Set up payment methods

Who is this article for?

• Gegsy merchants who want to control which payment methods customers can use to check out.
• Anyone managing fraud protection and payment risk on their store.

About payment methods

The Payment Methods page is where you decide how customers pay you and how Gegsy guards those payments against fraud. From one screen you can choose the accepted payment methods, turn on Cash App for your web storefront, and set the protection options that guard your checkout.

Payments are processed through Square, which Gegsy connects to during setup. Square handles the card authorization and capture behind the scenes, and the protection options on this page tell Gegsy how cautious to be with a payment before it is taken.

Before you begin

• This page is available on all plans.
• Access is gated by the Payment Methods permission. Account owners have it by default and can grant it to employees.
• Your store must be connected to Square. Square is the payment processor that authorizes and captures every transaction.

Open Payment Methods

Go to Operations → Payment Methods (https://app.gegsy.com/operations/payment-methods).

The page is organized into four cards. Make your changes, then select Save changes at the bottom to apply them.

Choose accepted payment methods

The Payment Methods card controls which methods customers can use inside the app. The helper text reads: Set which payment methods you want to accept inside the app.

Pick one option:

• Apple Pay and Google Pay (Only) — limits checkout to digital wallets.
• All payment methods (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Debit/Credit Cards) — accepts wallets plus debit and credit cards.

Set your payment protection level

The Payment Risk Tolerance card decides how cautious Gegsy is with a payment before it is taken. Pick the option that suits your store from the choices shown on the card — they run from more protective to more permissive, and the recommended one is marked.

A more protective setting turns away more of what it considers suspicious, and may occasionally turn away an order you would have wanted. Most stores should keep the recommended option, and only move away from it if you are seeing a problem it does not catch or legitimate orders it does.

If you are unsure which to pick, leave it on the recommendation and review the Declined Payments page after a week of trading.

Accept Cash App on your web storefront

The Cash App card carries a Web storefront only badge. The helper text reads: Accept Cash App on your web storefront at checkout — customers are redirected to Cash App to confirm. Not available in the iOS or Android app, which use Apple Pay, Google Pay, and cards.

Turn on Accept Cash App to offer Cash App at web checkout. When a customer chooses it, they are redirected to Cash App to confirm the payment. This method does not appear in the iOS or Android apps.

Limit repeated failed payments

The Payment Attempt Limits card stops someone sitting on your checkout retrying payment after payment.

1. Turn on Enable attempt limits.
2. Enter your limit in the field shown. It accepts whole numbers only, and the on-screen helper text explains exactly what the number does.

We would rather not publish a suggested value here — a limit is only useful while the person it is aimed at does not know it. Pick something comfortably above what an honest customer would need in one sitting, and keep it to yourself.

Save your changes

Select Save changes to apply everything on the page. If attempt limits are on and the limit is missing or invalid, Gegsy prompts you to correct it before saving.