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title: "Whoosh: Online Card Payments and Payment Links"
description: "Accept online card payments in South Africa via API, WooCommerce/Shopify plugins or WhatsApp payment links. Pay as you transact—no setup or monthly fees."
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published_at: "2026-03-01T14:08:18.516Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-29T03:01:19.110Z"
---

# Whoosh: Online Card Payments and Payment Links

Accept online card payments in South Africa via API, WooCommerce/Shopify plugins or WhatsApp payment links. Pay as you transact—no setup or monthly fees.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech)
- [Whoosh](/whoosh)

## Summary

Accept online card payments with secure checkout and links

A South African payment gateway that helps merchants accept online card payments via web portals, mobile apps, ecommerce plugins, and payment links, with PCI Level 1 security.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.letswhoosh.com/ |
| Tagline | Accept online card payments with secure checkout and links |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Whoosh is a South African **payment gateway service provider** for merchants and e-commerce businesses that need to accept secure online card payments via a web portal, mobile application, and integrations.

Key capabilities include:
- **Online card payments with 3D Secure** support (Verified by Visa, Mastercard SecureCode, American Express SafeKey) and card acceptance for **Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, and American Express**.
- **Ecommerce and developer integrations** through a **RESTful API** and plugins for third-party shopping cart platforms such as **WooCommerce, OpenCart, and Shopify**, plus support for custom-built websites.
- **Real-time reporting and analysis** that provides detailed live transaction data to support internal accounting and reconciliation.
- **Fraud protection and compliance** with **PCI Level 1** accreditation and encrypted handling of confidential customer data.
- **Payment links** that merchants can share via **WhatsApp, social media messengers, or other digital channels** to collect payments.

Available via **Web portal** and **developer API**.

The product targets **South African merchants, e-commerce stores, and entrepreneurs** that want **pay-as-you-transact pricing** with **no monthly fees or setup costs** (as stated on the website), and that may need assistance obtaining an **Internet Merchant Account** through partner acquiring banks (for example, Nedbank).

Notable in the local market context, it is a **South Africa-based, PCI Level 1 compliant** gateway focused on enabling online payments for businesses operating in South Africa.

## Features

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Payment Gateway](/tags/payment-gateway): Product feature or technology
- [Payment Links](/tags/payment-links): Product feature or technology
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/whoosh/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/whoosh/reviews)
- [Transparency](/whoosh/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/whoosh)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)