How to Set Up Apple Pay on WooCommerce with accept.blue

Setting up Apple Pay WooCommerce checkout lets your customers pay with Face ID or Touch ID instead of typing in a card number. Apple Pay is a premium add-on feature for accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce — it’s unlocked with an active RyanPlugins Patreon membership, on top of the base plugin license. Once your membership is active, setup is a one-time registration with Apple and accept.blue, and it keeps working with no day-to-day maintenance after that. This guide walks through the whole Apple Pay WooCommerce setup process, start to finish.

Expect to spend 20–30 minutes on setup. You’ll need a free Apple Developer account, your accept.blue login, and an active RyanPlugins Patreon membership to unlock the Apple Pay feature.

Before You Start

• An Apple Developer account (free to create — the paid $99/year membership is not required for this)
• Your store on a real, live domain with HTTPS (Apple Pay will not work on localhost or a staging URL)
• Your accept.blue login credentials
• accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce installed and activated on your site
• An active RyanPlugins Patreon membership to unlock the Apple Pay feature

Why Add Apple Pay to WooCommerce

Enabling Apple Pay on WooCommerce removes friction at checkout — shoppers on Safari and iPhone confirm a purchase with a glance or a fingerprint instead of hunting for a card. It’s one of the fastest wins for mobile conversion rate, and with accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce the payment logic, tokenization, and 3DS handling are already wired up for you. Since Apple Pay is a premium feature, it’s gated behind a RyanPlugins Patreon membership — once that’s active, the setup below takes about 20–30 minutes.

Part 1 — Register With Apple

1. Create a Merchant ID

1. Go to developer.apple.com/account/resources/identifiers/list/merchant
2. Click the + button → Register a Merchant ID
3. Fill in a Description (anything you’ll recognize later) and an Identifier like merchant.com.yourstore, using your actual domain
4. Click Continue, then Register

Write this Identifier down — you’ll need it twice more below.

2. Create Your Two Certificates

Open your new Merchant ID from the list, then on that page:

1. Under “Apple Pay Payment Processing Certificate,” click Create Certificate. Apple will ask for a file — you’ll grab that from accept.blue in Part 2, Step 1, then come back and upload it here. Once uploaded, click Download to save the certificate.
2. Under “Apple Pay Merchant Identity Certificate,” click Create Certificate. Same process: you’ll need a file from accept.blue (Part 2, Step 1) first. If the button is greyed out, click Review Agreement and accept Apple’s terms. Download the resulting certificate.

3. Verify Your Domain

Still on the Merchant ID page, scroll to Merchant Domains:

1. Click Add Domain
2. Enter your store’s domain (e.g. yourstore.com — no https://, no trailing slash)
3. Apple gives you a file called apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association
4. Paste its contents into the plugin (Part 3, Step 3), save your settings, then return here and click Verify

Part 2 — Connect accept.blue

1. Log into your accept.blue Control Panel → Digital Wallets → Apple Pay
2. Turn Apple Pay Active
3. Step 1: Register Merchant Identifier — paste in the Identifier from Part 1, Step 1 (e.g. merchant.com.yourstore), click Next
4. Step 2: Generate Merchant Certificates — click Download under both “Generate Payment Processing Certificate Signing Request” and “Generate Merchant Id Certificate Signing Request.” These are the two files Apple needs in Part 1, Step 2. Go finish that step now, then come back here.
5. Step 3: Upload Merchant Id Certificate — upload the Merchant Identity certificate you downloaded from Apple
6. You should see “You are registered to use Apple Pay!”

Part 3 — Turn It On In Your Store

1. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Payments, find Apple Pay, click Manage
2. On the General tab: check Enable, save
3. On the Apple Pay Credentials tab, fill in your Apple Merchant Identifier, Merchant Display Name, and paste the exact contents of the Domain Association File from Part 1, Step 3
4. Click Save changes
5. Go back to Apple’s site (Part 1, Step 3) and click Verify — it should now say Verified

Testing It

Apple Pay only shows up in Safari on a Mac, or Safari on an iPhone/iPad — and only if the device is signed into Apple Pay with at least one card added to Wallet. It will not appear in Chrome, Firefox, or on a computer without Touch ID, Face ID, or a Wallet card.

1. Open your store’s checkout page in Safari on a qualifying device
2. You should see an Apple Pay option in the payment methods list
3. Tap it, confirm with Face ID/Touch ID, and the order should complete

If the button doesn’t appear, double-check that your Patreon membership is active, that you’re using Safari, that the device has a card set up in Wallet, that the Apple Merchant Identifier and Domain Association File fields are filled in and saved, and that your domain shows Verified on Apple’s Merchant ID page.

Once it’s set up, there’s nothing else to maintain day-to-day. Certificates are valid for a couple of years, and Apple will email you before they expire.

Pricing

accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce is a single payment of $79 USD (one-time purchase) for the base plugin — no subscription, no recurring fees. Apple Pay is a premium add-on feature on top of that: it’s unlocked with an active RyanPlugins Patreon membership.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce cost?

The base plugin is a one-time purchase of $79 USD. Apple Pay is a premium add-on feature unlocked with an active RyanPlugins Patreon membership, on top of that.

Will this work with my WooCommerce store?

accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce works with both block-based and classic WooCommerce checkouts. You’ll need an active accept.blue merchant account to process payments through it.

What do I need before setting up Apple Pay?

A free Apple Developer account, a live store domain with HTTPS (Apple Pay won’t work on localhost or staging), your accept.blue login, and an active RyanPlugins Patreon membership to unlock the feature.

Which browsers and devices support the Apple Pay button?

Apple Pay only appears in Safari on a Mac or an iPhone/iPad, and only when the device has a card set up in Apple Wallet. It won’t show in Chrome, Firefox, or on devices without Face ID, Touch ID, or a Wallet card.

Is it secure to accept Apple Pay through accept.blue?

Apple Pay authenticates each transaction with Face ID or Touch ID and never shares the customer’s actual card number with your store. The setup process uses certificates issued directly by Apple and accept.blue to establish that trust.

Do I need to renew anything after setup, or keep paying for Apple Pay?

Once configured, there’s nothing to maintain day-to-day. The certificates are valid for a couple of years, and Apple will email you before they expire. Apple Pay stays unlocked for as long as your RyanPlugins Patreon membership stays active.

Ready to Add Apple Pay to Your Store?

Get accept.blue v2 for WooCommerce today for a one-time payment of $79 USD, then join the RyanPlugins Patreon membership to unlock Apple Pay and have it live on your store within the hour.