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SnapScan Payment Gateway Integration

Accept SnapScan payments through one PaymentHood integration — South Africa. Free plugins, no PaymentHood transaction fee.

South Africa

Accept SnapScan
without building the integration

SnapScan is a South African QR-code payment app. At checkout the customer scans a QR code with the SnapScan app and approves the payment with a PIN or biometric — no card details are entered on the merchant's site. Launched in 2013, it was one of the first mobile payment apps in South Africa and is accepted by tens of thousands of merchants.

  • ZAR
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South Africa
2 payment methods
0% PaymentHood fee
SnapScan
Region
South Africa
Methods
2
Credentials
Server-side only
PaymentHood fee
None
Status
Live
At a glance

SnapScan in summary

Coverage
  • South Africa

Among the markets SnapScan serves — their own list is authoritative.

Currencies
  • ZAR

Among those supported. Which ones your account can charge in depends on its registered country.

Fees
Set and billed by SnapScan, who publish current rates on their own site. PaymentHood adds nothing on top, at any volume.
Official resources
Website · Developer docs

Written against SnapScan's own documentation on . This page deliberately states no fees, no counts and no completeness claims, because those change without notice — for anything you are about to build on, SnapScan's own documentation is the authority.

Payment methods

What your customers can pay with

Every method below runs through the same PaymentHood checkout. Turning one on or off is a dashboard setting, not a code change.

QR code

Customer scans at checkout and approves in the SnapScan app

Payment links

A shareable link for invoices, email and social selling

Integration

What PaymentHood handles for you

A direct SnapScan integration is not just an API call. These are the parts every team ends up rebuilding — and the parts PaymentHood ships already done.

Credentials
Merchant API key, held server-side in PaymentHood
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
  • Idempotent charge creation, so a retried request never double-charges a customer
  • Automatic failover to another configured provider when SnapScan is unreachable
  • One reconciliation view across SnapScan and every other provider you run
  • Provider credentials never reach the storefront or the customer's browser
  • Adding or switching a provider later is a dashboard change, not a re-integration
Availability

Use SnapScan on your platform

Install the free PaymentHood plugin for your store, then enable SnapScan in your dashboard.

SnapScan for WooCommerce

Accept SnapScan payments on WooCommerce through the free PaymentHood WooCommerce plugin.

Setup guide

SnapScan for WHMCS

Accept SnapScan payments on WHMCS through the free PaymentHood WHMCS plugin.

Setup guide

SnapScan for VirtueMart

Accept SnapScan payments on VirtueMart through the free PaymentHood VirtueMart plugin.

Setup guide

SnapScan for Phoca Cart

Accept SnapScan payments on Phoca Cart through the free PaymentHood Phoca Cart plugin.

Setup guide

SnapScan for J2Commerce

Accept SnapScan payments on J2Commerce through the free PaymentHood J2Commerce plugin.

Setup guide
Setup

Connecting SnapScan takes three steps

1

Open your SnapScan account

Register directly with SnapScan and complete their onboarding. Funds settle from SnapScan into your own bank account — PaymentHood never holds merchant money.

2

Add the credentials to PaymentHood

Paste your SnapScan API credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They are stored server-side and never exposed to your storefront.

3

Enable it at checkout

Install the PaymentHood plugin for your platform, paste your PaymentHood API key, and SnapScan appears as a payment option. Test in sandbox, then switch to live.

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.

Start accepting SnapScan payments

Free plugin, no PaymentHood transaction fee, and the option to add another provider later without touching your checkout.

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