Charge To Account Gateway Technical Information (Including Payforit)
Overview
The MX Telecom Charge To Account Gateway enables you to charge individual end users for one-off purchases and subscription services. A subscription's charges and lifecycle can be managed entirely by the gateway.
In the UK, the MX Telecom Charge To Account Gateway uses the Payforit cross-network mobile payment mechanism. If you are not familiar with the basics of the scheme, please refer to our introduction to Payforit.
Features
- Integration with your application using HTTP requests
- Plain text or XML response format
- Support for one-off charges or recurring charges as part of a subscription
Requirements
- You must be able to send standard HTTPS GET/POST requests
- You must host a URL to receive incoming HTTP notifications from the Charge To Account Gateway
One-off Charges
How to process one-time payments using the Charge To Account Gateway.
Single Click
Offering Payforit Single Click transactions via the Charge To Account Gateway.
Subscriptions
How to charge for subscription services using the Charge To Account Gateway.
Web Payforit
How to make use of web initiated one-off charges and subscriptions.
Crediting
How to make credits using the Charge To Account Gateway.
Status Codes
How to interpret the status codes sent by the Charge To Account Gateway.
Branding
How to customise the merchant information that is displayed on Payforit confirmation pages; how to use the Charge To Account Gateway's support for multiple brands.
Marketing Opt-ins
How to collect marketing opt-ins through Payforit using the Charge To Account Gateway.
Age Verification
How the Charge To Account Gateway handles end user age verification.
Anonymous User ID
How to use the Charge To Account Gateway to identify visitors to your WAP/XHTML site and retrieve information about them without knowing their mobile numbers.
