How to set up your Mpesa C2B & B2C paybills on presta

How to set up your Mpesa C2B & B2C paybills on presta

STEP 1: Setting up your Notification PhoneNumber on MPESA Portal

  1. Login to your Mpesa account on Mpesa Portal using the Administrator Account. Click here for a video describing how to access the Mpesa portal.
  2. Go to Operations > Operator Management.
  3. Search for a Business Manager Account by putting the first letter and ‘%’ under the Username Field.
  4. If you don’t have a Business Manager Account, Create One.
  5. Click on Edit. This opens up a new tab.
  6. Find the small icon Edit on top right of the Form.
  7. Make sure you’ve set up Preferred Contact Phone Number















STEP 2: Go-Live on the Daraja Portal

  1. Go to https://developer.safaricom.co.ke
  2. Login to your account. If you don’t have an account, Create an account on the website. IT’S FREE.
  3. Click Go Live on the Top Header Section.
  4. Download the test cases, Fill them up and re-upload.
  5. On Verification, choose the ShortCode Option, Enter your C2B Paybill on , your Business Manager userName and your Organisation Name.
  6. You will receive an OTP on your phone, Enter it as part of the OTP Confirmation Details.
  7. Tick all the Products in the next screen.
  8. Then Submit your application.
  9. Your application name is in the top right corner in the drop down.
  10. If Paybill is a C2B Paybill, Send the application Name to Safaricom to get yourself a LipaNaMpesa Key.
  11. If Paybill is a B2C Paybill, then you don’t need this step.

Here is a video for doing above:

 

STEP 3: Creating An Api User Account on Your Paybill

Follow the steps indicated on the PDF document to create an Mpesa Api User Account. You’ll need the credentials here for the next step.

User Manual_Setting API Operator Password v1.0

STEP 4: Loading this details to Presta

Once completed with above step., follow the video below to setup your details on Presta.

 


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