Affirm lets US customers pay over time in installments while you receive the full amount upfront (minus Affirm's fee). You need an approved Affirm merchant account — apply at affirm.com/business with a US business entity and US bank account, then copy the public and private API keys from the Affirm Merchant Portal (API keys page). USD only; customers without a US mobile number cannot complete an Affirm loan.
Affirm is a buy-now-pay-later service for customers in the United States, letting them pay for a booking over time in monthly or interest-free biweekly installments while your business receives the full amount upfront. It is available to US merchants, and payments are processed in USD. When Affirm confirms the payment, TourTask automatically marks the booking as paid and sends confirmations to both your business and the customer.
You can use Affirm if your business is based in:
Your customers will be charged in:
To connect Affirm, you'll need these credentials from your Affirm account:
Affirm approves each business before issuing live credentials, so the setup is an application first and a two-minute copy-paste after. You need a US business entity and a US bank account; your customers need a US mobile number. Payments are in USD.
Apply at affirm.com/business with your US business details and bank account. Affirm underwrites the business — travel and experiences are a category Affirm actively serves — and approval typically takes one to five business days. Your account then opens the Affirm Merchant Portal.
In the Merchant Portal open the API keys page. Every account has two key pairs: a sandbox pair for testing and a production pair for real payments — each pair is a public API key and a private API key. Keys are bound to their environment: sandbox keys can never take a live payment, and vice versa.
In TourTask go to Configuration → Payment options, add Affirm, choose USD, paste the production public and private API keys, and press Activate. Customers then see "Pay over time with Affirm" on your booking page, complete the loan on Affirm's own page, and the booking confirms the moment they return. You are paid the full amount upfront; Affirm collects from the customer over time.
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