Apple Pay on all desktop browsers

It looks like a super helpful option to any commerce site out there. Thank you for sharing it!

What: Gamma Pay - Apple Pay on all desktop browsers.

Demo: https://gamma-pay.com/demo (use a desktop browser + an iPhone for the actual Apple Pay step)

Why: Apple Pay and mobile wallets are the fastest, most secure ways to pay online — you don’t need to enter all your payment/contact details nor share your raw CC #. The reduced checkout friction results in significantly higher conversion rates [1]. I personally prefer using Apple Pay pay so much that I find myself avoiding sites that don’t support it.

Unfortunately Apple Pay is largely unavailable on desktop browsers where over 50% of actual transactions happen [2] because it's only supported in Mac OS Safari, which has a sub 10% global marketshare [3]. Gamma Pay was born to make Apple Pay available on all desktop browsers.

How: Gamma Pay is built as a drop-in integration that works with existing payment solutions like Stripe, etc. It seamlessly handles the payment portion of a transaction on the customer’s phone without disrupting desktop checkout flows.

Tech Details: A fair bit is happening behind the seems to create a seamless end-user experience.

To achieve a drop-in integration, Gamma Pay implements an API compatible version of the Apple Pay browser APIs. This way, payment solutions like stripe.js, simply work without code changes because they believe they are interacting with the regular Apple Pay APIs.

During a transaction, Gamma Pay uses QR codes and a rendezvous server to establish a persistent bidirectional connection to a mobile payment UI. All Apple Pay API calls are then routed to the real Apple Pay implementation on the customer's mobile device in real time. Interactions like negotiating the shipping costs etc are all handled through this mechanism. Once the transaction is complete, the connection is torn down.

If you are interested in learning more or integrating Gamma Pay into your commerce site, commerce platform or payment solution, get in touch at pasha [at] gamma-pay.com

[1] https://stripe.com/docs/apple-pay/best-practices [2] https://contentsquare.com/blog/mobile-vs-desktop/ [3] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl...