Create a smooth and high-converting experience by following UX guidelines that cover every step of the purchase journey, from awareness to post-purchase, with best practices for consistent, effective integration.
Deliver a fast, flexible, and trusted shopping experience with for 100M Klarna consumers. By following these UX best practices, you’ll unlock the full potential of your Klarna integration—boosting checkout conversion, increasing consumer satisfaction, and driving higher average order values. Partners who implement Klarna using these guidelines see faster checkouts, more returning users, and fewer abandoned carts.
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On-site messaging and Express Checkout in Product Page | Klarna presentation in Checkout | Post-purchase details in Klarna app transaction page |
From the homepage to product detail pages, cart, checkout, email communications, and post-purchase interactions, Klarna tools like On-site messaging, Sign in with Klarna, Express Checkout, and Checkout Presentation serve as powerful enablers. These features support users at every phase—building trust, simplifying access, and removing friction where it matters most.
Let your shoppers know about their payment options as early as possible using our banners to drive conversion and AOV.
Reduce friction and enhance shopper confidence by integrating Klarna’s dynamic FAQ landing page into your site using On-site messaging. This resource provides clear, localized information about how Klarna works—empowering customers to make informed decisions with less hesitation. For maximum visibility, we recommend adding a link to this page in your site’s footer, where users naturally look for support or payment details.
Key benefits include:
By proactively answering common questions, the FAQ page helps streamline the purchase journey and supports higher conversion rates.
Sign in with Klarna allows users to authenticate using Klarna credentials, reducing friction and pre-filling personal details at checkout. It also gives you access to user data for personalization.
The Sign in with Klarna button should always be placed wherever you have account creation, login options or where other social logins are provided:
Increase shoppers perceived spending power by creating awareness of Klarna as a payment option on the product detail page. Integrate Klarna’s On-Site Messaging so that the price and payment options are considered together and utilize the Express Checkout button to enable a on-click checkout.
Decrease cart abandonments by reminding customers about your flexible payment options at a critical decision making stage of the shopper journey. Use tailored dynamic messaging to communicate payment methods, rewards and offers in a way that is always compliant.
Provide over 100m active Klarna shoppers quick and easy access to their preferred payment options. To maximize conversion and usability, Klarna is integrated into the checkout in a way that enhances visibility and ensures customers can easily identify Klarna and understand their payment options. A well-structured checkout improves customer confidence, reduces abandonment rates, and drives higher conversions. Partners must dynamically retrieve Klarna’s branding, payment descriptors, and personalized messaging via Klarna’s APIs to present accurate, localized, and up-to-date payment options.
Klarna is to be represented as a single payment option in the checkout. Partners should ensure Klarna is clearly represented, with messaging dynamically retrieved, and seamlessly integrated into the checkout. Here are four core elements to keep in mind:
For a high-performing Klarna integration, adhere to the following requirements to make sure Klarna is visible to all shoppers:
Include Klarna messaging in your abandoned basket email series to remind shoppers they can still get the items they loved—with the added flexibility of Klarna’s installment plans.
Clearly highlighting the option to pay over time, you not only reduce friction at checkout but also build trust through Klarna’s well-established reputation. Shoppers are significantly more likely to complete their purchase when they know they have a flexible, secure payment solution they recognize and trust. Incorporating this messaging has been proven to drive higher conversion rates and recover more potentially lost sales.
After a customer places an order using Klarna, it’s crucial to continue the consistent experience and provide clarity on next steps. This reduces confusion and post-purchase customer support issues. By handling the confirmation stage in this way, you show customers that Klarna is a trusted part of your overall service. They won’t be left wondering about their payment, and they’ll appreciate the seamless communication, making them more likely to shop with you (and use Klarna) again.
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Store's order success page | Store's order confirmation email |
Here’s how to get it right:
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Transaction detail page in Klarna App | Delivery tracking in Klarna App |
Klarna’s Mobile SDK is the official toolkit for integrating Klarna products into native iOS and Android apps. It enables you to offer Klarna’s payment methods with a seamless in-app user experience. The SDK is designed to provide the optimal integration and, under the hood, the SDK handles web-based flows in a mobile-friendly way to reduce friction (e.g. handling cookies, opening bank apps, etc.) compared to a basic WebView integration for a superior customer experience across all mobile platforms.
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Sign in with Klarna | On-site Messaging | Express Checkout | Klarna Payments |
Klarna Mobile SDK provides a full suite of mobile-first integrations, including Klarna products like:
All functionality is wrapped in a single SDK package per platform (iOS, Android, React Native), designed to be lightweight, secure, and developer-friendly.
Once Klarna Mobile SDK is integrated into your app, you're covered. The SDK is continuously updated to support new features, system changes, and Klarna platform updates — no additional workarounds required. Just keep the SDK up to date to stay compatible.
Learn more in the Klarna Mobile SDK Guidelines.