Upgrade from Auto Debit tile mode
This topic is designed to help you upgrade Auto Debit tile mode to the Alipay+ Unified Payment edition. It introduces the new experiences and features that are offered by this edition and lists the upgrade method that is recommended by Alipay+ for you to complete the upgrade.
Overview
Compared with the tile mode, the Alipay+ Unified Payment edition enhances the user experience and offers more features.
User experience
The Alipay+ Unified Payment edition makes auto debit authorization on merchant platforms easier with a unified authorization procedure. On the merchant's cashier page or add payment method page, the consumer can just select Alipay+ as the payment method, and then goes to the Alipay+ wallet page where they can select a preferred wallet for account binding.
For more information, see Product introduction.
The following table compares the user experiences that are provided by the tile mode and Alipay+ Unified Payment edition:
Integration step | Use experience | Tile mode | Alipay+ Unified Payment |
Obtain the user authorization | Alipay+ brand display during authorization | Displayed by the selected wallet | Displayed by Alipay+ |
Alipay+ promotion info display | Not supported | Required | |
Alipay+ wallets info | Rendered by the merchant/ACQP | Rendered on the Alipay+ wallet page | |
User journey during account binding |
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Information about the wallet for account binding | Specified before account binding is initiated | Obtained after account binding is completed | |
Authorization result | Displayed by the selected wallet | Displayed by the selected wallet | |
Accept a payment | Alipay+ brand display during payment | Displayed by the selected wallet | Displayed by the selected wallet |
User action during auto debit | Click to confirm payment | Click to confirm payment |
New features
The Alipay+ Unified Payment edition has the following new features:
- Provide Alipay+ payment promotion information.
- Provide a unified Alipay++ wallet page to display information about the various wallets supported by Alipay+. The Alipay+ wallet page can be rendered based on a normal URL for all terminal types.
Upgrade guide
To upgrade to the Alipay+ Unified Payment edition, you need to upgrade the capabilities of obtaining the user authorization and accepting payments by using related Alipay APIs or SDKs.
The following section describes the actions that your server side and client side need to take:
Integration step | Server side | Client side |
Obtain the user authorization |
For more information about the detailed changes of the APIs, check the following excel file: 📎API_diff_tile_VS_ unified (Auto Debit).xlsx. |
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Accept a payment |
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Note: You can also call the Alipay+ CDN server to request JSON data from your server side. For more information, see Request JSON data from the Alipay+ CDN server.
For more information about how to obtain the user authorization and accept payments with the Alipay+ Unified Payment edition, see Obtain the user authorization and Accept a payment.