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Checkout options right for your business: We offer two checkout methods that make it easy to securely accept payments from anyone, anywhere.

Custom Checkout

Offer a checkout fully customized to your brand experience with our simple-to-use payments API.

• Seamless integration— no coding required, unless you want to.
• Full control of buying experience.
• Store buyer’s card for fast checkout.
• Accept tickets in addition to cards.
• Improve conversion rate.

Available for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela

Standard Checkout

Great for merchants who want to get going quickly and easily.

• Easy website integration— no coding required.
• Limited control of buying experience— display Checkout window as redirect, modal or iframe.
• Store buyer’s card for fast checkout.
• Accept tickets, bank transfer and account money in addition to cards.
• Accept Mercado Pago's discount coupons.

Available for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Operating System

• Linux x86-64

Web Server

• Apache 2.x
• Nginx 1.7.x

Database

• MySQL 5.6 (Oracle or Percona)

PHP

• PHP 5.4.x / 5.5.x
• Required extensions: PDO_MySQL, simplexml, mcrypt, hash, GD, DOM, iconv, curl

SSL certificate

It is a requirement that you have a SSL certificate, and the payment form to be provided under an HTTPS page. During the sandbox mode tests, you can operate over HTTP, but for homologation you'll need to acquire the certificate in case you don't have it.

1. Download MercadoPago module:

   • OpenCart 1.4.9
   • OpenCart 1.5.x
   • OpenCart 2.x - 2.2
   • OpenCart 2.3
   • OpenCart 3.x

2. Copy the folders admin, catalog and image to your OpenCart ROOT installation. Make sure to keep the OpenCart folders structure intact.

Important: If you're using OpenCart 2.0, you'll find 3 different types of checkout inside the OpenCart 2.x folder: Standard, Custom and Ticket. You can use them all together or individually, without any problems or dependencies between them. Each one of these folders have its own Admin, Catalog and Image folders and the installation process is the same described above.

1. On your store administration, go to extensions > payments > Mercado Pago and click Install.

2. Again in extensions > payments > Mercado Pago, click Edit to Setup your MercadoPago account:

   

1. Again in Extensions > Payments > MercadoPago, click Edit to Setup your MercadoPago account:

2. Set your CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET, or PUBLIC_KEY and ACCESS_TOKEN (depending on which module you're using).
   
 In order to get them check the following links according to the country you are opperating in:

• Argentina: https://www.mercadopago.com/mla/account/credentials
• Brazil: https://www.mercadopago.com/mlb/account/credentials
• Chile: https://www.mercadopago.com/mlc/account/credentials
• Colombia: https://www.mercadopago.com/mco/account/credentials
• Mexico: https://www.mercadopago.com/mlm/account/credentials
• Peru: https://www.mercadopago.com/mpe/account/credentials
• Uruguay: https://www.mercadopago.com/mlu/account/credentials
• Venezuela: https://www.mercadopago.com/mlv/account/credentials

4. If you're using Custom Checkout or Standard Checkout, select the country related to your Mercado Pago account. If you're using Ticket Checkout, there is no need to configure the country.

5. Other general configurations:

• Category of your store: Sets up the category of the store.
• Choose the status of approved orders: Sets up the order status when payments are approved.
• Choose the status of refunded orders: Sets up the order status when payments are refunded.
• Choose the status when payment is pending: Sets up the order status when payments are pending.
• Choose the status when client open a mediation: Sets up the order status when client opens a mediation.
• Choose the status when payment was reject: Sets up the order status when payments are rejected.
• Choose the status when payment was canceled: Sets up the order status when payments are canceled.
• Choose the status when payment was chargeback: Sets up the order status when payments are chargeback.
• Logs: Enables/disables system logs.
• Debug Mode: If enabled, displays the raw response from the API instead of a friendly message.
• Enabled: Enables/disables this payment solution.
• Type Checkout (you're using Standard Checkout): Sets the type of checkout, the options are:
  • Iframe: Opens an OpenCart URL with a iframe as the content.
  • Redirect: Redirects to Mercado Pago URL.
  • Lightbox: Similar to Iframe option but opens a lightbox instead of an iframe.

Your store will automatically sync with Mercado Pago. The notification URL will be sent in each payment.

Follow the same steps that you did to install the module.

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