Why is recurring billing giving an error?

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• Can I receive recurring payments?

  Yes, PayFast does support recurring billing.  PayFast recurring billing allows merchants to create two methods of recurring payments; one is a subscription model, the other is an tokenization model. The subscription model supports membership or ...

• Why am I getting 'The merchant cannot accept these kinds of payments at the moment' as an error?

  This error would occur if tokenization has not been enabled on your PayFast Dashboard.  To enable these types of recurring payments, do the following: Navigate to Settings > Developer Settings. Ensure that a Security Passphrase is set on your ...

• Why am I getting a 'Merchant is unable to receive payments from the same account' error?

  This error is occurring because you are checking out using the same email address that is associated with your PayFast account. This is due to the fact that the payment engine will not allow you to make payments to yourself. To resolve this error, ...

• What happens if I get an error when processing a refund?

  If you get an error when processing a refund it means that you won’t be able to action the refund to the buyer’s card.  There are a few reasons why a card refund can fail, common error messages include: Lost/stolen card Card expired/cancelled Pick up ...

• How do I create a subscription with a custom amount using a Pay Now button?

  If you have a Cause account, you can create a subscription with a custom amount using a Pay Now button as follows:  Log in to your PayFast account. Navigate to Settings > Generate “Pay Now” Buttons. Under Text on button, from the drop-down list ...