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Everything you need to get paid online.

Hosted checkout, payment links, recurring billing and an API, with each payment’s result and the money’s route to your bank in one dashboard.

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Sandbox access is by invitation and uses test money.

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Ways to get paid

Pick the way that fits how you sell.

Four ways to get paid, all reported in one dashboard. Invited businesses can test each one in the sandbox.

API and webhooks

Create payments from your own server. Webhooks tell your system when a payment is confirmed, so orders update without anyone checking by hand.

Quickstart (developer docs)

What happens when a customer pays

A clear path for your customer and for you.

See a customer pay with
Example · SandboxReal EcoCash checkout screens on a phone, paid with test money.
  1. Hosted checkout on a phone for Mbare Studio, USD 25.00, marked Test payment. It asks for the customer’s EcoCash number, then shows Pay USD 25.00.

    Enter your EcoCash number

  2. The same checkout after Pay: Approve on your phone, with the EcoCash prompt sent to the number ending 4567, a countdown, and Please don’t pay again.

    Approve on your phone

  3. The same checkout once paid: Payment confirmed. You paid Mbare Studio USD 25.00 by EcoCash, with a payment reference and a button back to Mbare Studio.

    Payment confirmed

Example · Internal pilotThe live card checkout on a phone. The card itself is typed on the card acquirer’s secure page.
  1. Hosted checkout on a phone for Mbare Studio, USD 25.00, offering EcoCash, Visa & Mastercard and ZimSwitch.

    Choose Visa & Mastercard

  2. After choosing Visa & Mastercard: the card is typed only on the card page, which PerionPayments and Mbare Studio never see, with Continue to card page.

    Continue to the card page

  3. Back from the card page: Payment confirmed. You paid Mbare Studio USD 25.00 by Visa & Mastercard, with a payment reference and a button back to Mbare Studio.

    Payment confirmed

Example · Internal pilotThe live ZimSwitch checkout on a phone. The card itself is typed on the card acquirer’s secure page.
  1. Hosted checkout on a phone for Mbare Studio, USD 25.00, offering EcoCash, Visa & Mastercard and ZimSwitch.

    Choose ZimSwitch

  2. After choosing ZimSwitch: the card is typed only on the card page, which PerionPayments and Mbare Studio never see, with Continue to card page.

    Continue to the card page

  3. Back from the card page: Payment confirmed. You paid Mbare Studio USD 25.00 by ZimSwitch, with a payment reference and a button back to Mbare Studio.

    Payment confirmed

Your customer

  1. Chooses how to payFrom the methods the business offers: EcoCash, Visa & Mastercard or ZimSwitch.
  2. Approves the paymentFor EcoCash, a prompt arrives on their phone and they confirm with their PIN. For cards, they enter their card details on the card acquirer’s secure page.
  3. Sees the resultThe payment page shows the outcome. If the payment is still confirming, it says so and asks them not to pay again.

What a payment can show

Paid
The payment is final. You can deliver the order.
Confirming
The payment method hasn’t answered yet. Your dashboard updates by itself; don’t ask the customer to pay again.

How each method works for your customer

  • EcoCash

    A prompt arrives on the customer’s phone; they approve it with their PIN.

    Live Internal pilotSandbox Testable

  • Visa & Mastercard

    The customer enters their card details on the card acquirer’s secure page, which PerionPayments opens for them.

    Live Internal pilotSandbox Not yet

  • ZimSwitch

    The customer pays with a ZimSwitch card on the card acquirer’s secure page.

    Live Internal pilotSandbox Not yet

Internal pilot: live for our own businesses only, not yet open to others. See coverage.

How settlement works

Where the money goes.

Your dashboard shows each step, so you know when money is on its way and when it has arrived.

  1. PaidThe customer’s payment is final.
  2. Available balanceMoney from paid payments waits here for the next settlement.
  3. SettlementA scheduled transfer to your bank account, on the timing agreed with you.
  4. Settled · in your bankYour bank has confirmed the money arrived.

Some methods pay straight into your own provider account instead; your dashboard shows which route each payment takes.

How to start

Test first. Talk to us about the next step.

  1. Request sandbox access

    New test accounts are by invitation for now. Ask for access, then try every step with test money.

  2. Connect your checkout

    Use hosted checkout, payment links or the API, whichever suits your business.

  3. Discuss live access

    Live payments are limited to our internal pilot today. We can review your business and proposed fees, and explain what a future live approval needs.

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