App Clips provide streamlined, in-the-moment experiences that help users perform specific tasks without downloading a full app. By combining Apple Pay with App Clips, you can enable exciting new omnichannel commerce experiences that delight customers while increasing sales and conversion.
App Clips enable experiences like:
Apple Pay is available for consumers to use in many countries and regions. Merchants in any country or region can accept payments with Apple Pay, as long as their payment service provider supports Apple Pay. In China mainland, Apple Pay on the web is supported in Safari on iOS only.
View supported countries and regions
Users need to add a card in Apple Wallet to pay with Apple Pay. Apple Pay supports many of the major credit, debit, and prepaid cards from top banks and card issuers around the world.
The most popular e-commerce platforms and payment service providers support Apple Pay in apps and on the web. Using an Apple Pay SDK or JavaScript API from a payment provider is the quickest and most reliable way to support Apple Pay in your app or on your website.
Approved e-commerce platform and payment service providers can use the Apple Pay Web Merchant Registration API, along with their merchant IDs, to register and unregister their merchants’ websites for Apple Pay.
Similar to using Apple Pay to buy goods and services, users can enjoy the convenience and security of Apple Pay when donating money to their favorite charities online. Registered nonprofit organizations that would like to accept donations in their app or website must be approved by Apple.
Learn more about accepting donations
If your app uses a web-based interface for purchasing goods and services, you can support Apple Pay by moving the request to your app’s native code. If your app uses Safari View Controller to display third-party web content that has integrated Apple Pay, the user will have an opportunity to use Apple Pay as if the content is viewed in Safari.
To integrate Apple Pay into an app that has a web checkout experience, follow these steps.
Apple Pay supports most E-Commerce transaction types and offers the flexibility to accommodate simple to complex business models. Your payment service provider can help you define the best Apple Pay implementation method to support your business model.
Below are examples of transaction types supported by Apple Pay. Ask your payment service provider which transaction types they support.
Transaction type |
Description |
Example |
|---|---|---|
Authorization & capture |
Reserve funds on a customer’s account and transfer money to your bank |
Online shopping where merchandise is readily available for shipping |
Authorization & delayed capture |
Reserve funds on a customer’s account and transfer money to your bank later |
Pre-order, delivery service with tip, or order online to pick up in store |
Authorization & capture with different amount |
Reserve funds on a customer’s account and transfer money to your bank once an order is successfully completed for an amount higher or lower than authorized |
Taxi, Scooter |
Partial shipment |
Divide a purchase into multiple payments for goods that are not shipped together |
Multi-item purchase with more than one delivery |
Fixed subscription |
Handle repeating payments at a regular frequency and with a fixed amount |
Monthly gym membership |
Flexible frequency subscription |
Handle payments for services where frequency is inconsistent or the user has a choice to vary frequency |
Meal subscriptions, where user can skip deliveries, reschedule delivery dates, and change frequency of deliveries |
Flexible amount subscription |
Handle payments for services where price varies based on consumption |
Utility bill, or subscription with a promotion on the first month |
Managed subscription |
Handle payments for services where the user can vary frequency and amount of services received |
Meal delivery service with high flexibility |
Canceled transactions |
Reverse money for canceled, reimbursed, or disputed transactions |
Chargeback, voided transaction, or refund |
Card verification |
Verify that the selected card is associated with a cardholder account that is valid and in good standing |
$0 or $1 authorizations |