Follow our project timeline to successfully integrate Safepay.
Follow our project timeline to successfully integrate Safepay payments into your system. Safepay's platform allows you to accept payments, receive payouts, and reconcile your accounts with ease. Whether you're using Safepay Atoms to create a customized checkout flow or Checkout to build a payment form, Safepay’s APIs provide secure processing across various global payment methods and currencies.
Before you begin, ensure that you are registered and logged into your Safepay account. Integrating payments can take as little as one week, but for businesses with complex internal systems, the timeline can extend up to three months. The primary dependencies influencing this timeline include engineering resources, internal system integrations, and change management across impacted teams.
| PHASE | DURATION | TASK |
|---|---|---|
| Design | 1 week | Finalize decisions outlined in Planning considerations with impacted teams. |
| Setup | 1-2 days | Create and activate your Safepay account by signing up and completing your business profile. |
| Build | 1-2 weeks | Build your frontend integration. |
| 2-4 weeks | Build your server-side integration. | |
| 2 weeks | Build your reporting and reconciliation pipeline. | |
| Train | 1 week each | Conduct team-specific trainings and playbooks for Safepay environment, for example: Fraud and disputes, Customer service, Finance and accounting. |
| Test and Go Live | 1 week | Test end-to-end in test and live environments. Refer to 'Test mode' and use cases for tools to test your integration. |
| Migrate | 2-4 weeks | When 100% of new customers are on Safepay, migrate existing customers. See 'Migrating data to Safepay' for more details. |
Note: Tasks in the same phase can be completed in parallel.
Before you start integrating Safepay, consider the following structural decisions for your Safepay account:
This timeline serves as a comprehensive guide to integrating Safepay effectively within your business infrastructure. By carefully planning and following these steps, you can enhance your payment processing capabilities and ensure a smoother transition for your team and customers.