{"id":28512,"date":"2016-06-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurelab.digitalmachine.co.nz\/blog\/introducing-the-q-card-payment-gateway-plugin\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:00:00","slug":"introducing-the-q-card-payment-gateway-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurelab.digitalmachine.co.nz\/nz\/blog\/introducing-the-q-card-payment-gateway-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Q Card Payment Gateway Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Q Card Payment Gateway \u2013 Connect Directly to the Q Card API from your Online Store<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The team at FutureLab have developed a custom plugin that connects to the new Q Card API from your online store. That means you can now offer your customers another way to pay online, without needing to pay merchant fees to a third party gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fast Facts about the Q Card Payment Gateway Plugin:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n<ul><li>Add Q Card payments to your online store with our plugin<\/li><li>Connects directly with Q Card API so no merchant fees on transactions<\/li><li>Customers can also set Q Card finance options directly from your site<\/li><li>It\u2019s a win\/win for both merchants and customers<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a payment gateway?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A payment gateway is a way to allow your customers to pay online for goods using their credit cards. Popular payment gateways include PayPal, DPS, Payment Express. However, as you will know if you run an online store, all those payment gateways charge the merchant transactions fees on each customer purchase. That\u2019s because they are third party gateways\/systems \u2013 PayPal, DPS and Payment Express all connect online stores to the customer\u2019s credit cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>So, what\u2019s different about THIS payment gateway?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our plugin does not process your transactions directly \u2013 it connects to the Q Card API, which is where the transactions are processed. So instead of paying a third party system to process payments, this plugin simply passes them along direct to the Q Card system. There are no transaction fees for the merchant to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a simplified way to allow customers to pay using their Q Cards on your online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s a comparison of our Q Card plugin against a third party payment gateway such as the DPS plugin:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>FutureLab Q Card Plugin<\/td><td>DPS Payment Gateway Plugin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Allows Q Card online payments<\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Allows repayment options<\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Third Party Transaction Fees?<\/td><td><em>No<\/em><\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Direct Channel with Q Card API?<\/td><td><em>Yes<\/em><\/td><td><em>No<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The plugin connects directly to the Q Card operating system. The access is granted through an API (application programming interface). Q Card have recently launched their API so this technology is very new, and only a few websites currently use it. Our plugin works differently to other plugins like DPS, which can also be used for Q Card payments. It doesn\u2019t process the online payments within its own system like DPS does. It simply allows payments to be directly processed by Q Card, from your website. That\u2019s why there are no associated transaction fees to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why enable Q Card payments on your site?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t heard of Q Card, it\u2019s essentially a credit card that also acts as a financing system for card users. If Q Card users purchase a big-ticket item, they can choose to pay off the item in interest-free instalments. Plus, repayments are delayed 3 months or longer, giving the customer \u2018breathing space\u2019 as Q Card suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enabling Q Card payments can encourage customers to purchase items from your store, since they benefit from the delayed repayment schedule and interest-free financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Q Card plugin also allows customers to set up payment of their purchase in 6 or 12 month instalments on their Q Card account. You\u2019ll receive the purchase amount immediately, but the customer benefits from paying back their Q Card balance in instalments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I get the FutureLab Q Card payment plugin for my online store?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As this API technology is so new, there are very few websites currently taking advantage of it. Contact us to discuss adding our plugin to your website and enabling a better way to pay online \u2013 for you and your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can write and configure this plugin for your Magento or WordPress online store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q Card Payment Gateway \u2013 Connect Directly to the Q Card API from your Online Store The team at FutureLab have developed a custom plugin that connects to the new Q Card API from your online store. 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