Adobe Commerce

Bold provides an Adobe Commerce extension that enables merchants to take advantage of the world-class Bold Checkout experience without needing to replatform.

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Bold Checkout supports users of both Adobe Commerce (formerly known as Magento 2) and Magento Open Source.

This document outlines basic information and features of Bold Checkout on Adobe Commerce and directs you to additional resources if necessary.

Checkout options

There is a variety of ways to use Bold Checkout in combination with your Adobe Commerce store. Click a tab below to learn more about each option.

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Bold supports only one Bold-hosted or partner flow at a time. You must choose only one of the following options for your checkout.

Payment Booster

Retain the entirety of your current checkout experience, and use Bold to add additional payment options to your checkout.

The following video shows a demo of Payment Booster:

Bold-Hosted Checkout

Use the proven Bold Checkout three-page checkout experience or condensed one-page checkout experience. The recommended and easiest way to use Bold Checkout on Adobe Commerce.

Bold-Hosted Checkout also features a "dual checkout" configuration option, which enables you to run Bold Checkout alongside your existing checkout. This is a great option if you want to use Bold Checkout for only certain payment gateways.

The following video shows a demo of Bold-Hosted Checkout:

Self-Hosted Checkout

Self-host your checkout for the most control over the user experience. Use the Open Source Checkout Templates, and customize the checkout experience from there.

The following video shows a demo of Self-Hosted Checkout:

PayPal Checkout Flow

Use Bold Checkout to add PayPal checkout options for your Adobe Commerce store. Using the built-in Adobe Commerce checkout and PayPal Checkout Flow together allows merchants to choose which payment processor an order should go to. Customers also have the option of checking out with their payment information or their PayPal account.

The following video shows a demo of the PayPal Checkout Flow:

Supported features include:

• PayPal payment options including:
  • PayPal Smart Payment Buttons (PayPal, Pay Later, credit and debit)
  • Apple Pay
  • “Buy now with PayPal” button for product pages
• Customization:
  • Custom CSS
  • Lightweight Frontend Experience (LiFE) elements
• Discount codes
• Shipping rules
• Tax rules

Constraints and limitations include:

• The PayPal Checkout Flow can only be used with PayPal Commerce Platform (PPCP) as the payment gateway.
• The PayPal Checkout Flow extension does not support the following features:
  • Advanced credit/debit card configuration
  • Buy Online, Pickup In Store (BOPIS) functionality
  • Third-party plugins
  • Loyalty programs and store credits
  • Gift card payments
  • Shipping to multiple addresses

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All options use Bold Checkout functionality to replace Adobe Commerce functionality during the customer checkout process. The following table provides more details about each option:

	Payment Booster	Bold-Hosted Checkout	Self-Hosted Checkout	PayPal Checkout Flow
Use Bold Checkout functionality	Yes, payment functionality only.	Yes.	Yes.	Yes, for "Checkout with PayPal" experience only.
Frontend interface	Use your existing experience, with the addition of Bold's payment interface.	Bold's three page or one page checkout experience.	Use Bold's three page or one page checkout experience, with any necessary customizations.	Use your existing experience, with an additional "Checkout with PayPal" button that directs to a PayPal checkout experience.
Development effort	Low or none — Bold cleanly adds the payment interface without changing the rest of the experience.	Low or none — using the pre-built solution keeps code requirements low.	Low to medium — you can customize as little or as much as you want, and you may need to troubleshoot compatibility issues.	Low or none — Bold cleanly adds the "Checkout with PayPal" interface without changing the rest of the experience.
Integration support	Retain all integrations.	Retain nonvisual integrations.	Retain nonvisual integrations. With custom development, retain all integrations.	Retain all integrations in existing experience. Retain nonvisual integrations in "Checkout with PayPal" experience.
Customization options	Merchant retains full control of behavior of checkout interface.	Lightweight customization using Checkout LiFE and CSS.	Merchant retains full control of behavior of checkout interface.	Merchant retains full control of behavior of checkout interface. Lightweight customization of "Checkout with PayPal" interface using Checkout LiFE and CSS.

Supported Adobe Commerce versions

Bold Checkout supports both the enterprise Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source products. The following versions are supported:

• Version 2.3
• Version 2.4

Supported payment gateways

The Adobe Commerce integration is compatible with all Bold-supported payment gateways.

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Bold strongly recommends using PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) or Braintree as payment gateways with Adobe Commerce. The merchant is not charged Bold Checkout fees on these platforms.

When using the PayPal Checkout Flow, you must use PPCP as your payment gateway.

Refer to the following table for our support of alternative payment methods on PPCP and Braintree (such as wallet/express pay):

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Payment Booster inserts the Secure Payments Interface (SPI) into an otherwise unchanged checkout. This means that if you are using Payment Booster, Google Pay and Apple Pay are not supported.

Payment Gateway	Alternative Payment Methods and Locations	Setup Instructions
PayPal Complete Payments	❌ Google Pay (express checkout) ✅ Apple Pay (express checkout) ❌ Venmo (payment section) ✅ Pay Later (express checkout and payment section) ✅ PayPal Wallet (express checkout and payment section)	See Help Center
PayPal Express	✅ PayPal Wallet (express checkout)	See Help Center
Braintree	✅ Braintree Google Pay (express checkout) ✅ Braintree Apple Pay (express checkout) ❌ Venmo (payment section) ❌ Pay Later (payment section) ✅ PayPal Wallet (payment section)	See Help Center

Supported Adobe Commerce features

Bold Checkout supports the following features through either the Adobe Commerce admin or the Bold Checkout admin:

Feature	Feature management location
Add store logo to checkout page	Bold Checkout admin
Three or one page checkout flow	Bold Checkout admin
Multi-language support	Bold Checkout admin
Guest and authenticated checkout	Bold Checkout admin
Gift cards	Adobe Commerce admin
Adobe Commerce shipping, taxes, and inventory functionality	Adobe Commerce admin
Address and discount validation	Adobe Commerce admin
Custom domain	Adobe Commerce admin
Returns and refunds	Adobe Commerce admin
Fulfillments and captures	Adobe Commerce admin

Getting started

For installation instructions, refer to Install Bold Checkout on Adobe Commerce.