Technology and integration partners
Technology partners connect their products to channels through the public API and webhooks, and will be first in line when the marketplace opens to developers.
What it looks like day to day
Businesses rarely run on one system. A channel might need to talk to a payment provider, a courier, an accounting package or a tool built in-house. Every channel already has an API and webhooks for exactly that.
A technology partner builds and maintains one of those connections properly. That means using test keys and test mode until it behaves, listing exactly what it reads and writes, and handling webhook retries safely.
We plan to open the marketplace to outside developers. Technology partners who have built on the API will be the first people we talk to about listing there. It is not open yet, and we will not pretend otherwise.
What a technology partner does
- Build and maintain an integration using the public API and signed webhooks
- Use test keys and test mode so nothing touches real customers while you build
- Document exactly what your integration can see and do
- Support the businesses that use your integration
Be honest with yourself here
It saves both of us time. If the second list sounds more like you, another partner type may suit better.
Good fit if
Most of these are true.
- You make a product that businesses on the platform already use, or would
- You can build against a JSON API over HTTPS and handle webhooks safely
- You can support your integration when a customer needs help
Probably not a fit if
Any of these is a deal breaker for you.
- You need access beyond what the public API offers
- You want to list a paid app in the marketplace today
From application to your first client
There is no fee to apply and no contract until both sides are happy with the terms.
Apply
Tell us what you build and what you want to connect to.
Read the reference
Work through the public API reference and try it with test keys on a test channel.
Talk to our team
We discuss the integration, the data it touches and how businesses would turn it on.
Build and test
Build against test mode. Rotate and revoke keys as you would in production.
Launch to businesses
Businesses connect it with their own keys. When the marketplace opens, we talk about listing.
What we offer, and what we ask
What we offer
Modest on purpose. We would rather keep every promise.
- A technical contact for questions the reference does not answer
- Notice of API changes. Breaking changes only arrive in new dated versions
- An early conversation about listing once the developer programme opens
What we ask
Businesses trust partners. These rules protect that.
- Say exactly what your integration can see and do
- Use idempotency keys on calls that create or charge
- Verify the signature on every webhook before acting on it
- Never ask a business for passwords or one-time codes
