How to Set Up Wix Payments

This recipe covers the setup flow needed before creating payment links or collecting payments.

Step 1: Collect required user inputs

Before connecting Wix Payments, collect and confirm:

1. Terms acceptance: https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-payments-terms-of-service
2. First name
3. Last name
4. Product/service description (minimum meaningful business description)
5. The site's country — if not already known, get it from properties.locale.country via GET https://www.wixapis.com/site-properties/v4/properties

Step 2: Check country support

Wix Payments self-serve connect is currently supported for these countries: US, CA, GB, ES, AT, BE, FI, DE, IT, NL, PT, CH, LT.

If the site's country is not on this list, stop here — do not call connect. Tell the user self-serve connect isn't available yet for their country, and point them to the dashboard instead (Settings → Accept Payments).

Step 3: Connect Wix Payments account

Call:

• POST https://www.wixapis.com/payments/v1/wix-payments-account/connect

Step 4: Handle common setup blockers

Location-related failure

If setup fails due to location details, update the business location and retry:

• PUT https://www.wixapis.com/locations/v1/locations/{locationId}
• Reference: Update Location

Already connected

If the account is already connected, the API returns HTTP 500 with a body like:

Match on the message text, not on the code alone — INTERNAL_ERROR is a generic code reused for unrelated failures too. On this match, skip reconnect and continue with onboarding checks.

Unsupported country

If account.country isn't one of the countries listed in Step 2, expect an INVALID_ARGUMENT-style HTTP 400 error. Step 2's own check should make hitting this rare — don't retry the call with a different country value; tell the user the same thing Step 2 would have.

Step 5: Complete dashboard onboarding

Connecting the account is not always the final step. To receive payments, the site owner may still need to complete Wix Payments onboarding in the site dashboard.

Connecting Wix Payments and being able to accept real checkout payments are two separate gates: the site may also need a premium eCommerce plan (Settings → Plans). Mention this even after a successful connect.

Important Notes

1. Never invent or assume user identity/business details.
2. Always obtain explicit user consent before calling connect — this creates a real Wix Payments account and records a legally-binding Terms of Service acceptance under the name provided.
3. Use the exact accepted values provided by the user.
4. Verify readiness by testing a real payment flow (for example, create payment link) after setup.