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Fully localized checkouts - automatic translation is now live
- Name
- Meiring de Wet
We just shipped a feature I'm pretty excited about: automatic language detection and translation for your checkout pages.
What's New?
Your checkout pages can now detect what language your customer's browser is set to and translate everything automatically. A customer in France sees French, someone in Germany sees German—you get the idea.
How to Set It Up
It's pretty simple:
- Open your checkout editor and look for the "Language, Currencies and Regions" section
- You've got two options:
- Set a specific language if you want a dedicated page (like a German-only checkout)
- Turn on automatic translations and let it handle everything
- Toggle it on and save
Language + Currency = Actually Useful
Here's the cool part: we already had automatic currency conversion based on location. Now with language translation too, your international customers see everything in their language AND their currency.
No more "wait, how much is $47 in euros again?" No more squinting at English text trying to figure out what button to click. It just works.
These two features together remove the biggest headaches for international customers. They land on your page and it feels like you built it specifically for them—even though you literally did nothing except flip a switch.
Default Settings for New Checkouts
There's also a new Checkouts tab in your settings where you can set defaults for all new checkouts you create. Set your language preferences, brand colors, and whether you want automatic translation on by default.
Basically, configure it once and forget about it.
Give It a Try
If you sell to customers internationally (or want to start), this should help. No setup headaches, no managing multiple versions of the same page.
Got feedback on the translations? Notice something off? Let me know. I'm always tweaking things based on what actually works in the real world.
