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Payfast Payment Gateway for WHMCS

Accept Payfast payments on WHMCS with the free PaymentHood module. Install in minutes, no gateway code.

WHMCS · South Africa

Accept Payfast
payments on WHMCS

Install the free PaymentHood module for WHMCS, connect your Payfast account, and Payfast 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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WHMCS 7.0+
6 payment methods
Free module
WHMCS
Payfast
Platform
WHMCS 7.0+
Provider
Payfast
Install via
Apps & Integrations
Billing
One-time & recurring
PaymentHood fee
None
Compatibility

Payfast on WHMCS at a glance

WHMCS version
WHMCS 7.0+
Where you install it
WHMCS admin → Apps & Integrations
Coverage
  • South Africa
Currencies
  • ZAR
Billing models
One-time checkout and recurring renewals — WHMCS generates both, and the module handles both.
Cost
The module is free and open source. You pay Payfast's own fees, published on their pricing page. PaymentHood adds nothing on top.

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

Payment methods

What WHMCS customers can pay with

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

Cards

Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards

Instant EFT

Direct bank payment, confirmed in real time

QR wallets

Scan-to-pay via mobile wallet apps

Mobicred

Revolving credit facility, checked out like a card

Store cards

Retailer-issued credit accounts

MTN MoMo

Mobile money wallet

Setup

Connect Payfast to WHMCS

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

1

Open a Payfast account

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

2

Add it in PaymentHood

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

3

Install the module

Download the WHMCS module and install it from Apps & Integrations in your WHMCS admin.

4

Enable and test

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

Full WHMCS installation guide
Why PaymentHood

Rather than a direct Payfast module

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

Webhook security
ITN (Instant Transaction Notification) — signature validated, source IP confirmed against Payfast's published ranges
Payment verification
Server-side confirmation before fulfilment; an ITN that fails any single check does not mark the order paid
Credentials
Merchant ID and merchant key, held server-side in PaymentHood
  • Add a second provider without touching your WHMCS checkout
  • Automatic failover when Payfast 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 module on GitHub
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

ITN stands for Instant Transaction Notification — the server-to-server callback Payfast sends when a payment completes. It is the only trustworthy signal that a payment succeeded, because the browser redirect can be tampered with or simply never happen. A correct ITN handler must validate the signature, confirm the request came from a Payfast IP address, and check that the amount paid matches the order. PaymentHood performs all three before releasing an order.

Payfast settles in South African Rand (ZAR). If you need to charge in other currencies, route those transactions to a different provider in your PaymentHood dashboard — the same checkout integration covers both.

Yes. You register directly with Payfast and connect your merchant credentials to PaymentHood. Funds settle from Payfast into your own bank account; PaymentHood never holds merchant money.

Yes — that is the main reason to run Payfast behind PaymentHood. You can keep Payfast for cards while sending Instant EFT to a different provider, or fail over automatically if one provider has an outage, without touching your store's checkout.

No. Payfast's fees are billed to you by Payfast. PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut — see PaymentHood pricing.
Related

Keep reading

Payfast overview

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

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PaymentHood for WHMCS

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

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All payment providers

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

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Accept Payfast on WHMCS today

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

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