"Do you ship abroad?"
If a friend in London, a cousin in New York, or a customer who found you on Instagram has ever asked that — you know the awkward part that comes next. "Yes… but how would you even pay me?" Bank transfers across borders are slow and expensive. Asking someone to send money to a relative back home is messy. And plenty of sales quietly die right there.
Not anymore.
Your Strawlo store now accepts international payments. A customer anywhere in the world can check out with their Visa, Mastercard, or American Express card — and you get paid in your own currency, settled to your account like any other sale.
The best part? There's nothing to switch on.
If you've already set up payments on your store, you're already accepting international cards. No new account, no toggle hidden in settings, no extra paperwork. It just works — for every customer, everywhere.
What changed
Before, a card issued outside your country could get declined at checkout — so an overseas customer often couldn't complete the order even when they wanted to. We've removed that wall.
Now, when someone checks out, Strawlo accepts cards from anywhere in the world:
All the big cards
Visa, Mastercard and American Express — issued by any bank, in any country.
Fully secured
Every payment runs through Paystack's secure, PCI-DSS checkout with 3D Secure. Card details never touch your store.
Paid in your currency
You're settled to your bank or mobile money in your own currency — the next business day, exactly like a local sale.
Your prices don't change
Here's the question everyone asks: "So do I have to set foreign prices?" No.
You keep listing your products in your own currency. When an overseas customer pays, their card is simply charged the equivalent amount, and their bank handles the conversion behind the scenes. They see a fair price, you receive what you expected — no currency juggling on your end.
In short: you price once, in your currency. A customer in Toronto pays with their Canadian Visa, their bank converts it for them, and the money lands in your account in your local currency. Done.
Pair it with delivery, and you're a global store
Taking the payment is half the journey — getting the order there is the other half. The two were built to work together:
- Set a delivery price for the world. In Store settings → Shipping/Delivery, add a "Rest of the world" zone with a flat international rate. Overseas customers see that fee at checkout automatically. (See the Shipping & Delivery guide →)
- Full addresses are captured. For places that need a unit number (like the USA), customers get an "Apartment, suite, unit" field so nothing gets lost in transit.
- Duties stay clear. Import duties and taxes are paid by the customer on arrival, and they're told this at checkout — no surprise bills for you.
Then fulfil it with any courier you like — a freight forwarder, GhanaPost, DHL, whoever — and drop the tracking link on the order so your customer can follow it home.
A couple of things to know
Pay on Delivery is for local orders only. It's a cash-in-hand option, so it's never offered on international orders — overseas customers simply pay online with their card. Local customers keep both choices.
International card transactions carry Paystack's standard processing fee for foreign cards, which is a little higher than a local payment. As always, Strawlo takes no cut — you keep the rest, and the exact fee is deducted by Paystack at settlement.
Ready to sell across borders
The world just got a lot smaller for your store. That follower abroad, that diaspora customer, that one-off international order you used to turn away — they can all check out and pay in seconds now.
Nothing to set up
If your store already takes payments, it already takes international ones. Want to ship abroad too? Add a "Rest of the world" delivery zone in Store settings → Shipping/Delivery, and you're a global business.
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