LayUp payment gateway plugin for woocommerce

Description

LayUp provides an automated payment plan solution that integrates seamlessly with your existing WordPress e-commerce site at checkout via our Woocomerce Plugin. LayUp offers your consumers an alternative option to pay for goods/services by making monthly or weekly, interest-free instalments with no setup costs or contracts. Start accepting payment plans today.

Advantages

• Increased Conversions – LayUp converts browsers into shoppers with an interest free payment solution online.

• Increased Basket Size & Repeat Purchase Rates – LayUp customers spend more per transaction over their lifetime, & they return to your site more often to LayUp their purchase.

• Decreased Drop Off at Checkout – LayUp reduces drop off & puts your items within reach of more customers who previously wouldn’t have been able to transact with you.

• Gamification Tools – LayUp gives you the cutting edge over competitors by providing a Gamification tool that incentivises your customers along the payment plan.

How it Works – Customer

• At checkout, the customer chooses to pay using LayUp and thereafter is required to pay a small deposit (determined by you, the merchant) in order to secure their chosen items at the advertised price and to activate their payment plan.

• The customer has the flexibility to determine the number of weeks or months that they would like to pay over, provided that it’s within the duration parameters configured by the merchant.

• The customer must then fulfil their obligation and only once a payment plan is complete may the goods/services be redeemed.

How it Works – Merchant

• Implementing our Woocomerce plugin to your Wodrpress e-commerce site allows for users to checkout using LayUp, an alternative payment solution.

• Orders are put into a partial state on the Woocommerce system to indicate that it’s being paid off.

• LayUp allows your customers to pay through card or EFT payments at no additional cost to you.

• LayUp’s technology automatically collects monthly payments & will follow up with your clients to help them reach their goals.

• Orders are updated daily with the payments that have been made via LayUp for the order.

• LayUp allows merchants the ability to update their merchant account details at their convenience.

• Merchants can simply enter their API Keys (to authenticate themselves on the LayUp API) You can fetch this API Key by contacting merchantsupport.

• Should a merchant decide to remove the plugin, the plugin automatically reverts all the changes made to the system.

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Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to the?/wp-content/plugins/plugin-name?directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.

2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

3. Use the woocommerce->Settings->Payments->LayUp screen to configure the plugin

4. Next go to woocommerce->Settings and click on the Layup Merchant settings tab

5. Fill in the provided Merchant ID and click save

6. Your Merchant name(Company name) and Merchant domain should already filled in. Your Merchant notify URL should be empty, you will have to fill this in like so: https://yourdomainname.com/wc-api/WC_Layup_Gateway

7. “wc-api/WC_Layup_Gateway” this is the important part and should not be changed.

8. ***Please make sure that all your products have SKUs set as the LayUp API requires it to make a purchase.

FAQ

How does using LayUp benefit me as a merchant?

• Your customers do not need to complete an application process or enter into a loan agreement.

• There are no hidden fees and no interest is levied on the total value of goods/services purchased.

• Customers are not required to provide in-depth, personal information that would typically cause delays or for them to default entirely.

• Various payment plan terms are offered to the customer ranging from 1 week to 24 months.

• By offering your customers this option, our experience and market research shows that customers are more inclined to buy and/or will likely purchase even more as a result of increased affordability and the flexibility which LayUp provides

• By assisting customers to avoid unwarranted debt, you increase retention and thereby the likelihood of future purchases

Why should I add LayUp as on option on my online store?

The LayUp payment solution increases conversion rates, especially for customers who may have otherwise not been able to pay up-front, in full. Our offering reduces drop-off rates by incentivising prospective customers to convert sooner. There is also a far greater possibility of the customer increasing their basket size which provides a sustainable and economical way to retain your customers and, in turn, increasing the likelihood of future purchases.

How do I sign up as a merchant?

Simply visit our website and create your customised merchant profile by completing a few, simple steps. Our dedicated, merchant support team will then make contact to verify and activate your account. We look forward to having you on board!

What reassurance is there that the LayUp solution works?

LayUp’s bespoke technology is a B2B (and B2C) solution aimed at businesses who are constantly looking for innovative ways to increase sales. LayUp guarantees an affordable and sustainable alternative payment option that will increase sales through existing markets as well as customer retention by helping them avoid unwarranted debt.

How does LayUp make their money?

LayUp charges a percentage fee per payment plan created. This includes transactional and banking processing fees to accept online merchant payments. This fee structure will be negotiated on a per contract basis.

How and when do I get paid?

The deposit payment is transferred by EFT within 24hrs in order for you to reserve the purchase 24hrs. Depending on the size and volume of your business LayUp will either settle the residual payments weekly/monthly or once the customer has completed their payment plan. This will be confirmed during the on-boarding process.

Do we have to commit to fixed terms with LayUp Technologies?

Nope! We don’t believe in contractural commitments. LayUp only charges you when your customers decide to checkout with LayUp. We are so confident of our product/ service that we give you the flexibility to stop using our product at any time.

What other features does LayUp Offer?

• LayUp offers automated recurring billing

• Monthly collections and reconciliation

• 24/7 merchant and customer support

• Personalised merchant and consumer dashboards

• Split payment features for users to split the payment plan amongst guests

What risk is there for me using LayUp?

There is no risk at all! This is just one of the great features of using LayUp. You will never provide a customer with a product/service until they have paid for it in full and there is no risk of fraudulent payments being received and charge backs occurring.

