Accept Square
without building the integration
Square is a payment platform built around a unified view of online and in-person selling: the same catalogue, inventory and customer records serve a physical till and a web checkout. For merchants who sell in both places that shared ledger is the point, more than the online rates.
- USD
- CAD
- AUD
- JPY
- GBP
- EUR
- Region
- US / Global
- Methods
- 3
- Credentials
- Server-side only
- PaymentHood fee
- None
- Status
- Live
What is Square?
- Coverage
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Merchant accounts are available in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Spain.
Among the markets Square serves — their own list is authoritative (opens in new tab).
- Currencies
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- USD
- CAD
- AUD
- JPY
- GBP
- EUR
Among those supported. Which ones your account can charge in depends on its registered country.
- Fees
- Set and billed by Square, 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 Square'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, Square's own documentation (opens in new tab) is the authority.
Square payment methods
Every method below runs through the same PaymentHood checkout. Turning one on or off is a dashboard setting, not a code change.
Cards
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JCB
Digital wallets
Apple Pay, Google Pay and Cash App Pay
Buy now, pay later
Afterpay where Square offers it
Square fees and pricing
Two separate bills, and only one of them exists.
- What PaymentHood charges
- Nothing on your Square 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 Square charges
- Square sets its own rates and bills you directly. PaymentHood never sits between you and that invoice, so switching to or from Square changes what you pay Square 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, CAD, AUD, JPY, GBP, EUR, and cross-currency transactions are not priced the same as domestic ones. It also accepts 3 different payment methods, and card, transfer and wallet rails each carry their own cost.
- Where to check the figure
- Square 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 Square
A direct Square integration is not just an API call. These are the parts every team ends up rebuilding — and the parts PaymentHood ships already done.
- Credentials
- OAuth access token scoped to the merchant, held server-side in PaymentHood
- Webhook security
- HMAC-signed event notification, verified before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side payment status re-check against the Square API before fulfilment
- Idempotent charge creation, so a retried request never double-charges a customer
- Automatic failover to another configured provider when Square is unreachable
- One reconciliation view across Square 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
Square integrations by platform
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for your store, then enable Square in your dashboard.
How to connect Square
Open your Square account
Register directly with Square and complete their onboarding. Funds settle from Square into your own bank account — PaymentHood never holds merchant money.
Add the credentials to PaymentHood
Paste your Square 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 Square appears as a payment option. Test in sandbox, then switch to live.