Is a Paytm Business account required?
Yes. Sign up at business.paytm.com, complete the business verification and enable the Payment Gateway product. The Paytm MID, Paytm Merchant Key, Paytm Website Name and Channel IDs you receive there are what you paste into the Paytm Gateway settings in RestroPress. If you only have a Paytm UPI ID, use the UPI Link Fallback mode instead.
Is SSL required?
Yes. Paytm requires your checkout to be served over HTTPS before it will process payments. Most hosts provide a free SSL certificate, and your customers expect the padlock on a payment page anyway.
Does it support UPI payments?
Yes. In Paytm PG Auto Verify mode, phone customers are sent to the Paytm app with the transaction ready to approve, and desktop customers pay in the Paytm secure checkout, which offers UPI and any other modes enabled on your Paytm MID. In UPI Link Fallback mode the payment page shows your Paytm UPI ID, a QR code and an Open any UPI app link that works with Google Pay, PhonePe, BHIM and other UPI apps, but you confirm those payments yourself.
Can I test before going live?
Yes. Set Paytm Environment to Staging, or switch RestroPress to Test Mode, which forces staging. Use the test MID and Merchant Key from your Paytm dashboard to run complete orders without real money; in Test Mode the extension completes staging payments automatically once Paytm returns the customer. Switch back to Production when you are happy with the flow.
Can I refund an order from RestroPress?
No. The extension does not send refund requests to Paytm. Refund the transaction from your Paytm Business dashboard; the Paytm transaction ID is stored on the RestroPress order so you can find it quickly.
Which currencies does it support?
INR only. The extension checks the RestroPress store currency at checkout and refuses to continue with any other currency, because Paytm processes payments in Indian rupees.