Seven steps take you from downloading the app to your first settled payment. A flat 0.2% per sale, nothing for your customers: on a $100 sale you keep $99.80.
Do the steps in order. Steps 1 to 5 are a one-time setup; after that you can take payments at the counter, on your website, or both.
On your phone
Install the app, sign in and import your GoMining wallet. Your Bitcoin revenue is paid into this wallet.
In the merchant dashboard
Sign up with your work email and a password, then confirm your email address.
Dashboard and phone together
In the dashboard, open the receiving wallet section and start linking. A QR code appears on screen. Scan it with the GoBTC Pay app, and the dashboard will show your wallet as linked, with its Bitcoin address.
Tip: the QR code works once and expires after a short time. Have your phone ready before you start; if it expires, start linking again.
In the merchant dashboard
Add your display name, a short description, business category, support email and logo. This is what customers see at checkout and what we use to list you on the GoBTC Pay website.
In the merchant dashboard
A store is one business location or website. A POS terminal is one place inside it where you take payments, like a till or a checkout page.
Save the API key now. Each terminal gets its own key when it is created. You need it to connect your website. If it is ever exposed, rotate it from the terminal settings.
Pick what fits your business
No integration needed. Create each payment from the merchant dashboard: enter the amount, and show the customer the QR code on your screen.
Install the GoBTC Pay plugin on your WordPress site, then add your POS terminal details in the plugin settings. GoBTC Pay appears as a payment option at checkout.
Connect your own checkout or till system with the POS API.
X-Api-Key header with every request. You and your customer
Create a payment for the amount you want to charge. The customer scans the QR code with the GoBTC Pay app, checks the amount and your business name, and confirms. Follow the payment in the payments section of your dashboard:
Expired or canceled? The customer didn’t pay in time or the payment was canceled. Nothing was charged; create a new payment.
Tell us and we’ll make your first purchase ourselves to check everything works. Then we’ll add you to the GoBTC Pay merchant list and introduce your business to our community of 5 million people.
Need more detail? Read the white paper or the full FAQ.
A flat 0.2% of each sale, taken at settlement, and nothing at all for your customers. On a $100 sale, you keep $99.80. Every fee is itemised in your dashboard, with a monthly statement.
The payment is confirmed instantly at checkout, so the sale is done as fast as a card payment. On-chain settlement then follows, on average every 12 hours, through GoMining’s mining pool.
No. Once a payment is settled on-chain it is final, so there are no chargebacks or dispute windows. Refunds are handled by you, under your own returns policy.
You do. Payments go to your own wallet, which you link in step 3. GoBTC Pay wallets use a 2-of-3 multi-signature setup, so no single party, including GoMining, can move funds alone.
A POS terminal for your website (step 5), and either our WooCommerce plugin or an integration with the POS API (step 6).