AliExpress Klarna: how post-payment works (+ 3 solutions)

If you are looking for the options to pay afterwards on AliExpress, then you are in the right place. In this guide, I will explain exactly how Klarna works on AliExpress and how you are able to pay for your order the moment it arrives. Below, you can read the guide: AliExpress Klarna: this is how it works.

Klarna: what is it actually?

Maybe you’ve heard the name Klarna before, but never really thought about what it actually is. Well, that’s about to change.

Klarna is the name of a company that, among other things, makes paying afterwards possible for online shops. Klarna works with AliExpress, but also with many hundreds of other (online) stores where they offer their services.

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Klarna is originally a Swedish company and was founded in 2005 by Sebastian Siemiatkowski. This payment service is available in a number of countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, England and a few more countries. Klarna can not be used everywhere.

The company facilitates post-payments, but not to be confused with Afterpay, which is a competitor of Klarna. In this article, I will focus on Klarna, since this is the company that handles payments for AliExpress when it comes to paying in arrears.

AliExpress and Klarna

In 2019, it was announced that AliExpress was going to collaborate with Klarna for a number of countries to enable post-payment. This should remove the barrier for a group of buyers, because it allows them to view the products first and pay afterwards.

There is one “problem” with paying via Klarna on AliExpress, and that is the shipping times. Klarna generally requests about two weeks after shipment to pay. However, with AliExpress, it is often the case that the product has not arrived by then.

Fortunately, you can easily extend the deadline, for example via the Klarna app (iOS / Android). You do so to ensure that you do not receive payment reminders if the product has not yet arrived.

The collaboration between Klarna and AliExpress seems to be working: it is still active.

Klarna AliExpress: this is how you pay afterwards on AliExpress

Paying with Klarna on AliExpress is actually quite simple, but a step-by-step plan makes it a little easier.

In order to create this step-by-step plan, I placed an order myself on AliExpress, for which I paid via Klarna. So the screenshots are from a real order.

AliExpress Klarna doesn’t work: these are common problems + solutions

1. Klarna is not displayed as a payment method on AliExpress

A common problem of people who prefer to pay with Klarna is that the option simply doesn’t appear. That’s right, everyone (including me) runs into that issue sometimes. Why this happens exactly is not very clear, but below you can find several possibilities.

• The amount is too high
• Possibly your ‘profile’ at AliExpress does not allow Klarna
• For a specific product, it is not allowed to pay afterwards
• The Klarna service is not available at the moment

These are all possible reasons that don’t necessarily have an immediate solution. A good piece of advice is to try it with another, possibly cheaper product. Maybe, then, you’ll see Klarna pop up on AliExpress.

In case the Klarna checkout option does not appear, it is not possible to pay afterwards on AliExpress at that moment, no matter how much you would like to.

2. You see an error code (e.g., csc_7200015)

This is a frequently occurring error code given by Klarna, however, the company does not give a 100% explanation. After extensive research, it seems that this happens when your payment is simply rejected. This can be due to many reasons, which Klarna does not explain.

Do you run into the error code csc_7200015 with Klarna on AliExpress? Then try the payment a second, or even a third time. If you still can’t get through, you should opt for another payment method, such as PayPal.

3. Klarna payment is not accepted on AliExpress

Are you checking out on AliExpress and the Klarna payment is rejected? That’s extremely annoying, but unfortunately, there is little you can do about it.

Klarna uses data to determine whether you are eligible for payment afterwards or not. In doing so, they obviously calculate a risk that depends on many factors. A rejected Klarna payment can have many causes.

• You may be in arrears
• You paid Klarna too late last time
• Data does not match (e.g. wrong phone number, date of birth or otherwise)
• The amount is too high
• You have an outstanding amount with Klarna, which means that with the additional amount the limit is exceeded

If you insist on paying with Klarna, you can always contact the company and ask for an explanation. However, I wouldn’t expect this to give you an immediate solution for payment.

Frequently asked questions about AliExpress Klarna