Coinsnap for Shopware Installation Guide

This guide walks you through installing the Coinsnap payment plugin for Shopware, connecting your store to the Lightning network and going live with Bitcoin payments.

Accept Bitcoin & Lightning in your Shopware store with ease.

Shopware

Step 1

Coinsnap GitHub page

Visit the Coinsnap GitHub page where you will find all payment plugins provided by Coinsnap.

Navigate to Coinsnap for Shopware. Click the green
Code button, then select Download ZIP.
This will download the latest version of the Coinsnap plugin to your computer.

Coinsnap GitHub repository

Step 2

As soon as a Coinsnap account has been set up, we can start connecting Shopware to Coinsnap.
The Coinsnap for Shopware extension is available in
Extensions → My extensions.

Determination of the configuration process

Click on the three dots on the right-hand side to start the configuration process.

Initialization of the configuration

Click on Configure to start the configuration process.

The Coinsnap API Key and the Coinsnap Store ID must be stored in the configuration area.
Go to Settings in the Coinsnap backend. In Store Settings, you will find your
Store ID and API Key.

Enter the Coinsnap API Key and Store ID you copied from the Coinsnap backend into Shopware,
then click Save credentials.

Step 3

Determination of the configuration process

Initialization of the configuration

Step 4

Within the sales channel, the configuration options for payment and shipping can be found under
General basic settings, followed by Payment methods.

Here you can select Bitcoin and Lightning as your payment method.

As soon as this is done, these payment methods are activated and can be used in the store.

Step 5

The Shopware extension makes integrating Bitcoin and Lightning payment options into a Shopware 6 online store via Coinsnap a simple task.

If you don’t want to install the Coinsnap plugin yourself, we can install Coinsnap for Shopware for you.
To do this, you must grant Coinsnap access to your backend.
After installation, please delete Coinsnap as a user.

Log in to your Shopware store in the Shopware Administration Panel.
In the left menu bar, go to Settings.
Then click on System and then on Users & Permissions.

You are now in the area for creating users and authorizations.

Go to User and click on Create New User.

Create a new account for the user Coinsnap.
You can enter the following data:

  • First name: Coin
  • Last name: Snap
  • Email address: support@coinsnap.io
  • User name: coinsnap
  • Password: Create it yourself and provide it to Coinsnap
  • Administration: Set the role to Administrator to grant the required permissions

Then click on Save.
Shopware will ask you to confirm the creation of the Coinsnap user with your own password.

Please send us an email to support@coinsnap.io and let us know that we can start with the integration. Please enter the e-mail address you used to register with Coinsnap and the URL of your store. After Coinsnap has integrated the payment module into your store, you must delete the Coinsnap user.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Users Ask About This plugin

Which wallet should I use?

Any Lightning-capable wallet; ensure you control the keys for best privacy.

Can I settle fiat instead of Bitcoin?

Yes — you can link automatic fiat settlement if preferred.