Getting paid without a website: Request Money

Our Request Money feature is an ideal solution for individuals, freelancers and businesses who conduct their services (or sell/auction their goods) in an “offline” fashion. You can create a Payment Request, which we’ll send out to the recipient’s email address. The email contains a link which they can click to pay you via credit card, Instant EFT or any of the methods you have enabled on your PayFast account.

Step one – Login and Generate

Log in to your PayFast account and from your Dashboard hit the Generate button under Request Money.

Login and generate

Two-factor authentication available

Secure passwords are a good way to keep online accounts safe, but unfortunately there is still a chance that someone might get access to (or guess) your password (and therefore your account). Two-factor authentication keeps your account safe by requiring two things – your password and your phone – to gain access.

PayFast two-factor authentication

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Introducing the PayFast Dashboard

We received great feedback about our redesigned site, which went online at the start of the month. It has all the familiar functions that sellers had access to before, but the new layout makes getting (and using) some of these tools a little easier. The PayFast Dashboard (image below) will appear for those with accounts that can accept payments, those who can only make payments can always upgrade their accounts once logged in.

PayFast Dashboard demo