Payment gateway

Coinbase Commerce

Coinbase's merchant payment product, with strong USDC support and deep Base network integration.

hybrid Fiat settlement API Hosted checkout Invoicing
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Coinbase Commerce lets businesses accept stablecoin and crypto payments through hosted checkouts, ecommerce plugins and an API. Its natural strength is USDC — Coinbase co-founded the asset and operates the Base network — and it is one of the most commonly encountered gateways behind "pay with USDC" buttons on Western merchant checkouts.

Capabilities

Custody model
hybrid
Settlement
stablecoin, crypto, fiat
Settlement notes
Merchants can hold received assets, auto-convert to USDC, or route to a Coinbase account for fiat offramp depending on account type and jurisdiction.
Fees
Publishes a headline 1% transaction fee. Confirm current pricing on Coinbase Commerce's own pricing page.
Shopify
Supported
WooCommerce
Supported
API
Available
Hosted checkout
Available
Invoicing
Available
Merchant verification
Supported
Geographic availability
Contracting rather than expanding. Coinbase is consolidating Commerce into Coinbase Business, which is available in the United States and Singapore; merchants elsewhere have been directed to migrate to another provider. Confirm current eligibility with Coinbase before integrating.
Merchant requirements
A Coinbase Commerce account with business verification.

Integrations

  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
  • Custom API
  • Hosted checkout
  • Payment links

Strengths

  • Best-in-class USDC and Base support
  • Well-documented API and maintained ecommerce plugins
  • Recognisable brand reduces customer hesitation at checkout

Trade-offs

  • Being wound down for merchants outside the US and Singapore — see the availability note below
  • Narrower asset list than gateways that support hundreds of coins
  • Account eligibility and features vary by country
  • Tied to the Coinbase ecosystem for fiat settlement

Coinbase Commerce is the gateway you are most likely to meet behind a USDC checkout on a North American or European merchant site.

What it does well

USDC support is the point. Coinbase co-founded the asset, operates the Base network where much USDC payment volume now settles, and has built the checkout around that. If a merchant’s priority is accepting USDC cleanly on a cheap network, this is the path of least resistance.

The ecommerce plugins are maintained rather than abandoned, which sounds like a low bar and is not — several competing gateways have Shopify and WooCommerce integrations that have not been updated in years.

Where it is not the answer

Merchants wanting to accept a long tail of assets will find the list short. Gateways built around breadth support hundreds of coins; this one supports the ones most people actually pay with.

Country availability is also tied to Coinbase’s own eligibility rules, which means a merchant in a market Coinbase does not serve cannot use it regardless of how good the product is.

For payers

You will not usually choose this — the merchant did. From your side it means a clean checkout, USDC on a network you can afford, and a confirmation that arrives quickly. Check the network selector before sending, as always.

Merchants using Coinbase Commerce

8 merchants in the directory where we have identified this gateway.

Bentley University

Education

Massachusetts business university whose student accounts office takes tuition in USDC through Coinbase — the one stablecoin route into a US degree we found.

USDC
Verified

OpenRouter

AI Tools

Unified API routing requests across many large language models, with USDC credit top-ups.

USDC
EthereumBase +2 networks
Verified

Porkbun

Domain Names

Popular US registrar accepting USDC through Coinbase Business, stated plainly on its own payment page.

USDC
Verified

Unstoppable Domains

Domain Names

Registrar selling traditional and Web3 domains, paid in USDC, USDT or DAI through Coinbase's onchain checkout on Base, Ethereum or Polygon, or via Helio.

USDCUSDTDAI
BaseEthereum +2 networks
Verified

Capucinne

Jewelry

Slovenian fine jeweller naming USDC and DAI among the coins it takes through a Coinbase checkout, with the Commerce wind-down for non-US merchants flagged.

USDCDAI
Payment availability may vary

DavidSW

Watches

Florida watch dealer with Orlando and Miami showrooms offering BitPay, Coinbase and MetaMask checkouts; coins and networks are the gateways'.

USDCUSDTDAI +4
EthereumBase +4 networks
Payment availability may vary

Sotheby's

Luxury

Auction house taking BTC, ETH and USDC for crypto-designated lots via Coinbase Commerce, from five approved exchange custodians only — no self-hosted wallets.

USDC
Payment availability may vary

ZoogVPN

VPN Services

Consumer VPN naming USDC, DAI and USDT among its crypto payment options, processed through Coinbase Commerce via Paymentwall.

USDCDAIUSDT
Payment availability may vary

Coinbase Commerce questions

Does Coinbase Commerce support Shopify?
Yes, through an app in the Shopify ecosystem. WooCommerce is supported through a plugin, and a REST API covers custom checkouts.
Can a merchant receive fiat rather than stablecoins?
Depending on account type and jurisdiction, merchants can route settlement through a Coinbase account and withdraw in fiat. Availability differs by country.