The What Is? (FAQ) (24)

Want to know "What Is" anything regard your Paytabs account? This is your right stop. Enjoy our detailed and helpful solutions articles that will clarify to you everything step by step

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Understanding Key Players in Online Payment Processing
In today's digital age, online payment processing has become an integral part of modern commerce. Whether you're shopping online, using a mobile app, or making a payment at a physical store, various entities work together seamlessly to ensure smooth and secure transactions. In this article, we'll delve ...
Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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What are the differences between Invoices & PayLinks ?
If you are confused between PayLinks and Invoices, this article assists you in understanding the differences and choosing which option is more suitable for your business needs.   In this article, you will get to learn more about: PayLinks  Invoices  Comparison table  How to find existing transactions for ...
Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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What are the different ways to create invoices?
PayTabs provides you with multiple ways to create invoices. The below article provides you with the details of 6 invoicing options which vary between creating Single invoice/ multiple or bulk invoices, Learn more about each method and choose the option that suits your business and saves you time. Here are the di...
Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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What are the Five (5) ways of receiving transaction response?
After a transaction process comes to an end, you can easily depend on the mentioned methods to update your system with the transaction/payment status to proceed with your order business flow process, such as shipping the order once the payment is authenticated, unlocking the products locked quantities after the pay...
Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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What are the test cards available to perform payments?
You can perform test transactions via your test profile using our test cards to simulate successful or rejected payments in your system/integration. Test Cards can be found also in your PayTabs dashboard > Developers  > Testing  > Test Cards Test cards will ONLY work with Test profiles ...
Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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What is a Cancelled Invoice?
A cancelled invoice refers to a situation where a client clicks on the invoice link, opens the payment page, but chooses to: Click Cancel instead of Pay Now or Close the payment page without entering card or payment details The payment page will display a "Transaction Cancelled" message. ...
Wed, May 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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What is a rolling reserve?
As stipulated in the merchant agreement, A Rolling Reserve, is held on trust, and is designated to stay in your PayTabs account on a rolling xx-days basis, from the date of your last withdrawal.  Rolling Reserve is a risk management strategy to protect you and your account from potential loss due to chargebacks.  ...
Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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What Is Error 204?
Error 204  pertains to Insufficient funds in the account.  The transaction is denied by the issuing bank as there aren’t enough funds in the associated bank account to complete this payment or the transaction may put the customer’s credit card over the limit.  Solution: Customer(s) to use an alternate card,...
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 6:09 PM
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What is my (Region)/(endpoint URL)?
You may be asked for the region, business country, or what is the endpoint base URL you are using in several situations such as opening a ticket. In this article, we will guide you on how to get this information, and how it could be used. You may also be asked for your merchant account id or profile id, to know...
Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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What is PayTabs "Invoice"?
In this article you will learn about the: What is an Invoice? What is the difference between a receipt and an invoice? What is the difference between a payment page and an invoice? Invoice:  Payment Page: PayTabs Invoices Features Digital Invoices Accept Instant Payments Customize and itemize your invoi...
Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 1:36 PM