We are happy to announce that ChargeAutomation is integrated with Payfast!
Setting up your ChargeAutomation account with Payfast
Login to your Payfast account
On your dashboard, take note of your Merchant ID and Merchant Key
On the Left Navigation, please click on Settings and then Developer Settings
Enter a Security Passphrase and Click Save
IMPORTANT NOTE: kindly refrain from using special characters (such as /, ~, !, @, #, $, etc.) when setting or updating your passphrase. Instead, use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers only
Now go to Settings >> Recurring Billing and enter do the following steps
Toggle "Enable Tokenization" to "Enabled On"
Click on Save
If it is not saving correctly and the values are not updating, please contact Payfast to request for assistance
Next Steps within ChargeAutomation
Login to your ChargeAutomation account here chargeautomation.com
Go to Settings >> Gateway Connection and select "Payfast" from the dropdown
Fill out the form with details from previous steps
Important Notes about Payfast:
Payfast does not support authorizations. It only supports charges. So for security deposits, it is processed as a charge and then when it's to be released it's handled as a refund
Refunds can take up to 7 to 10 business days
The refund will come directly out of your PayFast wallet, so refunds can only be processed if you have sufficient funds available.
For more details about refunds please click here
Contact Payfast and ask them to set up (i.e. whitelist) your account for us to retrieve masked card details along with the expiry date.
Due to the requirements of Payfast and some issuing banks, ChargeAutomation does a charge of 5 Rand when guests enter their cards to increase the rate of successful transactions.
We have 24/7 support. Please be sure to use the chat and someone will attend to your question.
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