Alex Ruben
How To Pay with Afterpay at Walmart: A Complete Beginner’s Guide
If there’s one thing that can make shopping at Walmart a tad more flexible, it’s using Afterpay. But honestly, setting it up and actually bleeding it into your checkout can be kinda awkward if you don’t know where to look or what to do. This guide’s here to clear that up. After everything’s done, you should be able to split payments online and in stores without breaking a sweat. Just fair warning—getting started involves a few steps, and sometimes the tech can be a little wonky, especially if your internet’s acting up or your account’s not fully verified yet. Still, hang in there, and you’ll be paying over time painlessly before long.
How to Fix Common Afterpay at Walmart Setup Issues
Method 1: Double-check your account setup and permissions
Sometimes the biggest headache is that your account isn’t fully verified or linked with your payment method properly. If you’ve tried signing up but it’s not working smoothly or the app keeps rejecting your card, that’s usually the culprit. Make sure you’ve gone through the full onboarding, including email verification. Also, in the Afterpay app or website, go to Account Settings, then check if your payment info (like your bank or credit card) is valid and hasn’t expired. This step helps prevent those sneaky declines at checkout or in-store scanning. In my experience, on some machines this fails the first time, then works after a quick re-verify or re-login.
Method 2: Clear cache & cookies or update the app/browser
Stuff like session data piling up or outdated app versions can cause weird glitches. If you’re trying to use Afterpay online at Walmart and it just stalls or skips, give your browser or app a refresh. On a desktop, go to Settings > Privacy & Security in Chrome/Firefox, then clear site data. For mobile app users, check your app store for updates—sometimes, an outdated version won’t play nice anymore. After updating, restart the browser or app, log back in, and see if that sorts out the payment options.
Method 3: Verify your internet connection and disable VPNs
This, kind of weirdly, can mess things up big time. If your internet’s flaky or a VPN is turned on, Afterpay might not load properly or could block your transactions. On one setup, turning off VPN and re-establishing a stable Wi-Fi connection immediately made the payment button work like it was supposed to. If that didn’t help, try switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data or vice versa, because Windows and mobile devices don’t always handle network weirdness gracefully.
Hope this helps—if not, here’s what might be next
Sometimes, the problem could be on Afterpay’s or Walmart’s side. Check the status pages or support forums; maybe there’s a known outage or a specific glitch affecting certain accounts. Also, verify your payment method outside of Afterpay—just to rule out issues there.