diff --git a/modules/ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Renderer/PaymentButton.js b/modules/ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Renderer/PaymentButton.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8843ca662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Renderer/PaymentButton.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import ConsoleLogger from '../Helper/ConsoleLogger';
+import { apmButtonsInit } from '../Helper/ApmButtons';
+
+/**
+ * Base class for APM payment buttons, like GooglePay and ApplePay.
+ *
+ * This class is not intended for the PayPal button.
+ */
+export default class PaymentButton {
+	/**
+	 * @type {ConsoleLogger}
+	 */
+	#logger;
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether the payment button is initialized.
+	 *
+	 * @type {boolean}
+	 */
+	#isInitialized = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * The button's context.
+	 */
+	#context;
+
+	#buttonConfig;
+
+	#ppcpConfig;
+
+	constructor( gatewayName, context, buttonConfig, ppcpConfig ) {
+		this.#logger = new ConsoleLogger( gatewayName, context );
+		this.#logger.enabled = !! buttonConfig?.is_debug;
+
+		this.#context = context;
+		this.#buttonConfig = buttonConfig;
+		this.#ppcpConfig = ppcpConfig;
+
+		apmButtonsInit( ppcpConfig );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether the payment button was fully initialized. Read-only.
+	 *
+	 * @return {boolean} True indicates, that the button was fully initialized.
+	 */
+	get isInitialized() {
+		return this.#isInitialized;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The button's context. Read-only.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: Convert the string to a context-object (primitive obsession smell)
+	 *
+	 * @return {string} The button context.
+	 */
+	get context() {
+		return this.#context;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Log a debug detail to the browser console.
+	 *
+	 * @param {any} args
+	 */
+	log( ...args ) {
+		this.#logger.log( ...args );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Log an error message to the browser console.
+	 *
+	 * @param {any} args
+	 */
+	error( ...args ) {
+		this.#logger.error( ...args );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Must be named `init()` to simulate "protected" visibility:
+	 * Since the derived class also implements a method with the same name, this method can only
+	 * be called by the derived class, but not from any other code.
+	 *
+	 * @protected
+	 */
+	init() {
+		this.#isInitialized = true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Must be named `reinit()` to simulate "protected" visibility:
+	 * Since the derived class also implements a method with the same name, this method can only
+	 * be called by the derived class, but not from any other code.
+	 *
+	 * @protected
+	 */
+	reinit() {
+		this.#isInitialized = false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/ppcp-googlepay/resources/js/GooglepayButton.js b/modules/ppcp-googlepay/resources/js/GooglepayButton.js
index a21f803a4..f778ff8e2 100644
--- a/modules/ppcp-googlepay/resources/js/GooglepayButton.js
+++ b/modules/ppcp-googlepay/resources/js/GooglepayButton.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /* global google */
 
-import ConsoleLogger from '../../../ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Helper/ConsoleLogger';
+import PaymentButton from '../../../ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Renderer/PaymentButton';
 import widgetBuilder from '../../../ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Renderer/WidgetBuilder';
 import UpdatePaymentData from './Helper/UpdatePaymentData';
-import { apmButtonsInit } from '../../../ppcp-button/resources/js/modules/Helper/ApmButtons';
 import {
 	PaymentMethods,
 	PaymentContext as CONTEXT,
@@ -28,22 +27,10 @@ import {
  * @property {string} language - The locale; an empty string will apply the user-agent's language.
  */
 
-class GooglepayButton {
-	/**
-	 * @type {ConsoleLogger}
-	 */
-	#logger;
-
+class GooglepayButton extends PaymentButton {
 	#wrapperId = '';
 	#ppcpButtonWrapperId = '';
 
-	/**
-	 * Whether the payment button is initialized.
-	 *
-	 * @type {boolean}
-	 */
-	#isInitialized = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * Whether the current client support the payment button.
 	 * This state is mainly dependent on the response of `PaymentClient.isReadyToPay()`
@@ -72,12 +59,8 @@ class GooglepayButton {
 		ppcpConfig,
 		contextHandler
 	) {
-		this.#logger = new ConsoleLogger( 'GooglePayButton', context );
-		this.#logger.enabled = !! buttonConfig?.is_debug;
+		super( 'GooglePayButton', context, buttonConfig, ppcpConfig );
 
-		apmButtonsInit( ppcpConfig );
-
-		this.context = context;
 		this.externalHandler = externalHandler;
 		this.buttonConfig = buttonConfig;
 		this.ppcpConfig = ppcpConfig;
@@ -88,14 +71,6 @@ class GooglepayButton {
 		this.log( 'Create instance' );
 	}
 
-	log( ...args ) {
-		this.#logger.log( ...args );
-	}
-
-	error( ...args ) {
-		this.#logger.error( ...args );
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Determines if the current payment button should be rendered as a stand-alone gateway.
 	 * The return value `false` usually means, that the payment button is bundled with all available
@@ -301,8 +276,21 @@ class GooglepayButton {
 		this.refresh();
 	}
 
-	init( config, transactionInfo ) {
-		if ( this.#isInitialized ) {
+	init( config = null, transactionInfo = null ) {
+		if ( this.isInitialized ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if ( config ) {
+			this.googlePayConfig = config;
+		}
+		if ( transactionInfo ) {
+			this.transactionInfo = transactionInfo;
+		}
+
+		if ( ! this.googlePayConfig || ! this.transactionInfo ) {
+			this.error(
+				'Init called without providing config or transactionInfo'
+			);
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -314,11 +302,8 @@ class GooglepayButton {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.log( 'Init' );
-		this.#isInitialized = true;
+		super.init();
 
-		this.googlePayConfig = config;
-		this.transactionInfo = transactionInfo;
 		this.allowedPaymentMethods = config.allowedPaymentMethods;
 		this.baseCardPaymentMethod = this.allowedPaymentMethods[ 0 ];
 
@@ -353,12 +338,12 @@ class GooglepayButton {
 	}
 
 	reinit() {
-		if ( ! this.googlePayConfig ) {
+		if ( ! this.isInitialized ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.#isInitialized = false;
-		this.init( this.googlePayConfig, this.transactionInfo );
+		super.reinit();
+		this.init();
 	}
 
 	validateConfig() {