Setting up notifications

Several types of notifications are provided in the Back Office. They allow the configuration of the URL of the page to contact and the management of the events (payment abandoned by the buyer, payment canceled by the merchant, payment validated by the merchant, etc.) that will trigger a call to the merchant website.

To access notification rule management:

1. Connect to: https://secure.payzen.eu/vads-merchant/.

2. Go to the following menu: Settings > Notification rules.

Figure 15: Notification rules

Setting up the end of payment notification

This notification is required to communicate the outcome of a payment request.

To set up this notification:

1. Right-click on Instant Payment Notification URL at the end of the payment.

2. Select Manage the rule.

3. Enter the URL of your page into URL to notify in TEST mode and URL to notify in PRODUCTION mode.

Figure 16: Instant Payment Notification URL at the end of payment

4. Enter the E-mail address(es) to notify in case of failure.

5. To specify several e-mail addresses, separate them by a semi-colon.

7. Save the modifications.

If the payment gateway is unable to access the URL of your page, an e-mail will be sent to the address specified in step 6.

The e-mail contains:

• the HTTP code of the encountered error,

• parts of error analysis,

• its consequences,

• instructions to resend the notification to the URL specified in step 5 from the Back Office .

Setting up notifications of the final outcome of a deferred payment This notification is required to communicate the result of a deferred payment:

• if the payment has been accepted,

• if the payment has been declined.

It allows for the merchant website to be notified of an authorization request.

Example:

For a deferred payment with a capture delay of 60 days, the authorization request is not made at the moment of the payment. The merchant website will be contacted at the moment of the authorization request via the Instant Payment Notification URL upon batch authorization rule.

This rule is disabled by default.

To set up this notification:

1. Right-click on Instant Payment Notification URL upon batch authorization.

2. Select Manage the rule.

3. Enter the URL of your page into the fields URL to notify in TEST mode and URL to notify in PRODUCTION mode.

Figure 17: Setting up a notification upon batch authorization

4. Fill in the E-mail address(es) to notify in case of failure.

5. To specify several e-mail addresses, separate them by a semi-colon 6. Set up the parameters for Automatic retry in case of failure.

This option allows to automatically send notifications to the merchant website in case of failure, up to 4 times.

For more information, see chapter Activating the automatic retry.

7. Save the modifications.

8. Enable the rule by right-clicking on Instant Payment Notification URL upon batch authorization and select Enable the rule.

If the payment gateway is unable to access the URL of your page, an e-mail will be sent to the address

Setting up notifications in case of abandoned/canceled payments

It is possible to configure the settings so that the payment gateway systematically notifies the merchant website:

• When the buyer abandons/cancels a payment - via the Cancel an return to shop button.

• When the buyer has not completed the payment process and the payment session has expired.

The maximum length of a payment session is 10 minutes.

To set up this notification:

1. Right-click on Instant Payment Notification URL on cancellation.

2. Select Manage the rule.

3. Enter the URL of your page into URL to notify in TEST mode and URL to notify in PRODUCTION mode 4. Fill in the E-mail address(es) to notify in case of failure.

5. To specify several e-mail addresses, separate them by a semi-colon.

6. Set up the parameters for Automatic retry in case of failure.

This option allows to automatically send notifications to the merchant website in case of failure, up to 4 times.

For more information, see chapter Activating the automatic retry 7. Save the modifications.

If the payment gateway is unable to access the URL of your page, an e-mail will be sent to the address specified in step 6.

It contains:

• the HTTP code of the encountered error,

• analysis parts for the error,

• Instructions to resend the notification to the URL specified in step 5 from the Back Office .

Setting up the notification on batch change

The payment gateway can systematically notify the merchant website when a transaction with the To be validated status expires. The expiry triggers the notification. The Expired status is final.

It is recommended to enable this notification for PayPal transactions (Order mode) to be notified about the capture.

This rule is disabled by default.

To set up this notification:

1. Right-click on Instant Payment Notification URL on batch change.

2. Select Manage the rule.

3. Enter the URL of your page in the field URL to notify in TEST mode and URL to notify in PRODUCTION mode

4. Populate the E-mail address(es) to notify in case of failure.

5. To enter several e-mail addresses, separate them by a semi-colon.

6. Configure the Automatic retry in case of failure.

This option allows to automatically resend notifications to the merchant website in case of failure (up to 4 times).

For more information, see chapter Activating the automatic retry.

7. Save the changes.

8. Enable the rule by right-clicking on Instant Payment Notification URL on batch change and select Enable the rule.

If the payment gateway is unable to access the URL of your page, an e-mail will be sent to the address specified in step 6 .

It contains:

• the HTTP code of the encountered error,

• parts of error analysis,

• its consequences,

• instructions to resend the notification to the URL specified in step 5 from the Back Office .