Beyond Pay

<p><strong>Warning: This plugin has been discontinued and should not be used for new installations. For additional information please refer to this <a href="https://www.globalpayments.com/insights/2024/11/01/beyond-developer-portal-retirement" rel="nofollow ugc">FAQ</a>. If further assistance is needed please contact Client Support at 888-480-1571, option 2.</strong></p>
<p>Securely accept credit cards directly on your <a href="https://woocommerce.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce</a> store using <a href="https://getbeyond.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Beyond</a> with this <a href="https://wordpress.org/" rel="ugc">WordPress</a> plugin.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, and Diners Club brand cards directly on your website</li>
<li>No redirect to a third-party hosted payment page, reducing checkout friction and cart abandonment</li>
<li>Card data is securely captured with Beyond Pay Gateway’s hosted payment fields presented via inline frame (iframe) and tokenized before reaching your server</li>
<li>Recurring billing integration with the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Subscriptions Extension</a>. Beyond Pay for WooCommerce subscription features include the ability for customers to store or change their cards on file, cancel/suspend/reactivate subscriptions, and modify subscription amounts and due dates.</li>
<li>Simplifies merchant PCI compliance obligations to the shorter <a href="https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/pci_security/completing_self_assessment" rel="nofollow ugc">Self-Assessment Questionnaire “A” (SAQ-A)</a></li>
<li>Support either pre-authorization and later capture when WooCommerce order status changes, or authorization and capture at once (the combined “sale” transaction type)</li>
<li>Optimize B2B card acceptance costs by automatically sending additional transaction data elements (also known as <a href="https://www.getbeyond.com/b2b-payments/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Level II” and “Level III” information</a></li>
<li>Issue refunds directly from the Order Details screen</li>
<li>Custom CSS styling support for the hosted payment fields so you can create your ideal checkout experience</li>
<li>Customizable gateway response and error messaging</li>
<li>Test/sandbox mode for development and staging</li>
</ul>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ol>
<li>From your WordPress <strong>/wp-admin</strong> page, navigate to <strong>WooCommerce > Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Select the <strong>Payments</strong> tab at the top of the screen.</li>
<li>Click the <strong>Manage</strong> button for the Beyond Pay Gateway payment method.</li>
<li>Proceed to configure payment method options available on this page:
<ul>
<li><strong>Enable/Disable</strong> – toggle to control whether this payment method is enabled or disabled</li>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – this controls how this payment method is listed to the consumer during checkout; defaults to “Credit/Debit Card”</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong> – expanded description of this payment method when selected by consumer; defaults to “Pay with your credit or debit card.”</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Error Messages</strong> – controls the message returned to the consumer when there is a problem with their payment; defaults to “Something went wrong: %S. Please try again.” where <strong>%S</strong> represents the <a href="https://developer.getbeyond.com/#gateway-result-codes" rel="nofollow ugc">raw response or error message</a> returned by the gateway</li>
<li><strong>Enable Test Mode</strong> – controls whether transactions are sent to the Test/Sandbox or the Live/Production Beyond Pay Gateway environment and which type of API keys are expected; defaults to Live</li>
<li><strong>Username, Password, PublicKey, PrivateKey, MerchantCode,</strong> and <strong>MerchantAccountCode</strong> – these are the credentials by which the plugin authenticates to the Beyond Pay Gateway in order to process payments; for Test Mode, you can <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Q9V6UxGq3USJSkGsz2Jk7yRG7q939HJFkFXKp4lfZo1UMVBQWVNYSFBBNzJEV1k4Uko5WUU2NllBSCQlQCN0PWcu" rel="nofollow ugc">request Beyond Pay Gateway sandbox API keys</a> while live credentials are provided by Beyond once the merchant processing account is approved</li>
<li><strong>Transaction Mode</strong> – controls how authorizations and payment captures are managed</li>
<li>Set this to <strong><em>Authorization</em></strong> to perform only an authorization (“pre-auth”) when an order is placed which requires the Order Status to be changed to <strong>Completed</strong> in order for the payment to be captured (usually when an order is shipped)</li>
<li>Set this to <strong><em>Sale</em></strong> to authorize and capture the payment immediately (usually used for digital products)</li>
<li>Learn more about best practices for authorization and capture/settlement from the <a href="https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/download/merchants/visa-risk-management-guide-ecommerce.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">Visa E-Commerce Risk Management Best Practices document</a></li>
<li><strong>Level II/III Data</strong> – controls which extended data elements are automatically sent with transaction requests in order to <a href="https://www.getbeyond.com/b2b-payments/" rel="nofollow ugc">optimize interchange rates on B2B cards</a>; Level II includes reference number and tax amount, while Level III includes line-item details. Set to Level III to ensure you always qualify for the best rates on eligible corporate purchasing cards. (Tax-exempt transactions are not eligible for Level II interchange rates but may be eligibile for Level III.)</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Styling</strong> – allows for customized styling of the Beyond Pay card collection iframe via CSS</li>
<li><strong>Verbose Logging</strong> – enable for troubleshooting or development in order to log the gateway request and response messages on the Order Detail page; sensitive authentication details are not logged nor is any card data ever stored</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Click the <strong>Save Changes</strong> button once you have completed configuration; the page will refresh and a message reading “Your settings have been saved” will display at the top.</li>
</ol>
<p>You are now ready to accept payments through Beyond Pay Gateway on your WooCommerce store!</p>
<h3>WooCommerce Subscriptions Integration</h3>
<p>Beyond Pay for WooCommerce offers automated recurring billing functionality through integration with the official <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Subscriptions Extension</a>. The Subscriptions Extension must be purchased from WooCommerce before recurring payments can be accepted with Beyond Pay for WooCommerce.</p>
<p>Setting up your subscriptions is simple:</p>
<ol>
<li>Create a subscription product in the Products module of WooCommerce and define the price and terms: e.g., “$5.90 every 2nd month”.</li>
<li>As customers purchase subscription products on your store, they will be prompted to create a user account and save their payment method on file.</li>
<li>When the payment is due, Beyond Pay for WooCommerce will automatically charge the card on file without you having to do anything.</li>
<li>The status of each scheduled payment is reported back to your WooCommerce Subscription extension in WooCommerce, whether successful or failed.</li>
<li>Your customers can change their payment method on the WooCommerce “my-account”  page. Here, customers can also click the “Renew Now” button and pay their subscription ahead of the due date.</li>
</ol>
<p>All card on file data is securely tokenized by Beyond Pay and never touches your server.</p>


Beyond Pay for WooCommerce

Securely accept credit card payments using Beyond Pay gateway and optimize your cost of acceptance on B2B/corporate cards.

Lew Ayotte

Jeremy Green

ZEEN101

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<ul>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Learn more at <a href="https://leakypaywall.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">leakypaywall.com</a></li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://docs.leakypaywall.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">docs.leakypaywall.com</a></li>
<li>Publisher resources: <a href="https://publisherrevenue.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">publisherrevenue.com</a></li>
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</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>Leaky Paywall<br />
Copyright (C) ZEEN101, LLC</p>
<p>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.</p>
<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.</p>


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