Payment performance is made up of many parts – one of which is availability. We know how important it is to keep your payments flowing, and you need a payments system you can rely on no matter what.
Our team goes to great lengths to ensure all of your payments are safe and secure, with our standard uptime at 99.999%. An extra layer of security you may not be aware of is AWS PrivateLink, which allows you to send payments through to Checkout.com shielded from the internet.
If you’re already using AWS cloud, you can connect to the Checkout.com Payments API through AWS PrivateLink – at no additional cost. This blog will help you to get started.
Note: To use AWS PrivateLink you need to be using Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure.
Driving your payments performance with connection failover
Just one second of downtime could negatively impact your customer’s buying journey – and your business’s profitability. Part of our obsession with performance is ensuring you can accept payments from your customers no matter the time of day or night. The advantage of a connection to our API through AWS PrivateLink is that, in the highly unlikely event of downtime to our public internet API Gateway – which powers api.checkout.com – your private link requests would be unaffected. This helps you to stay competitive – and reduces possible delays to your customers.
We know from our research that payment performance can make or break your customer’s belief in your brand; 66% of consumers say payment performance is the key driver of trust at the checkout. A missed payment request can have long-term impacts on your revenue: two in five (42%) of consumers say a failed payment would deter them from returning to a website or app in the future.
Who should consider using AWS PrivateLink?
This service is best suited to merchants who are:
- Already hosted on AWS
- Looking to elevate their data security
- Keen to find the highest levels of availability
It’s particularly useful to consider your payment network resilience ahead of key shopping periods such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other periods of high traffic.
How to send your payments via AWS PrivateLink
To send payment traffic via AWS PrivateLink, you need to create a bridge between your virtual private cloud (VPC) and the Checkout.com VPC. The integration process is straightforward, and can be completed with minimal effort. You should contact your account manager to indicate your interest in AWS PrivateLink connection, and we will be happy to assist you further.
You can find complete step-by-step instructions in our AWS PrivateLink API documentation.
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