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Sofort

Learn more about Sofort and its payment workflow.

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Note that no new merchant onboarding is possible for this payment method.
If you are an existing merchant, you can continue to use this product as specified without any changes/updates.

Sofort is a popular online payment method available in Germany and Austria. After selecting Sofort, the customer will be redirected to Sofort, a Klarna service, to initiate an online transfer. Sofort is acting as a payment initiation service and will enable the customer to securely log in to their bank to authorize the payment. Additionally each consumer will need to complete a user account login step for Klarna. Once the authentication and payment are done, the customer can continue shopping in your online shop.

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Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland,
Spain, Switzerland
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Advantages

  • Payment security: The customer authenticates on their bank site, so there is no confidential data shared between the merchant and the customer.
  • Increased customer confidence: The Sofort/Klarna brand is recognized and trusted by customers, especially those in Western Europe.
  • Supported by all banks in Austria and Germany

Payment workflow

The following diagram explains workflow for Sofort payments.

Sofort workflow

Step 1: Create an Sofort payment type resource. A resource ID is generated in the response and is used in the workflow to complete the payment.

Step 2: Make a charge transaction with the Sofort resource that you created.

Step 3: Forward the customer to the redirectUrl that is displayed in the charge response.

Step 4: Once the customer makes the payment on their bank portal, redirect the customer to the returnURL specified in the initial charge call.

Step 5: After the transaction, display the result to the customer in the front end of the online shop.

Integration options

Quickly integrate with Unzer without any programming knowledge

Use pre-built, configurable all-in-one pages with your own mix of payment methods

Use pre-built forms and quickly integrate with minimum work on the client side

Integrate with Unzer using your own payment form