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Connect Braintree to Bold Checkout

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PayPal Braintree allows you to offer popular ways to pay, such as credit cards, PayPal, PayLater, and wallet pays such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. European merchants can also enable 3D Secure for SCA compliance. 

To see if this payment processor is right for your store and apply for an account, please visit Braintree's website.

 

 

Availability

Braintree is available to merchants operating in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR China, Malaysia, and New Zealand and supports over 130 currencies. For a full list of available countries and regions, please visit Braintree.

 

 

Credentials

To connect Braintree to Bold Checkout, you need to enter your Braintree credentials. Below is a list of the required credentials and where to find them in your Braintree account.

  • Merchant ID: Gear > Business > Merchant Accounts
  • Public Key: Gear > API > Keys > API Keys
  • Private Key: Gear > API > Keys > API Keys > View
  • Tokenization Key: Gear > API > Keys > Tokenization Keys
  • Merchant Account ID: Gear > Business > Merchant Accounts

For the most up to date instructions on where to find your credentials, please visit Braintree's Important Gateway Credentials article.

 

 

Setup

  1. Log in to Bold Account Center, and open Bold Checkout.
  2. Navigate to Payment options > Payment gateways.
  3. In the Connect a payment gateway section, click on Alternative payment gateways to expand the menu.
  4. Click Connect next to Braintree.
  5. Enter your credentials.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Click the ellipsis next to Braintree, select Edit credentials.
  8. Select your currency.
  9. Optional: Enable your choice of PayPal buttons.

    Note: To enable Apple Pay and Google Pay, please see the relevant instructions in the sections below.

  10. Optional: Enable 3D Secure.
  11. Click Save.

 

 

Enable Apple Pay via Braintree

To enable Apple Pay with Braintree, please follow the steps below.

1. Register your product domain name in the Braintree Control Panel

  1. Log into your production Control Panel.
  2. Click the gear icon in the top right corner.
  3. Select Processing from the dropdown menu.
  4. Scroll to the Payment Methods section.
  5. Next to Apple Pay, select the Options link.
  6. Scroll to the Web Domains (Safari) section.
  7. Click the +Add link to the right.
  8. Enter the fully qualified production domain name of your checkout.

    Note: The value you enter must match your fully qualified domain name exactly–including the www. if applicable.

  9. Click Agree & Add Domain.

2. Edit your credentials and settings in Bold Checkout

  1. Log in to Bold Account Center, and open Bold Checkout.
  2. Navigate to Payment options > Payment gateways.
  3. Find your connected Braintree gateway and select the ellipses, then Edit Credentials.
  4. Check the Apple Pay box.
  5. Select Save.

 

 

Enable Google Pay via Braintree

To enable Google Pay with Braintree, please follow the steps below.

1. Enable Google Pay in the Braintree Control Panel

  1. Log into your production Control Panel.
  2. Select the gear icon in the top right corner.
  3. Select Processing from the dropdown menu.
  4. Scroll to the Payment Methods section.
  5. Select the toggle next to Google Pay to turn it on.

2. Edit your credentials in Bold Checkout

  1. Log in to Bold Account Center, and open Bold Checkout.
  2. Navigate to Payment options > Payment gateways.
  3. Find your connected Braintree gateway and select the ellipses, then Edit Credentials.
  4. Add your Merchant ID under Google Pay.

    Note: To find your Google Pay Merchant ID, navigate to your Payments Profile, then select Settings. It is listed under Public Merchant Profile.

  5. Click Save.

 

 

SCA compliance

Braintree offers 3D Secure so European merchants can be compliant with the SCA directive. 

If you haven't enabled 3D Secure yet, follow the steps below to edit your Braintree payment gateway settings.

  1. Log in to Bold Account Center, and open Bold Checkout.
  2. Navigate to Payment options > Payment gateways.
  3. Find your connected Braintree gateway and select the ellipses, then Edit Credentials.
  4. Check the box next to Use 3D Secure card payments.
  5. Click Save.

 

 

Test Braintree

To test the Braintree solution, you can use test card credentials in a sandbox account. To set this up, please follow the instructions outlined in Braintree's documentation.

Once you have your sandbox credentials, place Bold Checkout in development mode, and connect to the Braintree development gateway using your sandbox credentials. For more information please visit Place a Test Order in Bold Checkout.