Choose a payment gateway for my online store or app
Compares payment providers on fees, local payment methods, payouts, and integration, then outlines a smooth checkout setup.
The prompt
Help me choose a payment gateway and plan how to add it to my checkout.
Business: [what I sell - physical goods, digital products, subscriptions, services, marketplace]
Where I'm registered and where my customers are: [COUNTRIES]
Platform: [e.g. Shopify, WooCommerce, custom web app, mobile app]
Monthly volume and average order value: [ESTIMATES]
Payment methods customers expect: [e.g. cards, wallets, bank transfer, buy now pay later, local methods]
Shortlist, if any: [PROVIDERS I'm considering]
Give me:
1. Criteria that matter for my case - availability in my country, supported currencies and local payment methods, fee structure (per transaction, cross-border, currency conversion, chargeback, monthly), payout speed, subscription and refund support, fraud tools, PCI compliance burden (hosted vs. embedded checkout), integration effort, and account approval risk for my business type.
2. A comparison table of 3-5 suitable providers on those criteria. Mark any fee or feature you are not sure is current as [CHECK CURRENT PRICING] - do not guess figures.
3. A recommendation with the trade-off explained, plus a backup option.
4. Checkout integration plan - steps to integrate on my platform, test mode, webhooks for payment status, handling failed payments and 3-D Secure or strong authentication, receipts, and refunds.
5. Checkout UX tips - fewer steps, showing local methods first, guest checkout, clear errors.
6. A pre-launch test checklist.
Remind me to check tax, licensing, and data protection obligations for selling in each country.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- COUNTRIES
- e.g. Shopify, WooCommerce, custom web app, mobile app
- ESTIMATES
- PROVIDERS I'm considering
- CHECK CURRENT PRICING
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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