What is a Custom Integration and why would I choose this option?

When it comes to integrating your site with a Payment gateway, the approach you take will depend on a variety of factors such as:

• Capital
• Technical Knowledge
• Time scale
• Business Requirements

Depending on the above factors could mean that you either integrate using a pre-coded shopping cart or start from scratch and perform a custom/bespoke Integration.

Custom integration means that you will not be using a 'shopping cart' solution and that the link between your website and Sage Pay will be built either from scratch or using the Sage Pay provided script kits, or a combination of both.

A Custom integration allows you the power to create a flexible and bespoke cart solution which would not apply the restrictions that a shopping cart may have. This means that you can choose which values you collect on your website, the way in which you collect those values and also the way in which you pass them to Sage Pay following the latest Protocol.

We recommend that if you attempt a custom integration, that you have an in-depth knowledge of coding and scripting. If you have limited technical knowledge, then we would recommend that you obtain ad web developer to perform this kind of integration for you or maybe consider using a shopping cart.