Following feedback from multiple merchants, we have enhanced our internal system to handle repeat payments. Until now, we depended on the limited functionality of one of our PSPs, which restricted the services we could offer for repeat payments. Some of the issues we faced includedincluded:
Inability to edit or update a schedule once created
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Our new system aims to address all of these issues.
Overview
Our Repeat payment system allows you to schedule future payments to be taken from a customer’s debit or credit card
There are three locations to set up repeat payments
Take a payment page
Recent Blink transactions page
Blink card transactions page
These schedules can be managed on the "Manage repeat payments" page. Repeat payments can be created for a fixed or variable schedule.
Type | Definition | Example |
Fixed schedule | A fixed amount is taken at a set frequency for a specified amount of cycles | £10.00 is taken on the 15th of every month for 12 months |
Variable schedule | Different amounts are scheduled for manually selected dates | £10.00 on the 1st of March; £40 on the 15th of April; £100 on the 31st of December |