Payment Processing Management
To accept payments from customers, a provider needs to configure payment methods.
Payment method is the way in which a customer can pay in the online store or customer control panel for the product (or service) they purchase. For example, the ability to pay with a check or cash, direct debit, or with online payment systems (PayPal, Authorize.NET, and so on).
OA Billing communicates with the processing centers of electronic payment systems by means of the respective payment gateways. A payment gateway is a connector between OA Billing and an online payment system's processing center. For each online payment system, there is a respective payment gateway in OA Billing (for example, the PayPal Standard payment gateway is the connector to the PayPal Standard's processing center).
Payment system in OA Billing – which should not be confused with an online payment system – is a standard in accordance with which an online payment system accepts and processes payments. Each online payment system has its own standards. For example, an online payment system can accept payments by means of a redirect, or using a token or modal form. For each of these standards, there are respective payment systems in OA Billing (for example, for the PayPal Express Checkout online payment system, there are two payment systems in OA Billing: "PayPal Express Checkout" and "PayPal Express Checkout Token").
The scheme below shows how to configure payment processing step by step in Odin Automation.
To configure payment processing in OA Billing, you should:
- Set up the payment systems.
- Set up the payment gateways (plug-ins).
- Associate payment systems with payment plug-ins.