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Authorize.Net, Braintree, Stripe, and Payyo are payment gateways that allow you to accept all major credit cards online. We strongly recommend accepting credit cards as it will enhance your website's credibility and is the most convenient form of payment for your guests. Furthermore, credit card payments offer you a variety of further functionalities to automize your day-to-day processes. For more information keep on reading and see our blog post 8 reasons why your vacation rental needs to accept credit cards. 

Before connecting those payment gateways to Lodgify, check the following: 

  1. You must have an existing merchant account to connect to Lodgify.
  2. In some countries, one or more payment gateways might not be available. Check out the full list of countries for Authorize.Net, Braintree, and Stripe. Payyo is not available in the US, EU, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, and Syria. 
  3. Review the commissions for receiving payments through Authorize.Net, Braintree, and Stripe.

To connect credit card payments:

  1. Go to your Main Menu in the top left corner and select Settings.
  2. In the left navigation panel click Payments. 
  3. Activate credit card payments.
  4. A slide-in window appears. Follow the table below select Payyo, Authorize.Net, Braintree or Stripe.
If you are connecting... ...then
Payyo
 
  • From Credit Card, select Payyo.
  • Then click Activate Payyo. For further details on Payyo and the next steps of the connection process, check out this article.

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Authorize.Net
  • From the Other Payment gateways drop-down menu, select Authorize.Net. 
  • Add your credentials (API Key and List ID) and click Connect.
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Braintree
  • From the Other Payment gateways drop-down menu, select Braintree. 
  • Add your Braintree credentials (Merchant Account ID, Merchant ID, Public Key, and Private Key) and click Connect.

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Stripe
  • From Credit Card, click Stripe.
  • Click Continue and then click Connect. You will be redirected automatically to Stripe. If you already have a Stripe account then click Sign in with Stripe to connect, if you don't have an account yet, go to Sign up in the top right corner. Then follow the instructions.
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Once the connection with your payment gateways is set up, your guests will be able to fill in their credit card details directly on the check-out page. You can also configure some additional settings in your credit card section in Lodgify.
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Scheduled Payment

You can decide to take the first, or all scheduled payments directly from the credit card without sending manual or automatic payment requests.

💡 Note: If you are switching from Paypal to credit card payments, Scheduled Payment does not apply to existing bookings.

 Payyo, Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.Net

Scheduled Refunds

You can decide if you want to automatically refund a prepayment in case of cancellation, according to the settings in your cancellation policy.

 Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.Net

Verification

You need to switch on only in the case that you accept Booking Requests and want to charge the credit card directly when accepting the booking. Find out more in Use cases for booking requests.

  Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.Net

Damage Deposit

You can pre-authorize your guest's credit card to temporarily hold (not charge) the amount of the damage deposit on your guest's card. Find out more about Pre-Authorize credit cards for damage deposits. 

 Payyo, Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.Net

💡 Note: You will be charged a 1% Application Fee by Lodgify for each payment received via Stripe, Authorize.Net, and Braintree.  This application fee is charged so we can continuously work on offering more value-adding payment-related features for you. For Stripe only: If you prefer to pay a monthly flat fee instead, sign up for Stripe Premium.

You can also leave us feedback on which payment portal you would like to have available in the future.  Other Payment Gateways provides a list of possible alternative portals we are considering implementing in the future. Just select your preferred gateway, click Continue, Request Access, and then fill out the short questionnaire!