The Bambora Payment Gateway for WooCommerce (formerly known as Beanstream) is designed to enhance your eCommerce store by providing a secure and integrated checkout experience. This gateway allows you to accept credit card payments directly on your site, ensuring that customers never leave your store during the payment process.
Why Choose WooCommerce Bambora?
The latest version (2.0) introduces a range of powerful features to streamline transactions and improve user experience:
- Automated Refunds and Voids: Process refunds or voids directly from WooCommerce without needing to log into your merchant account.
- Capture Authorized Transactions: Easily capture prior authorized transactions from the WooCommerce order edit screen, including the ability to perform partial captures.
- Force Charges for Virtual Orders: Automatically charge orders with only virtual items instead of simply authorizing them.
- Automatic Capture on Order Status Change: Transactions can be automatically captured when the order status changes to paid.
- Support for WooCommerce Subscriptions and Pre-Orders: Fully compatible with WooCommerce Subscriptions and Pre-Orders, enabling seamless payment management.
- Secure Payment Method Storage: Customers can securely save their payment methods for faster, hassle-free checkouts.
- Custom Checkout for Enhanced Security: Bambora’s Custom Checkout implementation ensures PCI SAQ A compliance, providing a secure payment process.
- Mobile-Friendly Checkout: The checkout form is optimized for mobile, featuring numerical inputs for card type and security code, ensuring an easy checkout experience on any device.
- Detailed Decline Messages: Improve customer experience by showing specific decline messages rather than generic errors during payment failures.
Key Features
- Major Credit and Debit Card Acceptance: Accept all major credit cards, including Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express®, Discover®, Diner’s Club, UnionPay, and JCB.
- Integrated Checkout: Maintain maximum control over your checkout process by allowing payments directly on your site, resulting in a smooth and customized experience.
- Mobile Checkout Enhancements: Features like automated card formatting and mobile-optimized fields make it easy for customers to enter their payment information on the go.
- My Payments Section: Customers can manage their saved payment methods in a unified “My Payments” section, where they can add nicknames for easier reference.
- Comprehensive Customer Account Management: Customers can change their active payment methods, add new ones, or remove old ones seamlessly without re-entering information.
- Subscription and Pre-Order Management: Ideal for stores with subscription models, Bambora supports payment date changes and pre-orders, allowing you to collect payments in advance.
- Capture Charges from WooCommerce: Capture authorized charges directly from the WooCommerce edit order screen without needing to access the Bambora control panel.
Conclusion
The WooCommerce Bambora Payment Gateway is a robust solution for merchants looking to streamline their payment processes. With its user-friendly interface, advanced features, and strong security measures, Bambora is an excellent choice for eCommerce businesses in North America. Enhance your store’s capabilities and improve the customer checkout experience today!
