How it works
Checkout
authorization
When a shopper selected Ratepay's payment method, we do several velocity and fraud checks. Based on their results we accept or decline the transaction. There is no status like PENDING. In case of SUCCESS, you can start fulfilling the purchase order immediately.
Shipping and invoicing
capture
We can generate the invoice on behalf of you whenever we get a capture call. We expect capture calls in parallel to each (partial) shipment.
danger
Do not capture immediately, as this may resume in pre-payments and dunning letters due to long delivery periods.
attention
If you like to print the invoice on your own, please check the legal requirements at Customer Correspondences
Contact Details
For the best customer experience, we provide several contact details to the shoppers at the bottom of each correspondence.
Questions about payment
- Ratepay's e-mail address
- Ratepay's phone number (incl. service hours and charges which may apply)
- Link to the Ratepay self-service portal myratepay.com
Questions regarding the order
- Your service e-mail address
- Your phone number (incl. service hours and charges which may apply)
Payment terms
If the shopper chose to pay by
Open Invoice they will have 14 days to complete the payment.
SEPA Direct Debit the order amount will be debited to their bank account 3 days following capture.
Dunning stroke
Day (Open Invoice) | Day (SEPA Direct Debit) | Day (Instalment) | Event | Dunning stroke |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | /capture |
|
14 | 3 | 14 | Due Date | 0 |
21 | 10 | 21 | Payment reminder via e-mail | +7 days |
35 | 24 | 35 | 1st dunning letter via e-mail | +14 days |
49 | 38 | 49 | 2nd dunning letter via snail mail | +14 days |
58 | 47 | 65 | debt collection | +9 days (+16 days in case of Instalment) |
Customer Service requests
complete cancellation
capture with amount = 0, capturemode = completed
partial cancellation
capture
refund
complete/partial
On myratepay.com shoppers can fill out specific contact forms to trigger cancellations, refunds and other more individual actions.
warning
Those customer requests will be forwarded to you via e-mail. You then need to trigger the actual payment modification requests via PAYONE.