How do I turn on email confirmation for payments?

How do I turn on email confirmation for payments?

On your PayFast Dashboard you can set up email confirmations to receive an email whenever you receive payment through PayFast.

New PayFast Dashboard 

To set up email confirmations, do the following: 
  1. Log in to your PayFast account.
  2. Navigate to Settings > Notification Settings.
  3. Under Email confirmation, toggle Send email confirmations to Enabled.
  4. Enter your email to which the email confirmation will be sent to.
  5. Click Add Email.

Old PayFast Dashboard

To set up email confirmations, do the following: 

  1. Log in to your PayFast account and navigate to the Settings tab.
  2. Click Integration from the drop-down menu. A list of all possible integrations will display.
  3. On the left side, next to Email Confirmation, select Enable and enter an email address to which the email confirmation will be sent to.
  4. Click Update.

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