[Back to Blog](/blog/)  **New in 9Pic Checkout:** AFS Gateway is now a supported payment path for Enterprise photo sales. Connect your AFS merchant account, assign it to an event, and sell in AED, SAR, QAR, BHD, or USD. 9Pic AI still takes zero platform commission. You pay only the processing fees on your AFS account. This is photo-sale checkout, not 9Pic processing credits used for AI search. Photo sales in the GCC need a local merchant account ---------------------------------------------------- A Dubai marathon, a Riyadh expo, a Doha school sports day, or a Bahrain race all have the same checkout problem. Participants find their photos, then the payment page asks them to pay a processor they have never used, often in a currency their bank treats as foreign. Many organisers and studios in the UAE and the wider GCC already collect card payments through AFS Gateway. Until now, 9Pic Checkout could sell photos through [Stripe](/blog/9pic-checkout-stripe-zero-commission/), [Xendit](/blog/9pic-checkout-xendit-zero-commission/), or [PayMongo](/blog/9pic-checkout-paymongo-zero-commission/). Those paths still matter in their regions. They are the wrong merchant stack when your finance team, settlement, and card acquiring already sit on AFS. AFS Gateway support closes that gap. The gallery, selfie search, bib search, watermarks, and downloads stay in 9Pic AI. The money lands in the AFS merchant account you already operate. What launched ------------- Checkout can now create an AFS hosted payment for a photo package, confirm the paid state from AFS, then unlock the download. Buyers stay in the same event gallery flow they already use to find photos. ### Your AFS account Add the Merchant ID and API password in Payment Config. Checkout charges that merchant, not a 9Pic-owned account. ### GCC currencies Price packages in AED, SAR, QAR, BHD, or USD. Bahraini dinar is a three-decimal currency, and Checkout keeps that exponent exact. ### Zero 9Pic commission There is no extra 9Pic cut on the sale. Processor fees stay on the AFS side, the same way your other card sales already work. Where AFS Gateway fits ---------------------- Use AFS Gateway when you sell event photos to buyers who expect a GCC card checkout, and when your organisation already has an AFS merchant profile. - **United Arab Emirates.** Price in AED for races, school sports, conferences, and hospitality events in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah. - **Saudi Arabia.** Price in SAR when the event, the studio, and the buyer bank all sit in the Kingdom. - **Qatar.** Price in QAR for Doha races, school galleries, and corporate events. - **Bahrain.** Price in BHD. Checkout stores BHD as a three-decimal currency so package totals stay exact. - **USD on AFS.** Use USD when the AFS merchant account is set up for dollar settlement, including mixed-audience events that still need a GCC acquirer. If you sell in the Philippines, start with [PayMongo](/blog/9pic-checkout-paymongo-zero-commission/). If you sell across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam, start with [Xendit](/blog/9pic-checkout-xendit-zero-commission/). If you sell in the US, UK, EU, or India on Stripe, stay on [Stripe](/blog/9pic-checkout-stripe-zero-commission/). The current gateway list lives on the [9Pic Checkout](/products/checkout/) product page. Connect AFS Gateway to an event ------------------------------- Checkout is an Enterprise feature. Only team admins can add gateway credentials. The steps match the dashboard Payment Config flow: 1. Open **Payment Config** in the 9Pic AI dashboard. 2. Add an **AFS Gateway** configuration. Paste the Merchant ID and the API password from your AFS merchant setup. 3. On the event, open Checkout configuration and assign that AFS configuration. 4. Build packages in AED, SAR, QAR, BHD, or USD. Those are the currencies AFS Checkout accepts. 5. Run a test purchase before the gallery goes live. A test Merchant ID uses the AFS simulator. Use the live Merchant ID only when you are ready to take real payments. The setup walkthrough, including where to copy the API password, is in the [AFS Gateway setup guide](https://docs.9pic.ai/dashboard-guide/payment-config/afs-gateway). Protect previews with [9Pic Stamp](/products/stamp/) before you open paid downloads. For the rest of the sales workflow, see [how to sell event photos online](/blog/sell-event-photos-online/) and [pre-sale photo passes](/blog/checkout-pre-sale-photos/). What buyers see --------------- A participant finds their photos with FaceFind or BibTrack, adds a package to the cart, and pays on the AFS hosted checkout. After AFS reports a captured payment, 9Pic Checkout unlocks the high-resolution, watermark-free files. The organiser sees the order in the Checkout transactions list. The browser return page is not enough on its own. Checkout confirms the paid state with AFS before it grants the download. That is the same rule used for Stripe, Xendit, and PayMongo. AFS Gateway is available now ---------------------------- If you already collect cards with AFS Gateway, you can sell event photos through that same merchant account. Add the configuration, assign it to the event, and price in a supported GCC currency. Need help choosing between AFS Gateway, Stripe, PayMongo, and Xendit for a specific country? [Talk to the 9Pic AI team](/contact/). Connect AFS Gateway to Checkout ------------------------------- Book a walkthrough if you sell photos in the UAE or GCC and already have an AFS merchant account. [Book Demo](/contact/)