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## Resource: Introduction

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/payments/site-payment-method-types/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# About the Site Payment Method Types API

The Site Payment Method Types API allows you to retrieve metadata for payment method types, including names, logos, descriptions, and limitations.

Payment method types include credit and debit cards (Mastercard, Visa), digital wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal), and local payment methods (iDEAL, Klarna, Pix). This API provides information about all possible payment method types. Payment method types must be configured by the merchant before they can accept payments at checkout.

This is a read-only API. However, the list of payment method types can be supplemented by implementing a Payment Service Provider service plugin.
This plugin can be implemented so that the payment method type is available to:

- [All sites following an approval process](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/payments/payment-service-provider-service-plugin/introduction.md)
- [A specific site without approval](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/code-tutorials/wix-pay/tutorial-payment-provider-service-plugin.md)

This API returns data according to your locale. You can define your locale by specifying `countryCode`, `languageCode`, and `currencyCode` when calling [Get Site Payment Method Type](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/payments/site-payment-method-types/get-site-payment-method-type.md) or [List Site Payment Method Types](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/payments/site-payment-method-types/list-site-payment-method-types.md).

## Use cases

- [Import payment method type properties into external accounting software](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/payments/site-payment-method-types/sample-flows.md#import-payment-method-type-properties-into-external-accounting-software)

## Terminology

- **Site Payment Method Type**: A way to pay online or offline for goods or services offered by a specific Wix site.
- **Merchant**: A Wix user who owns a website and has onboarded to accept payments through Wix, or a collaborator on that site with sufficient permissions.
- **Buyer**: A user of a merchant's site who makes a purchase from the merchant.

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