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Soft Descriptors

Soft descriptors can be overridden/configured by the merchant, and they can be used for various purposes such as setting the name of a sub-merchant.

Supported Gateways​

Stripe Direct

Adyen

Authorize.Net

CashFlow

Convenient Payments

Paysafe

Worldpay

Spreedly

How to Set Soft Descriptors​

Soft descriptors are set in the following, cascading, order of importance (i.e. #1 overrides #2, #3, and #4; if 2# is set but not #1, it overrides #3 and #4, etc.):

1. By API using ExtendedParams: when calling the Initiate or Create APIs, specify the parameter DescriptionOverride in ExtendedParams in the PlanData object:

  "PlanData": {
    "ExtendedParams": {
      "DescriptionOverride": "YOUR SOFT DESCRIPTOR",
    }

2. By Splitit support in a merchant's account: soft descriptors can be set permanently there.

3. By API with RefOrderNumber: the RefOrderNumber (which like ExtendedParams is set in the PlanData object for Initiate and Create), is passed as the soft descriptor if #1 and #2 are empty.

4. By default with the text Splitit. If none of the above have been set, Splitit will be sent as the soft descriptor.