Direct Payment

The Cashfree gateway handles one-time invoice payments in AcelleMail. When a customer pays an invoice with it, they check out through Cashfree's Drop-in checkout — the hosted payment sheet that offers UPI, credit/debit cards, net banking and wallets in a single view. You don't build or host any of that yourself: enter your credentials once in Plugin Settings and this gateway is ready to take payments.

Use this gateway whenever you bill a customer a single amount — a one-off invoice or a top-up — as opposed to a repeating charge. For recurring billing, use the Cashfree Subscription gateway instead.

INR only

Cashfree processes domestic payments in Indian Rupees. Only INR-priced invoices are eligible for the Cashfree gateway. No plan mapping is needed for direct payments — that step only applies to subscriptions.

What the customer sees

When a customer chooses Cashfree at checkout, they land on a payment page titled "Complete Your Payment" with a "Pay with Cashfree" button and the reassurance footer "Secured by Cashfree — UPI, Cards, Net Banking & Wallets". Selecting the button opens Cashfree's Drop-in sheet, where they pick UPI, a card, net banking or a wallet and complete the payment.

Admin → Payment Gateways → Cashfree

Because the payment sheet is hosted by Cashfree, card details are never entered on or stored by your server — they go straight to Cashfree.

How the outcome is confirmed

This is the part that keeps your billing honest: the payment result is always confirmed server-side. When the customer returns from Cashfree, the plugin does not trust anything the browser reports. Instead it:

1. Re-fetches the order directly from Cashfree to read the authoritative status, and
2. Waits for the signed webhook Cashfree sends to your endpoint.

Only when the server confirms a genuine success is the invoice marked paid. A tampered or prematurely-returned browser cannot mark an unpaid invoice as paid. See Security for how webhooks are signature-verified.

Set up webhooks

For confirmation to arrive reliably, add your endpoint in the Cashfree dashboard. Follow Configure webhooks.

Getting ready

Enter your App ID and Secret Key in Admin → Plugins → Cashfree → Settings, keep Sandbox ticked while testing, and save. The Cashfree gateway then appears in Admin → Payment Gateways. See Configuration and Get your API keys.

Related pages

• Subscriptions — recurring billing with mandates
• Security — how outcomes and webhooks are verified
• Configure webhooks — add your endpoint
• Configuration · Settings reference
• Errors · Troubleshooting