Choosing Your Gateway(s)

MemberPress supports multiple payment gateways you can use to collect payments on your website. Choosing the right gateway can sometimes be daunting. It depends on what you want to accomplish and what you need for your individual situation.

This document will explain the advantages and disadvantages of all payment gateways you can connect with MemberPress.

Which Gateway Should I Choose?

You can connect MemberPress with only one or multiple (even all) payment gateways at the same time. Therefore, you can select two separate gateways if you want to, for example, accept cash and credit cards.

Further below, you'll find the advantages and disadvantages of each supported payment gateway to help you choose the best fit. After you've decided which gateway(s) will work best for you, you'll find links to your desired gateway(s) to learn how to set them up:

• Stripe setup;
• PayPal setup;
• Square setup;
• Authorize.net setup.

MemberPress also allows you to customize which payment gateways are available for which memberships.

Payment Gateway Advantages and Disadvantages

If you're still stuck as to which gateway will best fit your needs, then please refer to the following lists.

Offline Gatway

Pros

• Accept cash or other payment forms
• No processing fees
• Give users access manually when you physically receive the payment
• No SSL/TLS certificate needed

Cons

• More work for you to manage payments offline

Stripe

Note: Stripe's terms of service require separate accounts for different businesses. If you are using MemberPress on multiple sites, but you only have one Stripe account, you  must use Stripe Elements. Stripe Checkout DOES NOT support multiple sites.

Pros

• Users never have to leave the site to enter credit card info
• Flat rate charges with fewer surprise fees

Cons

• Requires that you have an SSL/TLS certificate

Square

Pros

• Includes free point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware options
• Quick setup allowing you to start accepting payments immediately after signing up
• Good solution for businesses with both online and physical locations, as it seamlessly integrates online and in-person payments.

Cons

• Requires that you have an SSL/TLS certificate
• Limited support for extensive international operations

PayPal Standard

Pros

• Advanced mode will allow full subscription management without the hassle of setting up Digital Goods for Express Checkout
• Users can pay for one-time memberships with a credit card and are not required to have a PayPal account
• No SSL/TLS certificate needed

Cons

• It takes a bit longer for users to be returned to your site
• Users still need to leave your site to process recurring membership

Authorize.net

Pros

• Accepted in many countries
• User stays on site to purchase

Cons

• Requires that you have an SSL/TLS certificate
• Can be a bit more difficult to setup/register than Stripe
• Only available with the MemberPress Pro license and plugin edition