Integrations / Payments

How to Accept Fawry Payments on Shopify (Egypt)

Fawry is how a large share of Egypt pays online without a card. Here is how to accept it on a Shopify store and reconcile the cash-at-outlet payments without fulfilling an order that has not actually been paid.

  • Steps7
  • Time2 hrs
  • DifficultySome account setup required
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WHY THIS MATTERS

The reason Fawry matters is its reference-code cash payment: a customer checks out, receives a code, and pays cash at any Fawry outlet, ATM, or the app. That reaches the card-averse and unbanked shoppers a card-only gateway simply never sees. The catch is order flow — a Fawry order is placed as pending and only becomes paid once the cash is collected, sometimes days later. Get that state handling right and Fawry is pure incremental revenue; get it wrong and you ship goods against money that never arrives. See the wider picture in our Egypt & Saudi payment methods guide.

Before you start

  • A Fawry / FawryPay merchant account (direct or via Paymob)
  • Business registration documents
  • A Shopify store
  • A clear pending-order policy

Step by step

The same sequence we follow on client stores. Do them in order — several of the later steps depend on decisions made in the earlier ones.

  1. Decide the route: direct or via Paymob

    You can take Fawry through FawryPay directly, or enable it inside Paymob alongside cards, wallets and instalments. For most stores Paymob is the simpler single integration — see the Paymob setup guide. Go direct only if you have a specific reason to.

  2. Get the merchant account approved early

    Fawry approval needs business documents and takes real calendar time. Start it in week one, not launch week — payment approval is the most common cause of a slipped regional go-live.

  3. Connect to Shopify and enable the methods

    Add the gateway to Shopify checkout and switch on the Fawry reference-code method plus cards and wallet. Confirm the Fawry option actually appears at checkout on a real device before you go further.

  4. Handle the pending-payment state deliberately

    A Fawry cash order lands in Shopify as pending, not paid. Do NOT auto-fulfil it. Set a payment expiry window, and make sure your fulfilment team works from paid status only — this single rule prevents the most expensive Fawry mistake.

  5. Test the cash path end to end

    Place a test order, generate a Fawry code, complete the payment, and confirm the order flips from pending to paid in Shopify with the right status. Then test an expired, unpaid code and confirm it cancels cleanly.

  6. Tell the customer how to pay

    Put clear instructions on the order-confirmation page and email — where to pay, how long the code lasts. Sending the code and a reminder over WhatsApp measurably lifts completion; see the WhatsApp integration guide.

  7. Agree reconciliation before volume builds

    Fawry settlement and fees will not line up with Shopify order dates by default. Decide with finance how payouts map to orders before you have a thousand of them.

What we do differently

The three things that separate a working setup from a default one — drawn from the stores we ship, not from the documentation.

Never fulfil a pending Fawry order

The code is a promise to pay, not a payment. Work from paid status only.

Set a code expiry

An open-ended pending order is inventory you cannot sell to anyone else.

Nudge the code over WhatsApp

A reminder to go pay the code is the cheapest completion lift you will find.

Next in the stack

These are the integrations that most often go in alongside this one.

Paymob How to Integrate Paymob with Shopify (Egypt & MENA Payments) 8 steps · Some account setup required Read the guide → Whatflow How to Connect WhatsApp to Shopify for Orders and Cart Recovery 8 steps · No code required Read the guide → Weglot / Langify How to Set Up a Bilingual Arabic (RTL) Shopify Store 9 steps · Theme code changes likely Read the guide →

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Frequently Asked
Questions

What clients ask us about this integration before we set it up.

Do I need Paymob to accept Fawry on Shopify?

No — you can integrate FawryPay directly. But most stores enable Fawry through Paymob because one integration then covers Fawry plus cards, wallets and instalments, which is less to maintain.

When do I get the money from a Fawry cash order?

Only after the customer pays the reference code at an outlet, then on Fawry's settlement cycle. Until the code is paid the Shopify order stays pending — treat it as unpaid and do not fulfil it.

What happens if the customer never pays the code?

The code expires and the order should be cancelled automatically if you set an expiry window. Nothing ships, because you fulfil on paid status only.