Shopware Launches Shopware Payments in Partnership with PayPal

Platform-native payments solution delivers efficiency, control, and global scale for modern commerce

Cologne, June 10, 2026 — Shopware, a leading open-source ecommerce platform, today announced the launch of Shopware Payments, its platform-native payments solution powered by PayPal. The solution enables merchants to activate and manage payments directly within Shopware while providing access to a comprehensive portfolio of market-relevant payment methods at checkout, including cards, digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, buy-now-pay-later options, and PayPal’s suite of payment experiences, including PayPal, Venmo, and PayPal Pay Later. As payments become increasingly central to conversion, margin control, and operational efficiency, Shopware Payments helps merchants streamline payment operations without additional integrations or external orchestration.

Built on PayPal’s trusted global payments infrastructure, Shopware Payments provides merchants with fast access to international payment methods. By consolidating payment execution, data flows, and support within a single environment, the solution helps reduce operational complexity and accelerates time to value.

A key advantage of Shopware Payments is its streamlined onboarding through PayPal Business accounts. Merchants can connect an existing account or create a new one directly within the setup process, helping merchants start accepting payments more quickly. By leveraging PayPal’s risk and compliance capabilities, Shopware Payments accelerates merchant onboarding while enabling a fast path to live payment operations with minimal operational friction.

“Expanding our collaboration with PayPal enables us to deliver a truly embedded, out-of-the-box payments experience for merchants of all sizes,” said Sebastian Hamann, Co-CEO at Shopware. “Shopware Payments simplifies the path from setup to sale, giving merchants more control, transparency, and flexibility, while helping them offer the easy checkout experiences today's shoppers expect.”

Another defining characteristic of Shopware Payments is its open architecture. The solution does not enforce exclusivity or restrict provider choice, enabling merchants to retain full control over their payment service provider (PSP) strategy while ensuring long-term flexibility as business requirements evolve.

The commercial model is transaction-based, with transparent and competitive pricing that enables predictable cost structures as transaction volumes scale. Combined with native integration and centralized management, this can contribute to a lower total cost of ownership and improved operational efficiency over time.

“Together with Shopware, we’re helping merchants accelerate growth with embedded payments that are easy to adopt and deliver superior checkout performance,” said Jeff Pomeroy, Payment Services & Crypto at PayPal. “By bringing PayPal’s trusted payment network, choice at checkout, and Buy Now, Pay Later offerings directly into the Shopware experience, we’re empowering merchants to convert more shoppers and run their businesses with greater confidence.”

Shopware Payments is now available to merchants in Germany and Austria as part of an initial rollout, with phased expansion planned across key EU markets and the United States. Availability will be introduced incrementally, aligned with local regulatory requirements and operational readiness.

More information: https://www.shopware.com/en/products/shopware-payments/.

About Shopware Shopware provides high-performance B2C and B2B ecommerce solutions designed to address complex business requirements and workflows. The platform enables global organizations to scale efficiently while maintaining flexibility across diverse commerce models. By combining the security of open-source technology with a modular, adaptable architecture, Shopware delivers reliability, extensibility, and long-term operational stability.

About PayPal PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit https://www.paypal.com, https://about.pypl.com, and https://investor.pypl.com

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