Re: MacAuthorize and WebMerchant
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15768
interpreted = N
texte = >I'm trying to develop an online catalog for immediate deliver of digital >information, with online purchasing capabilities and where the customers >gets their order approved while the wait 10-20 seconds to get their credit >card authorized, and then begin to download their purchase. > >1) Has anyone produced this with WebCatalog & WebMerchant & MacAuthorize >and have it work just as I described? Sample sites would be appreciated.Pacific Coast Software (www.smithmicro.com) does exactly this to sell our software, as well as numerous others you might find on our success stories page. We'd be happy to help you with the specifics -- WebMerchant is pretty much already set up for WebDelivery (delivering the electronic product after credit card approval).>2) Can you explain how I go about setting up an account to automate the >credit card approval process 24 hrs. & 7 days a week without any human >intervention using WebMerchant & MacAuthorize?Create a product database in WebCatalog with a field called canEmail set to T on all the products that have electronic files available for selling. Set the SKU of each product to be exactly the filename of the file you are selling. Put all the files that are for sale into your StockRoom folder, as defined by WebMerchant's preferences. Install WebMerchant and modify the email templates that come with it to point a URL to the webdelivery folder as defined in its preferences.>3) Who do I need to go through to get the credit card approval process 24 >hrs. & 7 days a week without any human intervention? I know my bank does >not offer this web service!As long as your bank gives you a credit card merchant account, all you need is WebMerchant + MacAuthorize*Hub + WebCatalog. The bank doesn't deal with the web; your software does.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ ==================================================== December 22, 1997 10:35:46 AMHello Grant,Thanks for the input Grant. Can you however follow up with these mysteries?My main question seems to still elude me...... Can I process credit cards without any human intervention? IF Yes, then how is it done? And WHO does the approval process not which software.<
> What's the URL Please?Thanks, Jean-Pierre D'Zahr Creative Digital Services P.O. Box 5562 Bellevue, WA. 98006 425-462-9514 voice mailto:dzahr@isomedia.com http://www.isomedia.com/homes/dzahr/default.htm
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>I'm trying to develop an online catalog for immediate deliver of digital >information, with online purchasing capabilities and where the customers >gets their order approved while the wait 10-20 seconds to get their credit >card authorized, and then begin to download their purchase. > >1) Has anyone produced this with WebCatalog & WebMerchant & MacAuthorize >and have it work just as I described? Sample sites would be appreciated.Pacific Coast Software (www.smithmicro.com) does exactly this to sell our software, as well as numerous others you might find on our success stories page. We'd be happy to help you with the specifics -- WebMerchant is pretty much already set up for WebDelivery (delivering the electronic product after credit card approval).>2) Can you explain how I go about setting up an account to automate the >credit card approval process 24 hrs. & 7 days a week without any human >intervention using WebMerchant & MacAuthorize?Create a product database in WebCatalog with a field called canEmail set to T on all the products that have electronic files available for selling. Set the SKU of each product to be exactly the filename of the file you are selling. Put all the files that are for sale into your StockRoom folder, as defined by WebMerchant's preferences. Install WebMerchant and modify the email templates that come with it to point a URL to the webdelivery folder as defined in its preferences.>3) Who do I need to go through to get the credit card approval process 24 >hrs. & 7 days a week without any human intervention? I know my bank does >not offer this web service!As long as your bank gives you a credit card merchant account, all you need is WebMerchant + MacAuthorize*Hub + WebCatalog. The bank doesn't deal with the web; your software does.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ ==================================================== December 22, 1997 10:35:46 AMHello Grant,Thanks for the input Grant. Can you however follow up with these mysteries?My main question seems to still elude me...... Can I process credit cards without any human intervention? IF Yes, then how is it done? And WHO does the approval process not which software.<> What's the URL Please?Thanks, Jean-Pierre D'Zahr Creative Digital Services P.O. Box 5562 Bellevue, WA. 98006 425-462-9514 voice mailto:dzahr@isomedia.com http://www.isomedia.com/homes/dzahr/default.htm
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