Google Pay subscribers who move with you
The problem
The best Android checkout is also the hardest one to take with you
On Android and Chrome, Google Pay is frequently the highest-converting option. Google Pay payments are processed through a gateway integration tied to specific processor credentials, and the stored credential that comes out of it belongs to that processor.
Lose the processor, lose the Google Pay subscribers. For a business with a large Android audience that can be a third of the base with no way to rebill.
How PaymentKit handles it
Vault the credential, not the processor’s copy of it
The credential is stored before any processor owns it, so a route change is all it takes to move the subscriber.
- 01
Google Pay on your PaymentKit checkout
Google Pay is enabled on your PaymentKit checkout (hosted, embedded, or PaymentKit.js on your own domain).
- 02
Customer confirms as normal
The customer confirms payment in the Google Pay sheet as normal.
- 03
Credential stored in our vault
PaymentKit receives the Google Pay payment data and stores the resulting credential in our vault, independent of whichever processor runs the first charge.
- 04
Rebills route anywhere
Subsequent charges route through any processor in your route that accepts the credential.
What’s required on your side
Setup
- A Google Pay merchant ID and merchant registration in the Google Pay Business Console. PaymentKit walks you through it.
- Checkout through PaymentKit, not through a processor’s own checkout page.
Availability
Google decides who can offer it
Google Pay is enabled by the acquirer and governed by Google’s acceptable use policy. Some categories are excluded regardless of processor, including adult content. If you’re in a restricted category, we’ll tell you up front.
Who this is for
Merchants with a large Android or Chrome audience
Subscription businesses with a large Android or Chrome audience. Merchants in markets where Google Pay share is high. Anyone who has lost a processor and found out their wallet subscribers didn’t come along. Merchants planning a processor change.
Proof
Independent vaulting is how the brands in our own portfolio switch processors without a churn event.
- 20+subscription brands in our own portfolio, run on PaymentKit.