May 06, 2024

GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce Plugin

A payment gateway plugin that enables your U.S. or Canadian business to accept credit card payments directly on your WooCommerce site.

GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce is a payment gateway plugin that enables your U.S. or Canadian business to accept any major credit or debit card directly on your WooCommerce site.

Using GoDaddy Payments to process your WooCommerce store’s credit card payments has benefits for both your store and your customers. With GoDaddy Payments your business can:

Start taking secure payments in minutes with a quick & easy setup, no setup fees and no contracts.
Get paid faster – receiving your funds as early as the next business day.
Simple transaction fee of 2.9% + 30¢ per online transaction in the U.S and 2.7% + 0¢ in Canada.
Reduce your PCI compliance responsibility. GoDaddy Payments uses hosted iframes to ensure payment data never touches and is never stored on your site’s servers.
Use any major credit or debit card including Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express®, Discover®, Diner’s Club®, JCB®, and UnionPay®.
Complete transactions quickly by authorizing charges at checkout, then capturing them later through the WooCommerce Orders page.
Enjoy faster, easier order management, by processing refunds and voids directly through WooCommerce – with no need to log into your merchant account.

Sign-up for GoDaddy Payments today!

Screenshots

The gateway connection settings
The gateway feature settings
The payment form at checkout
The Get Help form in the settings page

FAQ

What are the requirements to use GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce?

Your site must meet the following requirements:

Your business must be located in the United States or Canada.
Your WooCommerce currency must be set to United States (US) dollar ($) if located in United States, or Canadian dollar ($) if located in Canada.
PHP 7.4+ (you can find this under WooCommerce > Status)
WordPress 5.6+
WooCommerce 4.0+

How do I find my credentials and connect my WooCommerce store to GoDaddy Payments?

You can sign up here.

You can connect to GoDaddy Payments by following these steps:

Login to your GoDaddy Payments dashboard and go to Advanced Tools > Business Settings > Contact Info.
Copy your Application ID and Private Key in the Poynt Collect API Settings section.
In your WooCommerce store, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > Credit Card and paste these credentials in the Application ID and Private Key fields.
Click Save Changes.

You may now enable the gateway and start processing payments with GoDaddy Payments!

Does this plugin support recurring / subscription payments?

Yes! This plugin supports tokenization, which is required for recurring payments such as those created with WooCommerce Subscriptions.

Will this plugin work with my site’s theme?

This plugin should work nicely with any WooCommerce compatible theme (such as Storefront), but some themes may require custom styling for a perfect fit. For assistance with theme customization, please visit the WooCommerce Codex.

Help! I’m having trouble with this plugin.

Having trouble? Follow these steps to make sure everything is setup correctly before sending a support request from the Get Help link on the settings page:

Please ensure that your site meets the plugin requirements.
Confirm that your credentials are correct.
Review this documentation and other FAQs to see if they address your question.
Enable the Debug Mode setting (under WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > Credit Card), process a test transaction, and review the error codes / messages provided by GoDaddy Payments in the logs (displayed at checkout and/or under WooCommerce > Status > Logs). In some cases, such as a transaction being held for review or declined, the plugin cannot change the issue, and it must be resolved in your GoDaddy Payments account. If the error code indicates an issue with the plugin, please contact our team from the Get Help link on the settings page!

Where can I get support, request new features, or report bugs?

First, please review this documentation to see if it addresses your question. If not, please get in touch with us through the Get Help link on the WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > Credit Card page.

