Pay by Card: Capture Flows

What are Capture Flows?

The “Capture Flow” of a payment defines how the fund transfer instruction step of the payment should be carried out. This fund transfer instruction is defined as the “capture” step in the transaction lifecycle (see the Pay by Card: Transaction Lifecycle article for more information about these transaction steps). This step is typically bundled together with the “authorisation” step for most retail transactions and the new capture flows allow you to change how this occurs.

ℹ️ How to adjust my Capture Flow to Immediately or Later

⚠️ Minimum plugin version to support capture later flows:
Magento: 0.16.0
WooCommerce: 1.20231207102324.main.5d1ca95f

1. Log in to your Rvvup Dashboard
2. Navigate to Payment Methods
3. Click Configure
4. Select the capture flow option you would like on your checkout
5. Click Save Changes

🧠 Capture Flow Options

Presently, there are two options for supported payment methods:

Immediately

If you select the “Immediately” capture option, your payments will automatically submit a capture request as soon as they are successfully created, ensuring that you will receive funds as soon as possible.

Most business cases will prefer to have this setting in place, and it is the default setting for all payment methods.

Later

If you select “Later”, your payments will be set to only “authorise” the payment, pending your review and capture these payments as required.

When this capture flow is selected, successful payments will remain in the “Authorised” status until they are either voided, captured, or they expire.

Warning: No funds will be moved from your customer to your bank account unless you manually click the "Capture" button!

💭Capture Flow FAQs

How do I capture an “Authorised” payment?

To capture a payment in an authorised payment, you will need to do so from the Rvvup dashboard. You can do this by either navigating to the payment on the direct link in your store’s order, or by doing the following:

1. Log in to the Rvvup Dashboard
2. Navigate to Payments in the side menu
3. Use the Status filter to select "Authorised"
4. Click Search
5. Click on the Payment you would like to capture
6. Click Capture
7. Review and click Confirm

When do Authorised payments expire?

*PayPal only guarantees the hold on funds for 3 days

When a payment in the “Authorised” state expires, it will move to a “Authorisation Expired” status. From there, no further actions can be taken.

Which payment methods are eligible for “Capture Flows”?