# Merchant side purchase control

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Implementation is **OPTIONAL**
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*Purchase check rules are divided into two groups.* 

* **Product specific** rules will be send along with product data request. 
* **Store based** rules can be configured in Smarts manager UI. 

### General Flow

* Smarts asks from merchant if the purchase check is needed by sending shopping cart information to merchant.
* Merchant will response with purchase check decision. 
  * Smarts will lock app and shows the purchase check notification to client.
* Merchant send the purchase check result to Smarts.
  * Smarts will unlock the  app
  * Purchase control supervisor is able to make changes from client shopping cart.
  * Purchase control supervisor is able to cancel the shopping process.
* After purchase check client will be directed to payment process.

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App lock will **expire after 4 hours** and app will be unlocked.  This might be happen when client will not appear to purchase check or merchant will not send purchase check result back to Smarts.
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### Configuration

Visit your store configuration page in Smarts manager UI. Switch merchant side purchase control to **ON** position and implement required endpoints.

### Implementation

Implement following endpoints

[**Receive purchase check endpoint**](/integration/custom-integration/merchant-side-purchase-control/receive-purchase-check-request.md)

[**Send purchase check result to Smarts**](/integration/custom-integration/merchant-side-purchase-control/send-purchase-check-result.md)

[**Ask for purchase check resend from Smarts**](/integration/custom-integration/merchant-side-purchase-control/ask-for-purchase-check-data-resend.md)


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