How to accept Yape and Plin on your website
The question Peruvian businesses ask us most often, and it usually comes with a wrong assumption attached. Here's the full answer.
Updated 13 September 2026
Yape and Plin don't install on a website like a WordPress plugin — they're phone-to-phone apps. What you can do is one of three things: put your QR code on the page for customers to scan, send the customer to WhatsApp with the order already written and take payment there, or contract a gateway like Culqi or Izipay that includes Yape inside a real checkout. For most small businesses the second option sells more than the third, and costs nothing.
First: why there is no «Yape button»
Yape started as a BCP app for sending money to another person by phone number, and Plin is the same thing across the other banks — Interbank, BBVA, Scotiabank and several more. Both are built for one person paying another from a phone, not for a website collecting on its own.
That's why searching for a «Yape plugin for my website» turns up nothing serious. The product you're picturing doesn't exist. Three real routes do, and which one suits you depends on your volume and how much manual work you'll tolerate.
Option 1: your QR on the page (free, ten minutes)
Export the QR from your Yape or Plin app, save it as an image and put it on the page next to the price and your number. The customer scans it, pays, and sends you the screenshot on WhatsApp.
- For: costs nothing, you can do it today, works with any bank.
- Against: no automatic confirmation. You check every screenshot by hand, which becomes real work on a busy day.
- Watch out: if the customer opens the page on the same phone they'll pay with, they can't scan their own screen. Always show the number as well — it's the mistake we see most.
Option 2: the page closes, WhatsApp collects (our recommendation)
The page does the heavy lifting: photos, prices, what's included and what isn't. Once the customer has decided, a button opens your WhatsApp with the message already written — which product, how many, how much. You confirm and send the QR or your number right there.
It sounds less modern than a checkout, and it still sells more for a small business. In Peru the sale closes in conversation. A three-step cart loses people on the way; a chat where someone answers doesn't. And you keep collecting exactly the way you already know how.
Option 3: a payment gateway with Yape built in
Culqi and Izipay are Peruvian gateways: the customer pays inside your page without leaving, and the payment confirms itself. Culqi lets you offer Yape alongside card payments, so the customer picks and you're notified instantly.
- For: confirmed payment with nothing to check, and you can sell at 2am without being awake.
- Against: a commission per sale, an application process, and they'll normally want a RUC and a business bank account.
- When it's worth it: once checking screenshots costs you more time than the commission costs you money. Not before.
Fees and requirements change, so check each provider's own site before deciding — don't trust a figure you read in a blog post, this one included.
So which one is yours?
- Just starting, or selling made-to-order
Option 2, with option 1's QR on the page as well. Zero cost, and WhatsApp answers the questions a gateway never will.
- Selling several times a day, always the same thing
Option 3. When the product is identical and volume climbs, conversation stops adding value and automatic collection gives you hours back.
- Selling wholesale or shipping to the provinces
Option 2, easily. Price depends on quantity and delivery, so you'll be talking anyway. What helps is having the volume price list visible so you don't repeat it thirty times a day.
Two mistakes that cost sales
- Showing only the QR and no number. Most people open your page on a phone, and a phone can't scan its own screen.
- Accepting only Yape. Yape is BCP and Plin is everyone else: offering one shuts out half your customers for a reason they don't care about. Offer both.
Other questions about this
Do I need a RUC to take Yape payments on my website?
To put your QR on the page and collect the way you already do, you need nothing new. To contract a gateway like Culqi or Izipay they will ask for a RUC and a business account. If you're still formalising, start with the QR and WhatsApp and leave the gateway for later.
Can I offer Yape and Plin on the same page?
Yes, and you should. They belong to different banks and your customer uses whichever they have. Two QR codes side by side with the number underneath costs the same as one.
How do I know the customer actually paid?
With a QR, you confirm it in your own app — the screenshot they send you isn't proof, screenshots can be edited. Always check the movement in your app before you hand anything over. A gateway confirms this automatically, which is what the commission buys you.
Will you set this up for me?
Yes. Every option we sell includes the QR codes, your number and the WhatsApp buttons with the message pre-written, set up and tested. If you want a gateway, we connect it and test it with you before publishing.