Partner types
Vipps MobilePay has the following types of partners:
Platform partner
Platform partners provide a closed, ready-to-use platform for their merchants. They do all integration with the API platform, do all development and maintenance on their platform, and also provide all support for the merchants.
All platform partners can get management keys for access to the Management API.
Partners with Partner Plus and Partner Premium can also get partner keys to use for login and payment activities requested on behalf of their merchants. This means that they can initiate payments, captures, refunds, and other relevant transactions.
Merchants that use a platform partner with Partner Plus or Partner Premium never need to see their API keys, since the partner uses partner keys.
Both partner keys and management keys can be used with the Management API.
Reseller partner
Reseller partners assist merchants in development of their integration. Typically, this is a consultancy firm doing development for the merchant. A reseller partner doesn't use the API platform on behalf of the merchant, nor have their own API keys.
Merchants that use a reseller partner must provide the API Keys to the integration partner.
If the reseller partner continues to run, manage, and develop everything related to the Vipps MobilePay integration after it has been developed, and also manage the API credentials on behalf of the merchant, the partner is similar to a platform partner and should use partner keys.
Plugin supplier
Plugin suppliers develop official open source plugins on contract from Vipps MobilePay.
If a partner uses official Vipps MobilePay plugins to implement an integration for a merchant, the API credentials for the merchant must be used, and the partner uses the API platform on behalf of the merchant.
All official plugins are open source, free to use. We encourage submitting issues and pull requests to improve the plugins.
If you have developed, or plan to develop, a plugin for Vipps MobilePay, and you think it may be a candidate for becoming an official plugin, let us know what your plans are at Become our partner.
PSP partner
PSP partners use the payment APIs and the PSP API to offer Vipps MobilePay to their merchants.
Accounting partner
Accounting partners use the Report API to integrate with their accounting systems, allowing them to provide the accounting information to their merchants.
Accounting partners use accounting keys, and are not allowed to use the merchant's own API keys. Merchants can then simply give access to the accounting partner, without doing any development themselves.