This is the five-step path from a funnel that can’t take money to one that’s verified and live. Each step links to its full guide — this page is the map.
1. Enable Funnelish Pay
Everything payment-related runs through Funnelish Pay — one app, no extra fees on top of your processor’s rates. Toggle it on in your funnel’s Apps.
2. Put a payment form on your checkout
Drag a Payment form (right for ~90% of funnels) or a 2 Step form onto your checkout step. This is also where the payment settings live.
→ Add payment methods to your checkout
3. Connect a gateway
A gateway is your merchant account — connect it once and it’s available on every funnel you ever build. Starting fresh? Use Stripe: quickest to connect, and one authorisation unlocks cards plus seven more methods. Comparing options? The Card payments guide puts all four card gateways side by side.
→ Stripe · PayPal · NMI · Airwallex · Checkout.com · RazorPay
4. Add the methods your buyers expect
Cards and PayPal are the baseline. Depending on where you sell, the local method is often the difference between converting and not — iDEAL for the Netherlands, Bancontact for Belgium, Klarna for buy-now-pay-later. These switch on in your payment options, and each has its own guide covering which gateway it needs.
Apple Pay & Google Pay work differently — they’re Express Checkout, and turning them on is a two-part job: enable Express Checkout in your Funnelish Pay settings and drag an Express Checkout element onto the page in the builder. No element, no buttons — follow the guide for both parts.
→ Express Checkout (Apple Pay & Google Pay)
5. Test, then launch
Run your checkout in Test Mode with test cards, then take one real $1 payment and refund it. Turn Test Mode off before traffic — it’s the first item on the launch checklist for a reason.
After launch: watch Analytics → Live view for your first orders flowing, and keep Failed & declined payments bookmarked — it’s the diagnosis guide for the day a payment doesn’t behave.
Going further:
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Selling subscriptions? Read up on managed subscriptions before you build — the choice affects which gateways you can use.
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Processing real volume, or losing sales to declines? Gateway Pools route card payments across several gateways — automatic retries on decline, volume splitting, regional routing.
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Selling in markets that pay on delivery? Cash on Delivery takes the order without an online payment at all.
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