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SnapScan Payment Gateway for VirtueMart

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

VirtueMart · South Africa

Accept SnapScan
payments on VirtueMart

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

  • ZAR
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VirtueMart 4.0+
2 payment methods
Free plugin
VirtueMart
SnapScan
Platform
VirtueMart 4.0+
Provider
SnapScan
Install via
Extensions → Manage → Install
Billing
One-time
PaymentHood fee
None
Compatibility

SnapScan on VirtueMart at a glance

VirtueMart version
VirtueMart 4.0+
Where you install it
Joomla admin → Extensions → Manage → Install
Coverage
  • South Africa
Currencies
  • ZAR
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 SnapScan's own fees, published on their pricing page. PaymentHood adds nothing on top.

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

Payment methods

What VirtueMart customers can pay with

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

QR code

Customer scans at checkout and approves in the SnapScan app

Payment links

A shareable link for invoices, email and social selling

Setup

Connect SnapScan to VirtueMart

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

1

Open a SnapScan account

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

2

Add it in PaymentHood

Paste your SnapScan 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 SnapScan 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
Signed payment notification, validated before the order is released
Payment verification
Server-side payment status re-check against the SnapScan merchant API before fulfilment
Credentials
Merchant API key, held server-side in PaymentHood
  • Add a second provider without touching your VirtueMart checkout
  • Automatic failover when SnapScan 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

The customer selects SnapScan, a QR code containing your merchant SnapCode plus the order amount and reference is displayed, and they scan it with the SnapScan app. They approve with a PIN or biometric, and the merchant is notified in real time. Because the amount and order reference are embedded in the code, the customer does not retype anything.

Yes — SnapScan is an app-based wallet, so it only reaches customers who have installed it. That is exactly why it belongs alongside cards and pay-by-bank rather than replacing them. PaymentHood lets you offer all three from one integration.

It works, since the customer scans the on-screen code with their phone. It is strongest on mobile-heavy traffic and for invoice or link-based selling, where the payment link can be sent directly to the customer.

Yes. They are competing QR wallets with different user bases, and offering both costs you nothing extra behind PaymentHood — both are configured in the dashboard against the same checkout integration.

No. SnapScan bills you directly. PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut — see PaymentHood pricing.
Related

Keep reading

SnapScan overview

Coverage, currencies, payment methods and how PaymentHood secures the SnapScan 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 SnapScan on VirtueMart today

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

Create Free Account Installation guide