Payment gateways

It is possible to set up a Commerce site without a payment step, but it is quite unusual. We will now enable some more modules to allow you to collect payment from your customers.

Enable the following modules from the Commerce package:

• Order UI

• Payment

• Payment Method Example

• Payment UI

Now, go back to the checkout settings page by navigating to Store | Configuration | Checkout settings.

There will be a new checkout pane in the review checkout page.

The payment checkout pane has one setting that allows you to prevent checkout, if no payment gateway is available, as shown in the following screenshot:

You can use this functionality to quickly disable the ordering process of your store without taking the whole site offline.

Selecting a payment gateway

The choice of payment gateway is usually dictated by the business requirements rather than the technology. Before signing up with a payment provider, it is worth checking that there is a payment gateway module available for Drupal Commerce...