Why having access to the right developer portal is more important than ever!

Brandy Hadden

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing payments landscape, it is increasingly vital that merchant services providers offer ISVs, VARs, and small to mid-sized business owners instant access to the tools and technologies they need to keep pace with their competitors, as well as evolving consumer preferences. One way to do that is to continually invest in secure, online developer portals that Integrated Partners can access at any time, from anywhere.

When considering which payments technology company to partner with, you’d do well to choose one who is committed to providing ISVs and VARs with a robust developer portal that can help you grow your portfolio. After all, having access to one will allow you to add something of critical importance to your integration:

Simplification.

That’s because the right developer portal can serve as a free, one-stop destination to view product information, easily access SDKs and APIs, and connect directly with technical sales and engineering teams, and so much more. Your developer portal should serve as your integration guide — one that allows you to streamline your integration process while giving you access to the features you want.

• A modern and intuitive UI/UX featuring simplified navigation and a dark theme.
• A developer-friendly 3-pane viewer for API specs and downloadable SDKs. (That way you can view sample requests and responses directly in the portal.)
• Featured use cases and an interactive integration selector that simplifies complicated integration environments, allowing you or your merchants to see which solutions are best suited for their business.
• A simplified lead flow to send potential customers directly to a dedicated technical sales engineering team.
• Quick and easy self-service registration so you can get up and running as quickly as possible.
• Some products allow you to leverage a live sandbox to send API requests and receive live responses. In addition, you can ask technical questions, report bugs, and request API credentials through a contact form.

Indeed, having access to a feature-rich and user-friendly developer portal is a necessity whether you specialize in card-present solutions, card-not-present solutions, or both. Think of your developer portal as your go-to resource for:

• Merchant enrollment APIs – Provide merchant enrollment on your website into a secure payments ecosystem.
• Merchant reporting APIs – Offer features like simplified customer, employee, inventory, and chargeback management.
• APIs to support both semi-integrated and fully integrated payment solutions.
• Pay-at-the-table solutions – Integrate certified terminals into your software for in-person payments with mobile SDKs.
• Ecommerce plugins – process payments quickly in your store.

Having access to a developer portal also allows you to leverage plugins and tools so you can “try before you buy” ensuring you’ll always find the right product fit. Then, once you finalize your pricing, it will simply be a matter of completing your payments integration and going live!

Whether you’re a payments developer looking to integrate payments into your app or point of sale, or you have existing customers looking for payments, having access to a feature-rich developer portal that simplifies the integration process is key.

For more information about how North American Bancard can help support you and your merchants through innovations like our brand-new Developer Portal, visit Developer.PaymentsHub.com to create your free account or contact us at Developers@PaymentsHub.com.