Accept BitPay
without building the integration
BitPay is one of the oldest crypto payment processors, accepting a wide range of cryptocurrencies and settling to the merchant in either fiat or crypto. Its distinguishing feature is compliance maturity: direct bank settlement in many countries and the reporting a finance team actually needs.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- BTC
- ETH
- USDC
- USDT
- Region
- Global
- Methods
- 2
- Credentials
- Server-side only
- PaymentHood fee
- None
- Status
- Live
What is BitPay?
- Coverage
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Accepts payments worldwide. Direct bank settlement is available in a defined list of countries and crypto settlement far more widely. Check BitPay's own list for your market.
Among the markets BitPay serves — their own list is authoritative (opens in new tab).
- Currencies
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- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- BTC
- ETH
- USDC
- USDT
Among those supported. Which ones your account can charge in depends on its registered country.
- Fees
- Set and billed by BitPay, and published on their pricing page (opens in new tab). PaymentHood adds nothing on top, at any volume.
- Official resources
- Website (opens in new tab) · Developer docs (opens in new tab)
Written against BitPay's own documentation on . This page deliberately states no fees, no counts and no completeness claims, because those change without notice — for anything you are about to build on, BitPay's own documentation (opens in new tab) is the authority.
BitPay payment methods
Every method below runs through the same PaymentHood checkout. Turning one on or off is a dashboard setting, not a code change.
Cryptocurrency
A wide range of coins and tokens accepted at checkout
Stablecoins
USDC, USDT, DAI, GUSD and other dollar-pegged tokens
BitPay fees and pricing
Two separate bills, and only one of them exists.
- What PaymentHood charges
- Nothing on your BitPay transactions. No percentage and no per-transaction cut, at any volume. Every payment feature is free, and the optional Premium plan only adds white-label checkout branding.
- What BitPay charges
- BitPay sets its own rates and bills you directly. PaymentHood never sits between you and that invoice, so switching to or from BitPay changes what you pay BitPay and nothing else.
- What moves the rate
- Payment providers price per market and per method rather than as a single global figure. It settles in USD, EUR, GBP, BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT, and cross-currency transactions are not priced the same as domestic ones. It also accepts 2 different payment methods, and card, transfer and wallet rails each carry their own cost.
- Where to check the figure
- BitPay publishes current rates on their pricing page (opens in new tab). That is the authority, not this page. We deliberately quote no numbers here, because a rate that has quietly changed is worse than no rate at all.
How PaymentHood works with BitPay
A direct BitPay integration is not just an API call. These are the parts every team ends up rebuilding — and the parts PaymentHood ships already done.
- Credentials
- API token bound to a merchant identity, held server-side in PaymentHood
- Webhook security
- Signed IPN callback, validated before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side invoice status re-check against the BitPay API before fulfilment
- Idempotent charge creation, so a retried request never double-charges a customer
- Automatic failover to another configured provider when BitPay is unreachable
- One reconciliation view across BitPay and every other provider you run
- Provider credentials never reach the storefront or the customer's browser
- Adding or switching a provider later is a dashboard change, not a re-integration
BitPay integrations by platform
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for your store, then enable BitPay in your dashboard.
How to connect BitPay
Open your BitPay account
Register directly with BitPay and complete their onboarding. Funds settle from BitPay into your own bank account — PaymentHood never holds merchant money.
Add the credentials to PaymentHood
Paste your BitPay API credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They are stored server-side and never exposed to your storefront.
Enable it at checkout
Install the PaymentHood plugin for your platform, paste your PaymentHood API key, and BitPay appears as a payment option. Test in sandbox, then switch to live.