Sell in multiple currencies
CIQRA can show shoppers prices in their own currency and take payment in it, so a customer abroad isn’t guessing what an order costs them. This page is a concept-level overview of how multi-currency and foreign exchange (FX) work on CIQRA.
Presentment pricing — local prices for shoppers
Section titled “Presentment pricing — local prices for shoppers”Presentment pricing means the price a shopper sees is presented in a currency that makes sense for them, rather than always in your store’s base currency. A visitor paying in euros sees euros; a visitor paying in another supported currency sees that.
This matters because clear, local pricing reduces checkout friction — shoppers don’t have to convert in their heads or worry about surprise conversion on their card statement.
The currency catalog
Section titled “The currency catalog”CIQRA works from a standard currency catalog based on ISO 4217, the international standard for currency codes (EUR, USD, GBP, and so on). Using the standard set keeps currencies unambiguous across your store, your orders, and your payouts.
The currencies your store can actually transact in are the ones enabled for it. If a shopper tries to pay in a currency that isn’t enabled, the payment can’t be taken — which is a common cause of a currency-specific checkout failure. See A payment was declined or can’t be taken.
Exchange rates from the ECB
Section titled “Exchange rates from the ECB”To convert between currencies, CIQRA uses European Central Bank (ECB) reference exchange rates. These are widely recognised reference rates, which keeps conversions consistent and transparent rather than tied to an opaque markup.
Rates move over time, so the converted price a shopper sees reflects the reference rate in effect — not a figure frozen from when you first set your prices.
How it ties back to your money
Section titled “How it ties back to your money”Multi-currency affects what shoppers see and pay, but your earnings still settle through the same CIQRA Pay flow of charge → balance → payout described in How CIQRA Pay works, and reach your bank as payouts.