My customer wants to modify their payment plan, how do I handle this?

Yes, sure you can amend your payment plan. Send through the required and approved updates and we will get in touch to process the amendments and adjust the payment plan accordingly.

Reviews

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.11.1

• fixed conflicting function name for checkout blocks

1.11.0

• Added setting to allow orders to be completed on initial deposit payment.

1.10.3

• fixed issue with order query for legacy order storage

1.10.1

• update readme

1.10.0

• added support for woocommerce checkout block

v1.9.13

• added support of woocommerce high performance order storage

v1.9.11

• updated readme

v1.9.10

• deployment improvements

v1.9.9

• modified is-live end point

v1.9.7

• Removed Absorb fee option

v1.9.6

• added is live end point

v1.9.5

• added product type field

v1.9.4

• Updated payment plan preview design.

v1.9.3

• fixed nonce errors for bulk editing products.

v1.9.2

• fixed woocommerce fee not being included.

v1.9.1

• fixed woocommerce error on shop/category page.

v1.9.0

• Added product level payment plan preview templates and learn more popup styles.
• Removed API calls to save the payment plan preview values, these values are now calculated in the plugin instead.
• Added dynamic deposits as a flat fee, as well as option to disable it.

v1.8.3

• Fixed fixed price formatting.
• Fixed deposit not showing on category page.

v1.8.2

• Fixed an issue when saving products.

v1.8.1

• Fixed issue with payment plan not being generated because of API change.
• Added ability for merchant to construct there own custom payment plan wording
• Added check for API keys and alerts for when an API key has become incorrect
• Added Payment webhook process

v1.7.21

• Fixed estimate display on products with no price.

v1.7.20

• Fixed cron for products with no price.

v1.7.18

• Added new :learn more” popup style option and updated popup design.

v1.7.17

• Changed how first instalment deposit type displays on category page.

v1.7.16

• Fixed error on cart page

v1.7.15

• Changed how first instalment deposit type displays on product and cart page.

v1.7.14

• Added Cron that checks cancelled and pending orders for payments in the last 24 hours.

v1.7.13

• changed paymenplan estimate for the cart setting default to off

v1.7.12

• Webhook able to change a cancelled order to placed (on hold)
• Removed merchant settings
• Customer view of payment plan updates more often
• Added a paymenplan estimate to the cart

v1.7.11

• Changed LayUp order name to use woocommerce order number instead of Order ID (support for WooCommerce Sequential Order Numbers)

v1.7.10

• Fixed dynamic payment plan estimates for a large number of variations

v1.7.9

• Added dynamic payment plan estimates

v1.7.8

• Updated webhook to use json format

v1.7.7

• Added new EXPIRED state to webhook
• Order Image to use parent product if product is variation

v1.7.6

• Added SKU generator
• Made generic error show specific error

v1.7.5

• Fixed rounding issue on tax amounts
• Removed trailing decimals

v1.7.4

• Fixed an issue with checkout before products where updated.

v1.7.0

• Added a feature to set deposit type, deposit amount and min and max dates on a per product basis

v1.6.4

• Optimisations done for server resources on resource heavy websites

v1.6.3

• Added deposit type

v1.6.2

• Fixed minor bugs

v1.6.1

• Improved single page product payment plan layout
• Rewrite of callback fucntion to accept notifications of Cancelled orders, Placed orders and Completed orders.

v1.5.9

• Fixed an issue where live API keys where being used in sandbox mode – caused by changes in v1.5.7

v1.5.8

• Removed WP Cron that updates order statuses and replaced it with callback function that accepts notifications from layup.
• fixed formating of price when payment plan preview cron is run
• fixed payment plan preview showing when no payment plan has been set

v1.5.7

• Removed class from product estimate that was conflicting with a change made in 1.5.5

v1.5.6

• Fixed estimate not working if product ID can not be found

v1.5.5

• Fixed product page button and payment plan estimate responsiveness

v1.5.4

• fixed order updates when not in testing mode

v1.5.3

• fixed payment plans

v1.5.2

• fixed order updates when not in testing mode

v1.5.1

• Changed logo size

v1.5.0

• changed the way the plugin processes orders
• fixed the stock not being increased if the order is cancelled
• removed custom email and templates

1.4.0

• Added learn more modal to single product page

1.3.2

• Changed payment plan example to use the date given in settings

1.3.1

• Changed hook for single page product payment plan example it should be compatible with more themes.
• CSS fixed for payment plan example in the product loop and single page
• Added the option to not display the payment plan example from the website

1.3.0

• Added custom woocommerce email for when a Layup order status changes to “Placed”.
• Fixed woocommerce emails not working.
• Added support for Woocommerce 4.0

1.2.2

• Optimised the way existing products are updated with estimate payment plan to stop timeout on plugin activation.

1.2.1

• fix merchant ID always showing invalid.

1.2.0

• Reordered LayUp Settings.

• Added admin notice to sign up for a merchant account.

• Changed configuration prompt text.

• Moved all setting field descriptions from tool tips to underneath each field.

1.1.2

• New subdomain added.

• Added LayUp logo to the plugin.

1.1.0

• Added: Auto update products when plugin is activated.

• Added: Checkout notice if products in cart have the disable layup option enabled.

• Added: Notify URL

• Fixed: UI Bug where estimated payment was in the wrong place in the product loop

1.0.1

• Fixed redirect

1.0.0

• Initial Release