Set Up

To start collecting payments for subscriptions users need to have a couple of basic settings on the Áskell account. If you don’t have an account already, you can sign up here.

Payment Acquirer

Users always need to have a contract with a payment acquirer to charge cards. If you don’t have a contract yet, don’t worry. You can use our test payment acquirer to test. It is called Áskell Test Gateway.

To add a new payment acquirer you need to

  1. Click on Settings in the main menu

  2. Pick Payment processors in the side bar menu

  3. Click on Add a payment processor button, then this menu pops up:

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  4. Fill out the information. For some payment acquirers, you need to fill out information such as API keys for web services:

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  5. Click on confirm to save.

Subscription types

To collect subscription payments on a regular basis, you need to have at least one subscription type. Subscription types are flexible and you can add pretty much any subscription set up (monthly, bi-annually, yearly) that fits your business needs.

To set up a new subscription type you need to

  1. Click on Settings in the main menu

  2. Click Plans in the sidebar menu if it’s not already chosen.

  3. Click on the Create plan button, a menu pops up that offers a lot of possibilities.

The most important thing is to pick the right payment acquirer, right amount and right currency. It is also important to choose the right period (days, months, year) and how many of those periods are supposed to pass before the subscription is charged again. For example, if you put the number 3 in the ‘Renews every’ box and then pick ‘months’ in the ‘select interval’ dropdown menu - the subscription will renew every quarter.

When all of the items have been filled out, you click Save to save the subscription plan.

Payment buttons

When you have set up a payment acquirer and a subscription plan, the easiest way to collect subscription is to use payment buttons. Áskell creates a small snippet of code that you can add to your website. When your customer clicks the button a payment form pops up that finishes the process.

More information on payment buttons soon.

Advances set up

In most cases it is enough to use payment buttons. However when dealing with more complicated demands, for example, more automation or giving customers the flexibility of adjusting their subscriptions themselves, you need to use Áskell web services.

On the Áskell Swagger documention website <https://askell.is/api/swagger/>`_ you can get accurate information on our web services.