PayFast

Overview

PayFast offers an online payment service to merchants of all sizes, providing access to a variety of payment methods, including credit card, Instant EFT, MasterPass, mobicred, debit card (through PayD) and Bitcoin. HostBill supports PayFast payment gateway for collecting payments out of the box.

Activating the module

In order to activate the module login to your HostBill admin panel, go to Settings → Modules → Payment Modules, choose PayFast gateway and click Activate.

Module configuration

Once the payment gateway is activated you need to configure it.

Please see external articles on how to setup:

Then proceed to filling in all other configuration fields:

Merchant ID
Merchant Key
Passphrase

All required information can be obtained once you login to your PayFast merchant panel.

FAQ

Question: I've enabled the module but it does not display in my client portal.
Answer: This module does not support the currency you attempt to display it in, please use background currency conversion.