Set up your first checkout
Follow the required configuration in order, then use the detailed guides to operate payments, subscriptions, and customer records.
Setup sequence
Complete in orderFrom Shopify to a test session
- 1Shopify storesConnect and verify a Shopify custom app for product access.
- 2Checkout domainsAdd a checkout hostname and verify its CNAME record.
- 3MIDs and gatewaysConfigure NMI, Authorize.net, Stripe, and the built-in Dry Run MID.
- 4MID poolsGroup MIDs and choose round-robin, weighted, or custom selection.
- 5MID routersAssign straight sales and subscription traffic to payment pools.
- 6Create a checkoutLink a store, domain, router, and layout, then create a test session.
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Common merchant workflows
CheckoutsCreate a checkout
Link a store, domain, router, and layout, then create a test session.
CheckoutsPre- and post-purchase offersBuild bumps, cross-sells, upgrades, bundles, and subscription offers.
CommerceSubscription plansDefine recurring schedules and phased prices independent of Shopify.
OperationsOrders and refundsTrace payment routing, Shopify sync, and eligible refunds.
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