Introduction

Architecture

VenPays separates platform management from payment execution.

Merchant Application
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Merchant Backend
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VenPays Payment API
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Payment Provider

Components (merchant view)

Component	Responsibility
Merchant dashboard	Manage payments, refunds, keys, webhooks, links, and more
Payment Engine API	Initiate, authorize, refund, subscriptions, and status
Hosted checkout	Customer-facing payment experience
Webhooks	Asynchronous event delivery to your server

Environments

Sandbox and Live are separate. Selecting Test vs Live in the dashboard switches which profile (and credentials) you operate against. See Environments.