Creating Payers
The Very First Step
Creating a Payer is commonly the first step in creating a Payment.
Before Plastiq Connect can help process a Payment on behalf of your customer, we must first know about the individual or business initiating a transaction.
Getting Started
In order to create a Payer via Plastiq Connect, you will need to provide an email
or phone
for the Payer in the contact
object. Plastiq recommends to collect both email
and phone
for improved payment experience and payer verification.
Depending on the type of customer your platform services, we recommend collecting different sets of information.
Plastiq Connect recommends you design your Payments experience to adequately manage consumer and/or business customer needs where relevant. Businesses and consumers will have different requirements.
Businesses
A business is defined as an organization or enterprising entity engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities.
If this is your customer, we recommend you associate the business as the primary Payer entity in Plastiq Connect's systems.
Business Information
Plastiq Connect recommends the collection of the following to create a business Payer:
- the business name (
businessName
) - the business owner or business stakeholder's name (
contact.firstName
...) - the business owner or stakeholder's contact information (
contact.email
...) - the business's address of operation (
businessAddress
)
Consumers
Unlike businesses, a consumer is defined as a personal entity engaged in non-professional activities.
If this is your customer, we recommend you associate the consumer as the primary Payer entity in Plastiq Connect's systems.
Consumer Information
Plastiq Connect recommends the collection of the following to create a consumer Payer:
- the consumer's name (
contact.firstName
...) - the consumer's contact information (
contact.email
...) - the consumer's primary residence (
businessAddress
)
Plastiq's single POST Payers API flexibly manages and serves business and consumer Payer entities.
Try It Out
Updated about 2 years ago