Payment Methods

Last Updated: September 2026

At Gym Workout Gear (accessible via https://gymworkoutgear.com), this page sets out how you can pay, who handles the transaction, and what happens when a payment does not go through.

Checkout is the part of an order where people most often stop to check who is holding their card details. The short answer is PayPal, and the longer answer is below.

By placing an order you agree to the terms here. If a payment question is not answered on this page, email us at [email protected] and we will walk you through it.

1. Payment at a glance

2. The methods we accept

• PayPal. Pay from a PayPal balance or a linked account.
• Debit card. Any major debit card carrying a Visa or Mastercard logo.
• Credit card. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.

3. PayPal as our gateway

Every payment runs through PayPal's gateway, which is PCI DSS compliant. You do not need a PayPal account to use it. At checkout, choose the card option and enter your details on PayPal's secure page, and the order comes back to us confirmed.

4. Payment security

Card and bank details are entered on the gateway, not on our website, and are never stored or accessible on our side. What we receive is a confirmation that the payment succeeded, the method type, and the billing name and address needed to match the order.

5. When you are charged

Once, at the moment the order is placed. Payment is taken in full before handling begins, and nothing we sell carries a subscription, a recurring charge, or an installment plan.

6. Currency and foreign fees

All prices and charges are in US Dollars. If your card is issued outside the United States your bank may add a foreign transaction fee or apply its own exchange rate. Those charges are set by your issuer and are not visible to us.

7. Sales tax

Sales tax is calculated at checkout where applicable, based on the shipping destination, and is shown before you confirm the order.

8. Failed or declined payments

A declined payment creates no order and takes no money. Common causes are worth checking before trying again:

• A billing address that does not match the one on file with the card issuer
• An expired card or a mistyped security code
• Insufficient funds or a daily spending limit
• A fraud check triggered by an unfamiliar merchant

If your situation falls just outside one of these, write to us anyway. Send us the time of the attempt and we will check what reached the gateway.

9. Pending authorizations

A declined or abandoned attempt can leave a temporary authorization hold on your statement. It is not a charge and no money has moved. Holds are released by the issuing bank, usually within a few business days, without any action from you.

10. Refunds

Refunds go back to the payment method used at checkout. Timing, eligibility, and what happens after the money leaves us are set out in the Return & Refund Policy.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this page as payment options change. The current version is always the one published here.

Payment questions

Anything about a charge, a hold, or a checkout that would not complete can go straight to the inbox below.

Thank you for shopping with us, and for putting the gear to work.