Klarna for WooCommerce POS
Klarna BNPL at the Oliver POS register via the in-POS browser view.
Powered through the Klarna Payments for WooCommerce plugin — install it on WordPress, configure under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments, and Oliver picks it up at the register automatically.
How Klarna works with Oliver POS for WooCommerce
Klarna is Europe's biggest buy-now-pay-later provider with a growing US footprint. Oliver POS opens the Klarna hosted page inside the in-POS browser view via the Klarna Payments WooCommerce plugin — customers split a purchase into 4 interest-free instalments at the counter.
Klarna's BNPL at the counter — why now
Klarna grew up as an ecommerce BNPL provider but it's increasingly present at physical points of sale, particularly in furniture, jewellery, electronics, and specialty fashion where ticket sizes encourage instalments. At the Oliver POS, surfacing Klarna at the counter means a customer who was about to walk out can stretch a £600 jacket into 4 × £150 instalments and complete the sale.
How Klarna runs inside the Oliver POS browser view
The Klarna Payments WooCommerce plugin opens Klarna's hosted page when the cashier picks Klarna on the Oliver register. The page renders in the in-POS browser view; the customer enters their phone number, receives a Klarna OTP, picks Pay in 4 / Pay in 30 / Pay Over Time, and confirms. Klarna takes on the credit risk and pays the merchant in full within the standard settlement window. Oliver writes the WooCommerce order.
What Klarna costs the merchant
Klarna's merchant fees are typically higher than card rates (3-6% depending on the product and country) but the trade-off is incremental sales: customers who would have abandoned at the price point complete the purchase. For high-ticket retailers, the math usually works.
Best fit for retailers who…
Pick Klarna at the Oliver POS if you sell tickets above £100 (clothing, furniture, jewellery, electronics, home goods), if you operate in markets where Klarna has strong consumer adoption (Nordics, DACH, UK, US), and if you can absorb 3-6% merchant fees in exchange for incremental conversion.
What you get and how to set it up
Features Oliver surfaces from the Klarna plugin, plus the 4-step install most merchants run through.
Features at the register
- Klarna hosted checkout running inside the Oliver POS browser view
- Every Klarna payment method enabled at the register
- Cashier-controlled flow — the customer pays without touching the iPad
- Order writes back to WooCommerce when payment confirms
- Same Klarna account that powers your online store
Setup in 4 steps
- Install the Klarna Payments for WooCommerce on your WooCommerce site and enable it under WooCommerce → Settings → Payments
- Enter your Klarna API credentials and finish the gateway's setup wizard
- Run a small online test order from the WooCommerce checkout to confirm the gateway is live
- From the Oliver POS register, tap the Klarna method — Oliver opens the hosted Klarna checkout in the in-POS browser view and writes the order back to WooCommerce when payment confirms
Common questions about Klarna on Oliver POS
Does Oliver POS have a partnership with Klarna?
No. Oliver doesn't partner with Klarna or any other payment gateway. We support Klarna because it ships a WooCommerce gateway plugin — Oliver opens the hosted checkout inside the in-POS browser view. Your account, your rates, and your support contract stay between you and Klarna.
Does Oliver charge extra to use Klarna?
No. You pay Klarna's standard published rates directly to Klarna. Oliver doesn't take a markup, doesn't insert itself into the money flow, and doesn't charge a per-transaction fee on top.
Read our full guide to Klarna on Oliver POS
A long-form walkthrough of running Klarna alongside the Oliver POS register on a WooCommerce store.