Regional processor · Middle East
Does Mercado Pago work in Iran?
Mercado Pago does not onboard businesses registered in Iran.
What a business in Iran can use
Mercado Pago’s products, for a company incorporated in Iran.
Online payments through Checkout Pro (hosted by Mercado Pago), Checkout API / Checkout Transparente (on your site), Checkout Bricks (embeddable components), payment links and subscriptions. Methods include cards, local bank transfers, cash vouchers, Mercado Pago account balance and card-free installments, varying by country.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
A free Mercado Pago business account holds sales proceeds in local currency. Confirmed on the Brazil and Mexico seller pages only.
In Mexico, sellers get a free card to spend the money from their sales.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago's checkout products are available in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, through a seller account on that country's site. Outside these seven countries, its sales team can set up a Cross Border account that collects in local currency and pays out in USD to a bank abroad, but Mercado Pago publishes no list of eligible seller countries.
Onboarding confidence: medium. Source: Mercado Pago Developers: Checkout Pro (Availability by country). Everything about Mercado Pago
Alternatives in Iran
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
None of the other providers we track onboard businesses registered in Iran.
Selling to Iran
How people there prefer to pay online.
Stablecoin rules in Iran
Using stablecoins to pay is banned or tightly restricted.
Common questions
Does Mercado Pago work in Iran?
No. Mercado Pago does not onboard businesses registered in Iran.
What are the alternatives to Mercado Pago in Iran?
None of the other providers we track onboard businesses registered in Iran.
Mercado Pago elsewhere in Middle East