7.1
2013-01-30

iDeal Payment Module

iDEAL is a payment method that is often used in the Netherlands for online payments. Several banks offer the possibility to receive payments that are made with iDEAL. The shop owner should have a bank account at a bank that supports receiving payments made by iDEAL. The shop user should have an internet banking account at a bank that supports making payments with iDEAL.

Most banks in the Netherlands support iDEAL because it's the most used method for making online payments and the number of users are still growing.

The following iDeal product are supported in PrintShop Mail Web:

The workflow for a shop owner to add iDEAL to his webshop is the following:

  1. Go to the website of the bank of the shopowner and create an iDEAL test account
  2. Configure the test account on the banks website
  3. Add the iDEAL payment connector to PrintShop Mail Web
  4. Configure the iDEAL payment connector
  5. Make test payments with PrintShop Mail Web
  6. Request the bank to upgrade the test iDEAL account to a production account
  7. Activate the production account on the banks iDEAL dashboard
  8. Switch the payment connector to production mode in PrintShop Mail Web

The following sections will guide you through this process and explain how to configure the module.