Mercado Pago is available in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile and Mexico. Arcadina does not take part in payments or charge commission: the payment goes directly from the customer to you. Check the fees on the Mercado Pago website of your country.
Before you start: a Mercado Pago account
Go to the Mercado Pago website of your country and click “Open a free account” (personal or business).
Fill in your details: email, phone and ID.
Optional: create a second buyer account to simulate purchases with a dummy card. With the seller account you can't buy in test mode.
Create a payment link in your control panel
Follow the steps in Payment link: create a Transfer type method and paste the URL of your Mercado Pago “Payment link”. The URL goes in the Account (required) field of the Bank transfer details block.
Fill in the basic information and the costs
Basic information:
Descriptive text: it is the name of the payment method (there is no separate “name” field), for example “Mercado Pago”.
Uses: Prints, Photography services, Digital files and Booking.
Publish.
Bank transfer details: Account (where the URL of your payment link goes) and Additional data.
Step 2, Costs:
% cost: percentage of the order subtotal, before shipping.
Fixed cost: an amount always added to the total.
Minimum cost: applied if the sum of the two above is below that figure.
Exempt from: if the total exceeds this amount, no cost is applied (leave 0 to always apply it).
Save.
