Sell to customers abroad, country by country
Buyers in most countries don't pay the way US shoppers do, so a checkout that only takes cards loses sales. Each page below covers one country: how people there pay online, how a business abroad can take those payments, the import tax on parcels, and where to advertise. Every fact links to the page it came from.
- Netherlands
iDEAL is used for 71% of online purchases in the Netherlands; credit cards account for 8%.
Source: betaalvereniging.nl - Brazil
Pix accounted for 42% of ecommerce transaction value in Brazil in 2025, against 40% for credit cards and 4% for debit cards.
Source: poder360.com.br - Indonesia
Digital wallets held 42% of e-commerce payments in 2025, bank transfers 34% and cash on delivery 13%.
Source: antom.com
Europe
- AustriaEURBank transfers are only a quarter of online payments in Austria by number, but 62% of online spending by value.
- BelgiumEURBancontact is the leading online payment method in Belgium, at about 65% of Belgian e-commerce.
- FranceEURCards cover 53% of French online payments; wallets and payment apps take 27%, with PayPal alone close to 18% (2024).
- GermanyEURCards (credit and debit) made up only 13.7% of German online retail turnover in 2025.
- IrelandEURCards issued to Irish households made €3.40 billion of online payments in August 2026.
- ItalyEUR30% of online purchases in Italy in 2025 were paid with a digital wallet.
- NetherlandsEURiDEAL is used for 71% of online purchases in the Netherlands; credit cards account for 8%.
- PolandPLNBLIK is the most used online payment method in Poland: 72% of online buyers used it in 2025 and 56% use it most often.
- SpainEURBizum, Spain's mobile payment system run by the banks, had 30.6 million users in 2025 and processed 1,237 million…
- SwedenSEKSwish and buy now, pay later services such as Klarna are the most common single payment methods for online purchases in…
- SwitzerlandCHFTWINT is the most frequently used payment provider in Swiss online shops and apps.
- United KingdomGBPCards, used directly or through mobile wallets, remain the main way people in the UK pay online.
Asia
- IndonesiaIDRDigital wallets held 42% of e-commerce payments in 2025, bank transfers 34% and cash on delivery 13%.
- JapanJPYIn a government survey cited by Stripe, 79.8% of Japanese online shoppers paid by credit card.
- MalaysiaMYRFPX bank transfers led e-commerce at 35% in 2025, ahead of digital wallets at 26%.
- PhilippinesPHPDigital wallets took 41% of e-commerce value in 2025 and cash on delivery 23%.
- SingaporeSGDDigital wallets took 40% of e-commerce value in 2025, close behind cards at 44%.
- South KoreaKRWNaver Pay leads mobile payments: 64.7% of consumers who used a mobile payment service in the past month used Naver Pay.
- TaiwanTWDCredit cards accounted for 39% of Taiwan's e-commerce value in 2025.
- ThailandTHBPromptPay bank transfers drove 44% of online spending in 2025.
- VietnamVNDDigital wallets held 38% of e-commerce payments in 2025, bank transfers 28% and cash on delivery 16%.
Americas
- BrazilBRLPix accounted for 42% of ecommerce transaction value in Brazil in 2025.
- CanadaCADCredit cards remained the most common payment method for online purchases in Canada in 2025.
- MexicoMXNCards made up 57% of ecommerce transaction value in Mexico in 2025; digital wallets took 26% and cash 9%.
- United StatesUSDDigital wallets account for 40% of US online transaction value, ahead of credit cards at 32%.