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DPO Pay Payment Gateway for VirtueMart

Accept DPO Pay payments on VirtueMart with the free PaymentHood plugin. Install in minutes, no gateway code.

VirtueMart · Pan-Africa

Accept DPO Pay
payments on VirtueMart

Install the free PaymentHood plugin for VirtueMart, connect your DPO Pay account, and DPO Pay appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.

  • KES
  • TZS
  • UGX
  • RWF
  • ZMW
  • BWP
  • ETB
  • ZAR
  • NGN
  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
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VirtueMart 4.0+
2 payment methods
Free plugin
VirtueMart
DPO Pay
Platform
VirtueMart 4.0+
Provider
DPO Pay
Install via
Extensions → Manage → Install
Billing
One-time
PaymentHood fee
None
Compatibility

DPO Pay on VirtueMart at a glance

VirtueMart version
VirtueMart 4.0+
Where you install it
Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
Coverage
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Rwanda
  • Ethiopia
  • Zambia
  • Malawi
  • Zimbabwe
  • Botswana
  • Namibia
  • Mozambique
  • Mauritius
  • South Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Currencies
  • KES
  • TZS
  • UGX
  • RWF
  • ZMW
  • BWP
  • ETB
  • ZAR
  • NGN
  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
Billing models
One-time checkout payments. Recurring billing is not supported by the VirtueMart plugin yet.
Cost
The plugin is free and open source. You pay DPO Pay's own fees, published on their pricing page. PaymentHood adds nothing on top.

Coverage, currencies and payment methods as published by DPO Pay, who set and update them. For the current list see DPO Pay's own documentation.

Payment methods

What VirtueMart customers can pay with

Each method DPO Pay supports appears in your VirtueMart checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the Joomla side.

Cards

Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards

Mobile money

The regional wallets in each market DPO covers

Setup

Connect DPO Pay to VirtueMart

Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the VirtueMart installation guide.

1

Open a DPO Pay account

Register with DPO Pay and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from DPO Pay to your own bank account.

2

Add it in PaymentHood

Paste your DPO Pay credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.

3

Install the plugin

Download the VirtueMart plugin and install it from Extensions → Manage → Install in your Joomla admin.

4

Enable and test

Paste your PaymentHood API key into the plugin settings, run a sandbox order end to end, then switch to live.

Full VirtueMart installation guide
Why PaymentHood

Rather than a direct DPO Pay plugin

A single-provider plugin works until you need a second provider. These are the parts you would otherwise build and maintain yourself.

Webhook security
Callback validated and reconciled against the transaction record before the order is released
Payment verification
Server-side transaction verification against DPO before fulfilment
Credentials
Company token and service credentials, held server-side in PaymentHood
  • Add a second provider without touching your VirtueMart checkout
  • Automatic failover when DPO Pay is unreachable, instead of a failed order
  • Idempotent charge creation, so a double-submitted order is not a double charge
  • One reconciliation view across every provider you run
  • Free and open source — read the plugin on GitHub
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

More than 20, spanning East, West, Southern and North Africa — including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Confirm your specific market with DPO before launch, as coverage changes.

DPO is the pragmatic choice when you sell into several African markets and want one contract instead of five. A single-country provider such as Paystack in Nigeria or Payfast in South Africa will usually offer deeper local payment-method coverage in its home market. Running both behind PaymentHood lets you use DPO for reach and a local provider where it wins — the routing decision is made in the dashboard, not in your code.

DPO supports a broad set of African and major international currencies, including KES, TZS, UGX, RWF, ZMW, BWP, ETB, ZAR, NGN, USD, EUR and GBP. Your available set depends on your account and market.

Yes. Mobile money is offered alongside cards in the markets where DPO operates, which matters in East Africa where wallet penetration is far higher than card penetration.

No. DPO bills you directly for its own fees. PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut — see PaymentHood pricing.
Related

Keep reading

DPO Pay overview

Coverage, currencies, payment methods and how PaymentHood secures the DPO Pay integration.

Read more

PaymentHood for VirtueMart

The plugin itself: features, billing models and every provider it can reach.

Read more

All payment providers

Every provider PaymentHood connects to, filterable by global, regional and crypto.

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Accept DPO Pay on VirtueMart today

Free plugin, no PaymentHood transaction fee, and room to add another provider whenever you need one.

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