Mercado Pago is a popular payment method in South America. You can connect it in two ways:
- Automated payments — enter your Mercado Pago API keys, and payments are collected and reconciled through Take App.
- Payment link (manual) — paste your Mercado Pago payment link, and reconcile order payments yourself.
Automated payments (API keys)
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From the dashboard, select Settings.
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Navigate to Integrations.
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Choose Mercado Pago.
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Input your public key and access token. Click Save.
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Proceed to Payments, add Mercado Pago, and select Save.
What the customer sees
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Return to the dashboard. Go to orders, then All.
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Open any unpaid order and open a new tab for payments.
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Choose Mercado Pago as the payment method.
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Click the
Pay with Mercado Pagobutton.
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Confirm the payment and copy and paste the credit card number. Click Continue.
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Customers should enter their ID.
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Click on Payment, add their email, and confirm.
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Wait for the payment to complete and send a WhatsApp message. This action should mark the invoice as paid, completing the customer's payment process.
Payment link (manual)
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Go to Admin > Settings > Payments > Local payments and click
Add.
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Choose payment with "Mercado Pago". Enter your payment link (e.g. link.mercadopago.com.ar) then click
Save.
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Make a test order and check if your Mercado Pago payment page shows properly.
See Payment links for how link-based payment methods work.