Changelog

2024.05.06 – version 1.7.5

Tweak – Only fail orders with a postal code AVS mismatch

2024.04.03 – version 1.7.4

Tweak – Pass Collect.js nonce to payment transactions when not using a saved payment method
Misc – Update references to the latest processing commission fees

2024.03.04 – version 1.7.3

Fix – Allow overriding the place order button text also when using the checkout block
Misc – Improve the plugin compatibility with PHP 8.2+

2024.02.14 – version 1.7.2

Fix – Ensure the changes from the previous release are also included in the block checkout
Fix – Add sanity checks in the Pay in Person gateway to prevent errors at checkout
Fix – Display the correct titles in the plugins’ page “Configure” links for the payment methods

2024.02.12 – version 1.7.1

Tweak – Pass available customer information to the payment form to improve AVS check accuracy

2024.01.23 – version 1.7.0

Feature – Add support for the WooCommerce Checkout block for the credit card and pay in person payment methods
Tweak – ReCaptcha is enabled by default on the payment form and checkout block (behavior can be filterable)
Tweak – Pass fr_CA or en_CA to payment form if Canadian locale is detected
Fix – Improve the Shipping Methods selector for Pay in Person availability setting to match configured shipping zones in supported regions
Dev – Add filter to allow customizing the block and payment form fields appearance

2023.11.17 – version 1.6.2

Misc – Add admin notice to help merchants reverting to the checkout shortcode if the checkout block is used
Localization – Improve the plugin localization of components that are part of the underlying framework dependency

2023.11.08 – version 1.6.1

Fix – Display a more detailed error message to customers who try to submit a payment but the AVS check fails

2023.10.17 – version 1.6.0

Misc – Add support for Canadian merchants

2023.07.06 – version 1.5.0

Fix – Address an issue where prices without decimals were processed in cents incorrectly
Fix – Replace deprecated usages of FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING with FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS
Misc – Update Firebase PHP JWT dependency to 6.5.0
Misc – Add compatibility for WooCommerce High Performance Order Storage (HPOS)

2023.04.07 – version 1.4.2

Fix – Fix broken links in Sell in Person gateway admin

2023.02.02 – version 1.4.1

Fix – Resolve fatal error due to missing file

2023.02.02 – version 1.4.0

Fix – Partial capture support
Misc – Use updated GoDaddy Payments frontend script URL
Misc – Require PHP 7.4 and WordPress 5.6

2022.11.30 – version 1.3.4

Tweak – Update smart terminal product page URL

2022.11.07 – version 1.3.3

Fix – Improve handling of unknown country code errors at checkout

2022.09.15 – version 1.3.2

Fix – Bug on My Account – Payment Methods page with other gateways installed

2022.06.16 – version 1.3.1

Fix – Staging mode checkout form

2022.05.12 – version 1.3.0

Feature – You can now let customer buy online and pickup orders in store with GoDaddy Smart Terminal!
Feature – Adds a Sell in Person gateway type to support Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPIS)
Misc – Updated the plugin name from “Poynt – A GoDaddy Brand” to “GoDaddy Payments”

2022.03.10 – version 1.2.3

Misc – Update the staging API endpoint

2021.08.26 – version 1.2.2

Fix – Address a fatal error that occurs when attempting to save a payment method from the My Account > Add Payment Method page

2021.08.18 – version 1.2.1

Tweak – Add the shipping address to requests when possible to improve transaction review

2021.07.26 – version 1.2.0

Feature – Merchants can contact the support team directly from the plugin settings page using the “Get Help” link

2021.07.06 – version 1.1.3

Fix – Include the correct company state parameter in signup link
Misc – Update the connection settings description
Misc – Update the documentation URL

2021.06.07 – version 1.1.2

Fix – Catch additional validation errors from Poynt Collect at checkout
Misc – Do not send partial authentications in charge transactions
Misc – Parse customer name via Poynt Collect

2021.04.22 – version 1.1.1

Misc – Remove unneeded composer packages

2021.04.22 – version 1.1.0

Tweak – Append additional compliance data to business transactions for risk review
Tweak – Add a currency check and admin notice if it’s not supported
Tweak – The country admin notice is now visible in any admin page
Misc – Remove support for Saved Card Verification
Dev – Hardcode API Requests’ user-agent for consistency
Dev – Include the complete site URL protocol in the sign up CTA link URL

2021.04.01 – version 1.0.0

Initial release