Title: USD Based E Commerce Platform
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# USD Based E Commerce Platform

 *  [cbwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbwebmaster/)
 * (@cbwebmaster)
 * [3 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m currently trying to set up the **Vipps MobilePay for WooCommerce** plugin
   on my store, but I’m running into an issue at the initial setup stage.
 * My store is using **WooPayments with the Multi-Currency feature**, and the **
   base currency is set to USD**. However, I plan to allow customers (especially
   in Norway) to view and pay in **NOK** through the multi-currency setup.
 * At the moment, the Vipps plugin blocks setup entirely with the message that USD
   is not supported (only NOK/SEK).
 * My question is:
 * **Is it possible to use Vipps in a WooCommerce store where the base currency 
   is USD, but customers can switch to NOK and pay in NOK at checkout?**
 * Or does the plugin strictly require that the **store’s base currency is set to
   NOK** in order to function at all?
 * I would ideally like to:
    - Keep USD as the base currency for reporting/business reasons
    - Use WooPayments for international payments
    - Offer Vipps specifically for Norwegian customers paying in NOK
 * Is this supported in any way, or is changing the base currency to NOK the only
   viable solution?
 * Thanks in advance for your help.

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 *  Plugin Author [Iver Odin Kvello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iverok/)
 * (@iverok)
 * [3 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/#post-18899164)
 * If your base currency isn’t NOK (or SEK or DKK or EUR), you will get the warning
   in the settings, but you should still be able to turn the payment option on. 
   It will only be shown if the gateways `is_available`-method is true however.
 * The “`is_available`” method of the module checks the result of the “get_woocommerce_currency()”
   function, so if your multi-currency solution modifies the result of this via 
   filters (the `'woocommerce_currency' `filter), the Vipps alternative should be
   available on the checkout screen if NOK has been chosen.
 * There is also a filter, `$ok = apply_filters('woo_vipps_is_available', $ok, $
   this);` which runs after the currency check. It is mostly intended to turn Vipps*
   off* when not supportable though – the currency of the Order will also use `get_woocommerce_currency`,
   and this will have to be NOK or the order will fail.
 * If your multi-currency plugin does not modify this function, you will need to
   both implement the woo_vipps_is_available filter and to modify the orders’ currency
   and total values before the order is sent to Vipps. You should be able to do 
   this with the action `do_action('woo_vipps_before_process_payment',$order_id);`,
   but before doing that I would look into how the multicurrency plugin actually
   does things.
 *  Thread Starter [cbwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbwebmaster/)
 * (@cbwebmaster)
 * [3 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/#post-18899481)
 * Would you consider this worth doing? Or is it a sloppy work around? I am not 
   a developer but I may be able to achieve this with Vibe Coding and Claude. Would
   you recomend it?
 *  Plugin Author [Iver Odin Kvello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iverok/)
 * (@iverok)
 * [3 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/#post-18899491)
 * I’m not familiar with how the Woo Payments plugin works with regard to multi-
   currency; but you should be able to find out by checking the value of `get_woocommerce_currency()`
   while browsing the site with NOK as your customers’ currency. If this then returns
   NOK, I would expect Vipps to work by just turning it on (and selecting NOK of
   course). You could just log this or output it in a hidden DIV or something like
   it. Claude or codex should be able to do that easily.
 * We can help with debugging if that doesn’t work – it should be no more than a
   few lines of code, such as
 *     ```wp-block-code
       add_action('wp_footer', function () {    echo "\n<!-- current-currency is " . get_woocommerce_currency() . " -->\n";    error_log("Current currency is " .  get_woocommerce_currency());});
       ```
   
 * — to both log the currency and to print it in a comment in the footer. NB you
   would need to turn of caching for this to work.
 * It is not a sloppy workaround per se – if `get_woocommerce_currency()` returns
   NOK and the prices have been calculated correctly with norwegian prices, the 
   base currency of the store shouldn’t matter. Only the currency as it is in the
   moment of purchase.
 * If Woo Payments only implements switching currencies for its own payment gateway,
   there may be issues; but it seems like an unlikely way to implement it.
    -  This reply was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by [Iver Odin Kvello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iverok/).
 *  Thread Starter [cbwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbwebmaster/)
 * (@cbwebmaster)
 * [3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/#post-18900430)
 * Hello,
 * I seem to have had success in implementing this. Please see [https://circusbazaar.com/](https://circusbazaar.com/)
 * I did not need to implement any code or anthing. I think this works so long as
   the site is set to NOK.
 * May you please have a look and let me know if everything seems ok.
 * This is a good case study for you!
 * Regards
 * CB
 *  Plugin Author [Iver Odin Kvello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iverok/)
 * (@iverok)
 * [3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usd-based-e-commerce-platform/#post-18900452)
 * Good to hear!
 * Yes, I suspected it *should* work in this context, since the “is_available” method
   isn’t actually called before Checkout is loaded – and at that point the currency
   ought to be NOK if so chosen. I’d probably do a couple of test purchases just
   to be sure, but it looks good on the surface.

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