Payment Gateways
PayFast
The South African way to pay — instant EFT, cards and Masterpass.
PayFast is built for the South African market and settles in rand. It accepts credit and debit cards, instant EFT straight from a customer's bank account, Masterpass, Mobicred and SnapScan — the methods South African shoppers expect at checkout. One integration covers both platform plan purchases and everyday customer payments.
Inside PayFast
What you get when you switch it on.
Instant EFT
Customers pay directly from their bank account without entering card details, which matters in a market where debit-first behaviour is common.
Card payments
Credit and debit cards are accepted through the same checkout, so cardholders and EFT users are handled by one connection.
Masterpass, Mobicred and SnapScan
The wallet and credit options South African shoppers already use are available at checkout rather than being a separate arrangement.
Rand settlement
Charges are raised and settled in ZAR, so the amount quoted is the amount taken with no currency conversion in the middle.
API key settings page
Enter your PayFast credentials once to connect the gateway. That single setup then applies across the platform rather than per module.
Plan purchases
On the superadmin side, customers buy platform plans through PayFast, with transactions tracked in real time as they complete.
Service payment collection
On the company side, PayFast collects for bookings, appointments, spa services, course purchases, hotel and room reservations and similar customer transactions.
Real-time transaction tracking
Payment status updates as the transaction completes, so the record shows what has actually been collected rather than what was expected.
Inside the screens
What PayFast looks like day to day.
Placeholder imageWhere it earns its place
What teams switch PayFast on for.
01
Selling to South African customers
Checkout offers the methods local shoppers expect — instant EFT, Masterpass, SnapScan — instead of only a card form that a share of them will abandon.
02
Bank transfer without the admin
Instant EFT settles the payment against the invoice at the moment it is made, rather than leaving someone to match a bank deposit to an order later.
03
Bookings and appointments
Salons, clinics and guesthouses take rand payment as the booking is confirmed, with the transaction attached to that booking record.
Features
Everything in PayFast.
- Built for the South African market
- South African rand (ZAR) settlement
- Credit and debit card acceptance
- Instant EFT from a bank account
- Masterpass support
- Mobicred support
- SnapScan support
- API key settings page for the connection
- One setup applied across the platform
- Superadmin plan purchases
- Company-side service payment collection
- Real-time transaction tracking
How add-ons work
PayFast is not a separate app.
It runs inside GetBizApps Suite, on the same data, behind the same login.
01
Switch it on
Enable the add-on from your workspace. It appears alongside everything else already running — no separate install, no second login.
02
It shares your data
The add-on reads and writes the same customers, staff and records as the rest of the Suite, so nothing has to be re-keyed or synced.
03
Your roles still apply
Existing permissions carry across. Decide which teams see the add-on, and what they are allowed to do inside it.
04
Your price adjusts
It joins your subscription as one more enabled add-on, and comes off again if you turn it back off.
See what PayFast costs alongside the rest of your setup.
Build your priceWhat teams say
PayFast, in their words.
Adding online payments directly into our workflow reduced the amount of time our team spends checking bank transfers and matching payments manually.
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PayFast questions.
What people ask before switching this one on.
PayFast is for South Africa and settles in South African rand. It is the right choice when your customers are in that market and expect local payment options rather than an international card checkout.
Credit and debit cards, instant EFT, and Masterpass, along with Mobicred and SnapScan. Instant EFT is often the one that matters most, because it lets a customer pay straight from their bank account without a card.
You enter your PayFast credentials on the add-on's API key settings page to securely connect your platform with the gateway. That single integration setup then applies across the platform rather than being repeated for each module.
On the superadmin side it handles platform plan purchases with real-time transaction tracking. On the company side it collects payment for business services such as bookings, appointments, spa services, course purchases and hotel or room reservations.
Yes. Transactions are tracked in real time and the payment status is written against the record the charge was raised for, so the operational view and the finance view stay in step.
PayFast is a payment gateway add-on for GetBizApps Suite built for South African businesses. It settles in South African rand and accepts credit and debit cards, instant EFT, Masterpass, Mobicred and SnapScan, covering both platform plan purchases on the superadmin side and customer payments for bookings, appointments and other services on the company side. It is available at https://getbizapps.com/addons/payfast.
PayFast is billed as one of the add-ons in your GetBizApps Suite subscription. Your total is built from the add-ons you switch on, your number of users and the duration you commit to, in USD or INR. You can model it on the pricing page at https://getbizapps.com/pricing.
PayFast runs inside GetBizApps Suite, so you need the Suite itself. There is no separate installation or login — enable the add-on and it appears alongside everything else you are already running, on the same data and the same permissions.
Yes. Add-ons can be switched on and off as your needs change, and your subscription adjusts to match what is currently enabled.
See PayFast on your own data.
Book a walkthrough and we will show you this add-on in context, alongside the others your business would actually use.