If you sell products or services online, you need a payment gateway to process card payments on your website. A payment gateway is the online equivalent of an EFTPOS terminal — it securely collects card details, communicates with the customer’s bank, and processes the payment. This guide walks you through the setup process.
Step 1: Choose Your Gateway Provider
Look for a provider that integrates with your e-commerce platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce), offers PCI-compliant hosted payment pages (so card data never touches your server), provides Australian-dollar settlement, and has transparent pricing. BuzzPay’s payment gateway ticks all these boxes, with 24/7 support to help with integration.
Step 2: Integrate with Your Platform
Most payment gateways offer plugins or modules for popular platforms. For WooCommerce: install the gateway plugin, enter your API credentials, and configure settings. For Shopify: add the gateway from your Shopify admin payment settings. For custom websites: use the gateway’s API documentation to integrate payment processing into your checkout flow. BuzzPay offers hosted payment pages for businesses that do not want to handle integration themselves — redirect customers to a BuzzPay-branded payment page and they return to your site after paying.
Step 3: Configure Settings
Set your currency (AUD), enable the payment methods you want to accept (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), configure receipt emails, and set up webhook notifications to update your order management system when payments are confirmed.
Step 4: Test Your Checkout
Before going live, run test transactions to confirm everything works. Check that payment confirmations are received, order statuses update correctly, and customers see clear confirmation pages. Most gateways offer a sandbox or test mode for this purpose.
Step 5: Go Live
Switch from test mode to live mode, process a real small-value transaction to confirm, and you are accepting online payments. BuzzPay’s team on 1300 289 972 can guide you through each step if needed.
