How to Connect Paystack Payment Processor

If you’re considering using Paystack to accept payments while selling on SureCart, this article is for you.

But if you haven’t heard of Paystack before, it is a service that helps businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa securely receive payments from customers worldwide.

In this article, we’ll guide you through the process of connecting Paystack and SureCart, so you can effortlessly collect payments from your customers while selling on SureCart.

Let’s get started!

Know This Before You Connect Paystack with SureCart

Paystack and Stripe don’t work well together.

If you have Stripe and Paystack both active in SureCart, customers will only see the Stripe payment option during checkout.

To ensure a smooth payment process with Paystack, we suggest you disable Stripe before connecting your PayStack account.

If you’re not sure how to disable a payment gateway, check out this article.

How to Begin The Setup

When you’re ready to connect SureCart and Paystack together, simply login to your WordPress admin area and follow these easy steps:

1. Go to the WordPress admin area and click on the SureCart dashboard.

2. Click on the Settings menu under SureCart settings that you see on the WordPress sidebar.

3. Click on Payment Processors in SureCart settings and you will see the Paystack listed as one of the payment processors.

Connecting Paystack in Test Mode

Before you connect the live Paystack payment processor, you can connect Paystack in test mode. This allows you to set up the payment processor in a safe testing environment.

Once you’ve tested the setup, you can proceed to connect a Paystack in live mode. We’ve explained further in this article how to connect a Paystack in Live Mode.

For now, to connect the test payment, simply follow these steps:

1. Click on the Paystack option.

2. Click the “Paystack” tab.

3. Select “Test Mode” from the Connect button dropdown.

4. A pop-up window will appear as shown in the screenshot below.

5. To get your Test API Keys, open a new tab. Simply go to your Paystack dashboard settings and click on the API Keys & Webhooks tab. 
6. Scroll to where it says “API Configuration – Test Mode”, here you will find your Test Secret Key and Test Public Key. Please copy these keys and keep them in a notepad.

Note: Keep this tab open. We will return here later to add the webhook URL generated by SureCart.

7. Now, go back to the SureCart screen as shown in Step 3, and paste your Paystack Secret Key in the corresponding field.

8. Similarly, paste your Paystack Public Key in the corresponding field. 

9. Copy the Webhook URL from the “Webhook Instructions” section, and then click on the “Create” button.

10. Return to your Paystack tab and paste your webhook URL in the corresponding field.

Once you’ve followed these steps, You will have Paystack connected with SureCart in the test mode.

Now, you can make test purchases with Paystack and see if it works as expected. 

And once you have tested the payment flow, you can connect your live account by simply following the instructions below.

How to Connect Paystack in Live Mode

After successfully setting up Paystack in test mode and ensuring a smooth payment process, it’s time to move on to the live payment integration. 

Let’s get started!

1. Click on the Paystack option. It will open a new tab on app.surecart.com

2. Select the “Paystack” tab.

3. From the Connect dropdown, select “Live Mode”.

4. To get your Live API Keys, open a new tab. Simply go to your Paystack dashboard settings and click on the API Keys & Webhooks tab.
5. Scroll to where it says “API Configuration – Live Mode”, here you will find your Live Secret Key and Live Public Key as captured below:

6. Now, go back to the SureCart tab in Step 3 and paste your Paystack Secret Key in the corresponding field.

7. Follow the same steps as above, but this time, paste your Paystack Public Key.

8. Copy the Webhook URL from the “Webhook Instructions” section, and then click on the “Create” button.

9. Return to your Paystack tab and paste your webhook URL in the corresponding field.

Once you have completed these steps, you will have successfully set up Paystack as your payment processor in live mode, and you can start accepting payments in Paystack via SureCart.

That covers everything that you need to know to connect Paystack with SureTriggers but if you still have questions in mind, don’t hesitate to contact us.

We’ll be glad to help you with any questions or issues you may have.