How to add multiple currencies in your store
This article will guide you on how to add multiple currencies in your store.
There is two types of currencies functionality that can be added to your store:
Shopify currencies - if you are using Shopify Payments/Markets
T Lab currencies - if you are not using Shopify Payments/Markets
Shopify only allows using Shopify Payments in specific countries. You can see the full list of countries that are supported in their documentation.
The Shopify currencies functionality allows you to change the currencies, including the currency on the checkout page, in which the customers are charged. They can be configured in the Shopify administration, under Settings -> Markets.
You can read more about how to set up your currencies in the Shopify documentation.
You can use any currencies switcher that supports the currencies feature in Shopify, for allowing your customers to pick the desired currency.
If you want to add currencies switcher to the Translation Lab language switcher, there are two things you have to do.
Make sure you have our Language switcher integrated into your store. You can find the instructions on how to enable it, check this guide.
First, you need to go under the Currencies tab in T Lab and make sure the Are you using Shopify Markets/Payments? radio button is switched to Yes:
Then, to enable the currencies switcher to appear near the language switcher, go to the App Embeds section in your theme Customizer and open the Language Switcher app embed settings, then, enable the Enable country/region switcher setting:
That's it! Our language switcher now should include Country/Region dropdown and Language dropdown:
The country/region dropdown allows the customer to select their region and choosing that, will change the currency to the currency you have configured for the given market.
If you have multiple markets, all using the same currency, you have the option to group the options in this dropdown, to only show the currency, by enabling the Use region currencies instead of countries setting:
Translation Lab's currencies functionality is available in the Business and Premium plans
Note, that due to a limitation from Shopify, only stores that are using Shopify Payments can have multiple currencies on the checkout page. Using our currencies functionality, allows your customers to change the currency and that would affect every page of your store, except for the checkout page.
To configure the currencies functionality coming from T Lab, go to the Currencies tab and follow the instructions for changing the currency formatting of your store:
This can be changed in the Settings -> Store details of your Shopify administration:
Replace the HTML with currency and HTML without currency with the ones from the T Lab interface:
Once you are done, save the changes and go back to the Currencies page in T Lab and click the Verify settings button. If the formatting was changed properly, you should see this screen:
Now, you can click the Add currency button, to add a currency to all your languages, or the** Edit** button, to add a given currency only to a specific lagnuage.
For example, if you want to add EUR to the German lagnuage, click the Edit button:
Use the search bar to search for EUR and click the checkbox near the currency:
And if you want to make the EUR currency default for the German language, drag it above the USD currency, then click Save:
You can see each currency that was added to a specific language:
The currencies functionality works only if you are using our switcher. If you have not configured the language switcher already, check this article on how to enable it.
Finally, you have to enable the Currencies dropdown in our switcher. To do this, go to your Theme Customizer -> App Embeds -> Language switcher and enable the Enable country/region switcher setting:
That's it! Our language switcher should now include a currencies dropdown:
There is two types of currencies functionality that can be added to your store:
Shopify currencies - if you are using Shopify Payments/Markets
T Lab currencies - if you are not using Shopify Payments/Markets
1. Shopify currencies - if you are using Shopify Payments/Markets
Shopify only allows using Shopify Payments in specific countries. You can see the full list of countries that are supported in their documentation.
The Shopify currencies functionality allows you to change the currencies, including the currency on the checkout page, in which the customers are charged. They can be configured in the Shopify administration, under Settings -> Markets.
You can read more about how to set up your currencies in the Shopify documentation.
You can use any currencies switcher that supports the currencies feature in Shopify, for allowing your customers to pick the desired currency.
If you want to add currencies switcher to the Translation Lab language switcher, there are two things you have to do.
Make sure you have our Language switcher integrated into your store. You can find the instructions on how to enable it, check this guide.
First, you need to go under the Currencies tab in T Lab and make sure the Are you using Shopify Markets/Payments? radio button is switched to Yes:
Then, to enable the currencies switcher to appear near the language switcher, go to the App Embeds section in your theme Customizer and open the Language Switcher app embed settings, then, enable the Enable country/region switcher setting:
That's it! Our language switcher now should include Country/Region dropdown and Language dropdown:
The country/region dropdown allows the customer to select their region and choosing that, will change the currency to the currency you have configured for the given market.
If you have multiple markets, all using the same currency, you have the option to group the options in this dropdown, to only show the currency, by enabling the Use region currencies instead of countries setting:
2. T Lab currencies - if you are not using Shopify Payments/Markets
Translation Lab's currencies functionality is available in the Business and Premium plans
Note, that due to a limitation from Shopify, only stores that are using Shopify Payments can have multiple currencies on the checkout page. Using our currencies functionality, allows your customers to change the currency and that would affect every page of your store, except for the checkout page.
To configure the currencies functionality coming from T Lab, go to the Currencies tab and follow the instructions for changing the currency formatting of your store:
This can be changed in the Settings -> Store details of your Shopify administration:
Replace the HTML with currency and HTML without currency with the ones from the T Lab interface:
Once you are done, save the changes and go back to the Currencies page in T Lab and click the Verify settings button. If the formatting was changed properly, you should see this screen:
Now, you can click the Add currency button, to add a currency to all your languages, or the** Edit** button, to add a given currency only to a specific lagnuage.
For example, if you want to add EUR to the German lagnuage, click the Edit button:
Use the search bar to search for EUR and click the checkbox near the currency:
And if you want to make the EUR currency default for the German language, drag it above the USD currency, then click Save:
You can see each currency that was added to a specific language:
The currencies functionality works only if you are using our switcher. If you have not configured the language switcher already, check this article on how to enable it.
Finally, you have to enable the Currencies dropdown in our switcher. To do this, go to your Theme Customizer -> App Embeds -> Language switcher and enable the Enable country/region switcher setting:
That's it! Our language switcher should now include a currencies dropdown:
Updated on: 21/05/2024
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