[Deprecated] Unzer Installment
Learn more about Unzer Installment and its workflow
Unzer installment is a popular payment method both for merchants and their customers especially for larger basket sizes. The merchant ships their goods and the customer pays their order via direct debit once the goods arrived in small installments. Unzer offers to check for received funds and commences matching. Unzer will buy the entire claim and pay the full amount to the merchant upon the shipping call.
Additionally, Unzer will also send payment reminders to the customer if they don’t pay in a predefined time frame. If the end customer does not pay after they received the final then the claim is handed over to a debt collector.
| Available in | Supported currencies | Redirect | Refund | Partial Refund | Reversal | Chargeback | Recurring | Payout | Pay later | Unzer Secured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE AT | € |  | | | |  | | | | |
Advantages
- Ease of use: The customer can easily step through the checkout and choose the number of installments in which they want to pay for the goods. They provide their bank account details and the installments will be debited from their account via SEPA direct debit.
- High level of security: Unzer is addressing the usual danger with installment payments. If the transaction was successful and the shipment transaction has been sent in time, you will receive the funds even if the customer doesn’t send the payment.
- Preferred payment method for large baskets: The customer can buy higher baskets and pay it in smaller installments over a longer period of time.
Payment workflow
The following diagram explains workflow for Unzer invoice-secured payments.
Step 1: Get available installment plans.
After your customer chooses to pay in Installment, you need to show them all available Installment plans. To fetch all Installment plans for a specific (total) amount, you must make a GET call.
Step 2: Create customer and basket resources.
Unzer Installment requires additional information about the customer and the basket. The baskets resource contains all product information needed for the requested transaction.
Step 3: Create a installment-secured payment type resource.
A resource ID is generated in the response and is used in the workflow to complete the payment.
Step 4: Make an authorize transaction with the installment-secured resource that you created.
With Unzer Installment, you can’t charge the customer directly. You need to authorize the full amount first.
Step 5: Make an empty charges transaction with the installment-secured resource that you created.
Step 6: After the transaction, display the result (mainly contains the payment information) to the customer in the front end of the online shop.
Step 7: Add payment details on invoice
Shipment
Step 8: After the goods are shipped, a shipment call must be placed to activate the factoring.
Integration options
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