Introduction

Platform Fees and Platform Charges give you the ability to collect your fees by adding it to a transaction. This request is sent simultaneous to the transaction being sent and is tied to that transaction. 

The main difference between Platform Fees & Platform Charges is Platform Fees are paid by the cardholder and the amount is added on top of the base amount while Platform Charges are paid by the merchant and is deducted from the base amount.

Platform Fee

Request:
TERMID=ABCD1234&PASS=mypass&TYPE=S&AMT=10000&PLATFEE=300&REF=A1B2C3D4

Platform Charge

Request:
TERMID=ABCD1234&PASS=mypass&TYPE=S&AMT=10000&PLATCHRG=300&REF=A1B2C3D4
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A transaction can have either a Platform Fee or a Platform Charge. It cannot have both.