One of the most important issues when setting up an online shop is the configuration of payment methods. The choice of payment methods in an online shop will certainly have an influence on the decision to buy a product in your shop. Payment methods in Smartstore are handled by so-called payment plugins. Depending on the number of installed payment plugins, there are several payment options offered to your customers.
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In the payment configuration area, an overview of the features of each payment plugin is displayed. For more information about these features, refer to the following table.
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Recurring Support | If a payment plugin supports recurring payments, it can handle automated payments for recurring products. For more information about recurring products, read the topic Understanding Recurring Products. |
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Supports Capture | If a payment plugin supports the manual capturing of amounts, an additional button is displayed on the order details page (administration area) to capture the order amount manually. |
Refund | If a payment plugin supports the refund of the whole order amount, an additional button is displayed on the order details page to refund the order amount. |
Partial Refund | If a payment plugin supports the refund a partial order amount, an additional button is displayed on the order details page to refund the partial order amount. |
Void | If a payment plugin supports the cancellation of a payment, an additional button is displayed on the order details page to cancel or void the payment of the order. |
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Even if a payment plugin does not support capturing, refunding or canceling, you will see non-highlighted buttons for these processes on the order details page to enable a payment status change "offline", i.e. without contacting the gateway of the payment method. |
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Payment Widgets
Most plugins are displayed in the payment selection page, but some integrate their own checkout flow. The Amazon Payment plugin, for instance, incorporates a payment button directly into the mini basket of the shopbar and handles the selection of the address and the payment method, thereby skipping the usual checkout steps in which your customers enter this data. The widgets for these payment plugins have to be activated in the widget configuration area. For more information about configuring widgets, read the topic Arranging Widgets.
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