Oliver POS doesn't have a partnership with Vipps. It supports Vipps the same way any WooCommerce store does — through Vipps's official WooCommerce plugin, opened inside Oliver's in-POS browser view at the counter. For Norwegian retailers that matters, because most adults in Norway expect to reach for the Vipps app at the till before reaching for a card. The Vipps WooCommerce POS flow described here is deliberately ordinary, which is the point.
What Vipps is, exactly
Vipps is Norway's default mobile payment app. It launched in 2015 inside DNB, was later spun out into a standalone company, and now reports more than four million users — roughly 75% of the adult population. In 2022 it merged with Denmark's MobilePay to form Vipps MobilePay, the company that runs Vipps in Norway and MobilePay in Denmark and Finland under shared infrastructure.
For shoppers, Vipps is a phone-first wallet: payments are authorised inside the app with a PIN or biometrics. For merchants on WooCommerce, Vipps is offered as a checkout method through Vipps MobilePay's official WooCommerce plugin. Nothing about how Oliver POS uses it is proprietary.
How Oliver POS opens Vipps at the counter
The counter flow is intentionally simple. A cashier rings up an order in Oliver POS, taps Pay, and selects Vipps. Oliver loads the corresponding Vipps checkout page inside an in-POS browser view — a full-screen webview locked to that single sale — and renders a QR code on the cashier-facing screen.
The customer scans the QR with their Vipps app, confirms the amount, and authorises with PIN or biometrics. Vipps confirms the payment to WooCommerce, WooCommerce records a paid order against the cart Oliver assembled, Oliver closes the browser view, and the receipt prints. There is no extra terminal in the loop and no additional Oliver-side integration with Vipps. Oliver is simply hosting the same Vipps checkout the merchant's online store already runs, which is exactly how Vipps WooCommerce POS works in this stack.
The Vipps WooCommerce plugin — what Oliver rides on
The integration is powered by the official Vipps MobilePay for WooCommerce plugin, published by Vipps. Once it is installed and configured with the merchant's Vipps API keys, it appears as a checkout option exactly like any other WooCommerce gateway. Oliver's in-POS browser view simply opens that gateway against the in-store cart.
If the merchant changes Vipps settings in WordPress — capture behaviour, branding, transaction limits — those changes propagate to the counter automatically, because there is only one source of truth. See the broader integrations list for how this pattern repeats across other gateways, or the dedicated Vipps integration page for setup-level detail.
Why Vipps is a good fit for Norwegian retail
Vipps is the expected payment method in Norway. Around four in five Norwegian adults use it, and many shoppers carry a phone but rarely a physical bank card. Offering Vipps WooCommerce POS on the floor reduces declines and abandoned sales from customers who don't want to dig a card out of a wallet.
Reconciliation also stays simple. In-store and online Vipps payments land in the same Vipps merchant account and settle on the same schedule, so the merchant reads one report instead of two. For pop-ups, market stalls, and small-format shops, the QR-on-screen flow has a second advantage — it works on a standard tablet or laptop with no card terminal at all.
What this is NOT
To be explicit about the relationship:
- Oliver POS does not partner with Vipps. There is no co-marketing arrangement, no rev-share, and no preferential treatment.
- Oliver does not negotiate Vipps rates. Whatever the merchant agreed with Vipps for online sales is exactly what they pay at the counter.
- Oliver does not sit in the money flow. Vipps is the merchant of record and remits funds; Oliver is the POS software.
- The integration is the same WooCommerce plugin Vipps already ships. Oliver just opens it inside its in-POS browser view.
Setup in 4 steps
- Have a Vipps merchant account and the API keys (client ID, client secret, subscription key, MSN). Vipps issues these after KYC.
- Install Vipps MobilePay for WooCommerce from the WordPress.org plugin directory and enter the keys under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments → Vipps.
- Install Oliver POS, connect it to the same WooCommerce store, and enable Vipps as a counter payment method in Oliver's payments settings.
- Ring through a small live test order at the till and confirm it appears in both WooCommerce orders and the Vipps merchant portal.
FAQ
Does Oliver POS partner with Vipps?
No. Oliver has no commercial partnership with Vipps. The integration is purely the Vipps MobilePay for WooCommerce plugin, opened inside Oliver's in-POS browser view.
Does Oliver charge a markup on Vipps?
No. The merchant pays Vipps's published rates directly. Oliver's pricing is for the POS software and is independent of payment volume.
Do I need a separate Vipps account for in-store?
No. Vipps WooCommerce POS in Oliver uses the same merchant account as the online store. In-store and online sales appear together in the Vipps portal.
What if the customer's Vipps app fails?
The cashier cancels the in-POS browser view, voids the unpaid order in Oliver, and either retries Vipps or switches to another method such as Nets Easy or a card terminal. The customer's app remains the source of truth for authorisation.
Vipps is so embedded in Norwegian retail that adding it at the till is rarely a question of if, only of how much friction it takes to get there. With Oliver POS the answer is — as little as possible — the same plugin, the same rates, the same merchant account, just opened at the counter. Try Oliver POS free for 30 days at /demo/.