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description: To use Salesforce Payments in B2B and D2C Commerce stores for financial transactions, first set up an Experience Cloud site as a data channel between the payment provider and Payments. Then, enable Payments for your org and assign permissions to users. Finally, follow a guided setup to create a merchant account and payment method set, which is a group of payment methods that you accept from customers.
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# Enable Salesforce Payments Manually

To use Salesforce Payments in B2B and D2C Commerce stores for financial transactions, first set up an Experience Cloud site as a data channel between the payment provider and Payments. Then, enable Payments for your org and assign permissions to users. Finally, follow a guided setup to create a merchant account and payment method set, which is a group of payment methods that you accept from customers.

![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-payments-264-0-0-production-enus/c04ba30f-6dde-4ea7-949b-4f77b22b9fcb/images/icon_tip.png)

Tip If you’re setting up Payments for a D2C store for the first time, bypass the manual setup tasks. Instead, let the Commerce Setup Assistant enable and configure Payments, and let Salesforce Checkout help you create a merchant account. For more information, see [Video: Choose Your Checkout Solution](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_checkout_container.htm&type=5&language=en_US) and [Set Up a Commerce Store](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_quick_start.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

- **[Set Up a Channel Manually for Payment Data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.payments_data_channel_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Set up an Experience Cloud site as a channel for payment data to flow from the payment gateway to Salesforce Payments. This site is required to enable Salesforce Payments and it’s used only as a data pipeline. Your customers don’t access this site.
- **[Enable Salesforce Payments for Commerce and Pay Now](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.payments_enable_in_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Instead of using a third-party provider, use Salesforce Payments, the native service you can use to accept payments during checkout. With Salesforce Payments, you can offer customers a variety of payment options. Payments is available for B2B, D2C, and Pay Now stores. After you enable Payments, you can't disable it.
- **[Assign Admin Permissions for Salesforce Payments](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.payments_assign_permissions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    At least one individual in your org must have admin permissions to manage payment settings and enable features.