AltaPay · order management
AltaPay integration in a custom checkout
An AltaPay integration means that after payment your order can also be managed as reservation, capture, refund and release through AltaPay’s API — not only as “capture now”. That matters when you do not capture before the goods ship, or when you split capture across several shipments. Webshops with backorders need it. A simple invoice app rarely does. Auth versus capture, partial capture on split deliveries, cancelled backorders and your order id as the reference in AltaPay must be specified before anyone codes. Without a fixed reference, bookkeeping digs in two systems every Monday.
Is AltaPay the same as ePay? Both have roots in the same Danish payments and Worldline universe. Your agreement and endpoints decide what we call it. Send the login name, not the guess. Payments.
What you must spec in an AltaPay integration
- Auth versus capture — when the money is actually taken
- Partial capture on split deliveries
- What happens when a backorder is cancelled
- Reconciliation: your order id as the reference in AltaPay, always
Auth
The amount is reserved when the order is locked.
Partial delivery
You capture what ships. The rest stays as a reservation.
Backorder cancelled
Release what never ships. Credit if you already captured too much.
Match
The same order id in your system and in AltaPay. Otherwise you dig.
Invoice app or a webshop with backorders
An invoice that is captured immediately does not need AltaPay’s order management. A shop with backorders does. If you are the first, consider a simpler gateway layer such as QuickPay. If you are the second, write the capture rules before kickoff.
Auth, partial capture and release are still 1 integration if the rules are written down. If you discover the rules in production, it becomes a mid-size engagement. Packages: 18,000 / 36,000 / 54,000 DKK + 600 / 900 / 1,200 DKK/month.
A reference id bookkeeping can find
Your order id on every AltaPay call. Not an internal UUID only a developer knows. Monday reconciliation must be searchable from both sides. Send us an example of a backorder and a cancellation so we can price it correctly. Contact · Pricing.
FAQ: AltaPay integration
Is AltaPay the same as ePay?
Both have roots in the same Worldline universe. Your agreement and endpoints decide what we call it. Send the login name.
Must we always use auth and capture?
No. Capture-now is fine for invoices and digital goods. Auth+capture is for physical goods and backorders.
What if the backorder is cancelled?
Release what does not ship. Without that rule the reservation sits until it expires at the acquirer.
Can you guess our endpoints from “AltaPay”?
No. The login name and a test call beat three slides. Send that.