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Klarna

BNPL payments, longer-term financing, and a 150M-user shopping app that funnels buyers to partnered brands

Klarna is a Shopify app developer based in the United States that makes Klarna On‑Site Messaging, a banners app on the Shopify App Store. Among the 14,695 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 1,914 (13%) run Klarna On‑Site Messaging, more than any other banners app. Its share is highest among Fashion & Apparel (19.8%), Beauty & Personal Care (15.4%) and Electronics & Tech (15%) brands. It has a free plan.

Klarna adds Pay in 4 and 6-24 month financing at Shopify checkout, plus lists your brand inside the Klarna shopping app used by ~150M shoppers globally. Best fit for brands where price is the friction point at checkout, or with bigger-ticket carts in home, electronics, fashion, or beauty.

What Klarna does for Shopify brands

  • Pay in 4 & longer-term financing at checkout recover shoppers who bounce on sticker shock
  • Splitting payments removes per-cart ceiling, so Klarna orders run bigger AOV
  • Listing inside Klarna app routes net-new intent traffic via browse, wishlists & price-drop alerts

Among Shopify brands over $5M

Brands running Klarna
13%
1,914 of 14,695 brands dtcmvp tracks
Rank in banners
#1 of 132
By how many of those brands run each app
All brands over $5M13%
Fashion & Apparel19.8%
Beauty & Personal Care15.4%
Electronics & Tech15%

Share of each sector's brands running it, where that beats the overall rate.

On the Shopify App Store

  • Free planOn 13% of brands over $5MLaunched 2019Banners

    This app is for merchants with an active Klarna Payments integration. Note: this app will not add Klarna as a payment method. Use this app to boo...

Ratings, reviews, plans, prices and descriptions as the Shopify App Store lists them. how we count.

Alternatives to Klarna

The most used banners apps among Shopify brands over $5M.

AppBrands over $5MApp Store
Complianz Consent · complianz1.2% 4.3 · 277
Nova · Nova Apps1% 4.7 · 847
Essential Announcement Bar · Essential Apps0.9% 5.0 · 1,303
Attrac Popup · Attrac (by AppHero)0.8% 5.0 · 1,162
TA Banner Slider · Tech Arms0.3% 5.0 · 1,251
SC Sales Motivator · Shop Circle0.2% 4.7 · 181

Often used with Klarna

What its brands run more often than Shopify brands over $5M do overall.

What Shopify apps does Klarna make?

Klarna has 1 app on the Shopify App Store: Klarna On‑Site Messaging.

How many Shopify brands use Klarna?

Among the 14,695 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 1,914 (13%) run Klarna On‑Site Messaging, more than any other banners app. Its share is highest among Fashion & Apparel (19.8%), Beauty & Personal Care (15.4%) and Electronics & Tech (15%) brands.

What are the alternatives to Klarna?

The most used banners apps among Shopify brands over $5M, after Klarna: Complianz Consent (1.2%), Nova (1%), Essential Announcement Bar (0.9%), Attrac Popup (0.8%), TA Banner Slider (0.3%) and SC Sales Motivator (0.2%).

What do Klarna's brands use alongside it?

Of the brands running Klarna, 20.8% also run Awin, 11.5% also run Criteo GO, 21% also run ShareASale, 11% also run GOAFFPRO and 13.1% also run Pandectes GDPR Compliance. Each is at least 1.7 times as common among them as across all brands over $5M.

How much does Klarna cost?

It has a free plan.

Updated 2026-09-10. Method notes and every source: how we count →

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