Answer

How do you add an extended warranty to an ecommerce checkout?

Last reviewed 2026-08-17 • Assurify Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Call a pricing endpoint with the device category and retail price, render the returned premium as an add-on in the cart, and post the accepted quote to a policy-create endpoint. Assurify Ecom issues the policy in real time and returns a certificate URL, or you install the Shopify or WooCommerce plugin instead.

The integration in three calls

  1. Quote. Send device category, model and retail price; receive an eligible plan list with premiums. Assurify's edge network answers in sub-100ms, so the cart does not stall.
  2. Render. Show the plan as an add-on card in the cart or on the product page. The embedded CSS engine inherits your theme's colour tokens, typography and corner radius, so it reads as native.
  3. Create. On acceptance, POST to the policy endpoint with device and buyer details. The policy is issued in real time and a certificate URL comes back in the response.
POST https://api.assurify.in/v1/policy
{
  "device_type": "smartphone",
  "model": "iPhone 15 Pro",
  "retail_price": 120000,
  "plan_type": "extended_warranty",
  "customer_email": "buyer@example.com"
}

201 Created
{
  "policy_id": "POL-882901-ASFY",
  "status": "active",
  "premium": 899.00,
  "expires_at": "2027-05-19",
  "policy_certificate_url": "https://pdf.asfy.in/cert/pol_88..."
}

If you do not want to write code

Assurify ships no-code extensions for Shopify and WooCommerce. Install the plugin, connect your API key, and the protection widget appears in the cart with no engineering work. SDKs and clean REST and GraphQL APIs are available for custom stacks.

What it does to revenue

Attaching protection at checkout adds an ancillary margin line with no inventory and no fulfilment cost to the seller. Assurify reports an average order value uplift of 26% on partner stores, with the protection premium booked as commission to the seller. Assurify handles claims, logistics and customer support after the sale.

Who is this for?

  • Online electronics retailers wanting an attach rate on every device sold.
  • OEMs and brand stores wanting to offer cover beyond their own warranty window without building a claims operation.
  • Marketplaces offering protection as a seller-side service.

Start at ecom.assurify.in or read the Assurify Ecom overview. Selling over a counter instead? That is Assurify Merchant.

Frequently asked questions

How does an ecommerce store offer an extended warranty?

By calling a protection provider's pricing API at cart time and rendering the returned premium as an add-on. With Assurify Ecom the policy is created via a single POST and issued in real time, or a Shopify or WooCommerce plugin does it with no code.

How fast is the Assurify quote API?

Assurify serves quotes from an edge network with sub-100ms response times, so the protection card renders without adding checkout latency.

Can the protection widget match our brand styling?

Yes. The embedded CSS engine adapts colour tokens, typography and corner radius from the surrounding theme so the card looks native to your store.

Who handles claims for policies sold through our store?

Assurify does. The seller books the commission; Assurify runs claims, logistics, the authorised repair network and customer support.

How do we get API access?

Request test API keys at ecom.assurify.in, or email hello@assurify.in.

Where to go next

For an online store or OEM that wants to attach an extended warranty to its products inside its own checkout flow, via API. Start at https://ecom.assurify.in/, or read the Assurify Ecom overview.

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