Re: Multiple Merchant Accounts?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
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numero = 13881
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texte = >> >3. Does WebMerchant handle the entire credit card transaction?>>>> No, it automates the process of 'talking' to MacAuthorize (or PCAuthorize or>> ICVerify, which run on Windows).>Too bad. I was hoping WebMerchant handled it all. Why not?For the same reason we don't write web servers, word processors, text editors, or page-layout programs -- because there are already plenty of great off-the-shelf products that do credit card authorization already. It'd take a year to write, and another year to get accreditation from 80 different bank networks.Conversely, folks at MacAuthorize don't know anything about writing web software, and they leave that to us.>That's not a problem. I plan on calling it secure.inno-tech.com and using>it for multiple clients to process orders. Do I need to run WebCat on the>SSL server if all I am doing is processing the order form?Yes. The final page that takes the credit card number must go through WebCatalog so it can do some preflight checking and write out the order file.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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>> >3. Does WebMerchant handle the entire credit card transaction?>>>> No, it automates the process of 'talking' to MacAuthorize (or PCAuthorize or>> ICVerify, which run on Windows).>Too bad. I was hoping WebMerchant handled it all. Why not?For the same reason we don't write web servers, word processors, text editors, or page-layout programs -- because there are already plenty of great off-the-shelf products that do credit card authorization already. It'd take a year to write, and another year to get accreditation from 80 different bank networks.Conversely, folks at MacAuthorize don't know anything about writing web software, and they leave that to us.>That's not a problem. I plan on calling it secure.inno-tech.com and using>it for multiple clients to process orders. Do I need to run WebCat on the>SSL server if all I am doing is processing the order form?Yes. The final page that takes the credit card number must go through WebCatalog so it can do some preflight checking and write out the
order file.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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