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How to activate your merchant portal account and retrieve API credentials

How to activate your merchant portal account and retrieve API credentials

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Mar 08, 2021

When integrating you will require a Safekey, SOAP username and password in order for your website/application to interact with the PayU services. These details are the unique identifiers PayU uses to identify transactions coming to your store.

1. Activate your merchant portal account

Once your merchant account has been created, PayU's SafeShop will generate an email prompting you to activate your merchant portal account.

If you have not recieved an email, please

  1. navigate to the following web address https://secure.safeshop.co.za,

  2. enter your email address, provided in the application form,

  3. on the page and click “forgot password” link to have the account activation email resent.

The activation email that will be sent from customercare@safeshop.co.za and would have a subject line “Activate your PayU SafeShop account”.

You will need to click on the “Activate my account” link where after you would be redirect to a web page to enter your selected password.

2. Retrieve your store's API credentials

Once your merchant portal account has been activated you will need to retrieve your store's production details. These details you will need to pass onto your developer/technical team in order to integrate your website with PayU.

Follow the steps below to obtain your store API credentials

  1. Log in to the PayU Merchant Portal (https://www.payu.co.za/admin) with the primary merchant account and password.

  2. From the navigation menu at the top of the page go to Settings -> Integration details



  3. The integration details page contains the following information:



    Parameter

    Description

    Parameter

    Description

    Webservice username

    Webservice/SOAP username used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API

    Webservice password

    Webservice/SOAP password used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API

    Safekey

    Safekey used by the merchant to transact against the PayU API

    Supported payment types

    Payment methods currently enabled for the store

    Merchant logo

    Logo currently

    "Check style" link

    Click on link to view current payment store's payment page