Blink For WooCommerce vs POSSAT – Bitcoin Payment Gateway

Blink For WooCommerce is a plugin that allows WooCommerce merchants to accept Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network using Blink. Key features of Blink For WooCommerce include: Instant Payments: Leveraging the Lightning Network, Blink ensures that Bitcoin payments are processed instantly, providing a smooth checkout experience for customers. Low Transaction Fees: Enjoy significantly lower transaction fees compared to traditional payment methods, helping you save on processing costs. Stablesats Integration: Offers the ability to receive payments in Bitcoin while maintaining a stable value pegged to the US Dollar, reducing volatility risks. Easy Integration: Simple setup and configuration within WooCommerce, allowing you to start accepting Bitcoin payments quickly and easily. Custodial or Non-custodial: Connect a custodial Blink account with an API key, or a non-custodial (self-custodial) account using just your Blink lightning address. Non-custodial payments are shown as a Lightning QR code on your store and require no API key. For more information please visit Plugin Repository. Important Notice This plugin relies on third-party APIs to function correctly. Specifically, it interacts with the following endpoints: Blink API: Used for processing payments through the Blink wallet. Service URL: https://api.blink.sv/graphql Terms of Use: Blink Terms of Use Privacy Policy: Blink Privacy Policy Galoy API (Staging Environment): Used during development and testing phases. Service URL: https://api.staging.galoy.io/graphql Terms of Use: Galoy Terms of Use Privacy Policy: Galoy Privacy Policy The domain of your Lightning address (non-custodial mode only): When you configure a lightning address such as [email protected], your shop makes requests to example.com to fetch payment details, request invoices, and check whether a payment has settled. This is not necessarily Blink: it is whichever provider runs the address you enter. Order totals and an order reference are sent as part of requesting an invoice. Please review that provider’s own terms and privacy policy. Please review these links to ensure that you are compliant with all legal requirements related to data transmission and usage. Additional Information For more details and support, visit Blink.

POSSAT is a non-custodial Bitcoin payment gateway for WooCommerce. Customers pay directly to your own wallet — POSSAT never touches your funds. Unlike traditional payment processors, POSSAT uses your extended public key (xpub) to generate unique Bitcoin addresses for each order. This means you maintain full control of your funds at all times. This plugin requires a free POSSAT account and connects to the POSSAT API as a third-party service. See the External services section below for full details on what data is sent and when. Why POSSAT? Non-custodial — Payments go directly to your Bitcoin wallet. No intermediary holds your funds. Real-time detection — Payments are detected in the Bitcoin mempool within seconds, not minutes. Zero fees from POSSAT — No transaction fees, no percentage cuts. Only standard Bitcoin network fees paid by the customer. Privacy-friendly — Unique address per order. No address reuse. Production & Testnet — Switch between mainnet and testnet with one click. Test your setup before going live. Features Accept Bitcoin payments at WooCommerce checkout QR code payment page with countdown timer (15 min expiry) Automatic order status updates via secure webhooks Bitcoin transaction details shown in admin and customer order pages (with mempool.space links) HMAC-SHA256 webhook signature verification Compatible with WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) Compatible with WooCommerce Checkout Blocks Built-in setup guide with step-by-step instructions Multi-language ready (English and Spanish included) How It Works Customer selects “Pay with Bitcoin” at checkout Customer is redirected to a POSSAT payment page with a QR code Customer scans the QR code and pays from any Bitcoin wallet POSSAT detects the payment on the Bitcoin network and notifies your store via webhook Your WooCommerce order is automatically updated to “Processing” Customer is redirected back to your store What You Need A free POSSAT account at app.possat.com A Bitcoin wallet that supports extended public keys (xpub/ypub/zpub) — Electrum, Sparrow, BlueWallet, etc. This plugin installed on your WooCommerce store Links POSSAT Website Create Account Demo Environment (testnet) External services This plugin relies on the POSSAT API, a third-party service operated by BEWTOC CORBI SL. POSSAT is a non-custodial Bitcoin payment terminal that monitors the Bitcoin blockchain on your behalf to detect and confirm payments made to addresses derived from your own extended public key (xpub). Customer funds always go directly to your wallet — POSSAT never holds any funds. The plugin connects to one of two POSSAT environments depending on the Environment setting in the plugin configuration: Production (mainnet) — https://app.possat.com/api/v1 Test / Demo (testnet) — https://demo.possat.com/api/v1 What data is sent and when When a customer places an order using the POSSAT payment method: the plugin sends the order total in EUR (amount_eur), an internal order reference (external_reference, e.g. WC-123), and the WooCommerce order-received URL (callback_url) to POST /payments. This is required to create a Bitcoin payment request and obtain a payment page URL and a unique Bitcoin address for that order. No customer personal data (name, email, address, IP) is sent. When an admin saves the plugin settings or loads the setup screen: the plugin may send a request to GET /business/me to validate the API token and retrieve the merchant’s business information. No customer data is involved. Authentication: every request includes the merchant’s POSSAT API token (configured in the plugin settings) as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. After payment, the POSSAT service contacts the store back via an inbound webhook (signed with HMAC-SHA256) to update the order status. No additional outbound requests are made by the plugin during this step. Service provider, terms and privacy Service provider: BEWTOC CORBI SL (operator of POSSAT) POSSAT website: https://possat.com Terms of Service: https://possat.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://possat.com/privacy/ Legal notice: https://possat.com/legal/