Authorize.net Payment Gateway

Comersus shopping cart has passed all the certification steps required by the payment gateway Authorize.net. The details of this program are listed at: http://www.authorize.net/solutions/partnersolutions/shoppingcartprogram/

Comersus integration supports both SIM and AIM methods.

* SIM: this is the simpler method of integration since merchants are not required to have an SSL certificate installed in their sites. End customers are redirected to Authorize.net to do the payment checkout and the shopping cart is notified in a secure way through Silent Response. With this Silent Response, Comersus marks the order as paid, updates stock and sales and sends digital goods if this function has been configured.

This method requires the generation of strings hash MD5 to authenticate the merchant data. This procedure is made by Comersus in a clear way for the merchant.

Comersus forwards to Authorize.net the personal data of the end customer as well as billing and shipping addresses. In this way, the end customer does not have to re-enter these data at the time of payment.

* AIM: This is the most advanced method of integration and it allows end customers to pay without being redirected to the Authorize.net site. For this purpose, merchants must have an SSL certificate installed. By means of this certificate, the payment will be received using a secure connection.

By implementing the AIM method, Comersus asks for all credit card data including the CVV code, which is used to verify who is the owner of the credit card and allows authorizing and capturing payments in one step or authorizing the payments to be processed later on. Regarding this issue, it should be mentioned that certain companies require that payments may be captured only when products are sent to the end customer.

Comersus combined with Authorize.net AIM can also be used to receive payments using checks through the eCheck option.

Regarding security, Comersus stores the merchant details using encryption, according to Authorize.net regulations.

After authorizing the payment, Comersus obtains the transaction id, provided by Authorize.net and loads it in the Order as a payment confirmation number.

* How to obtain Authorize.net scripts

In order to obtain Authorize.net scripts, Comersus users need to purchase the Power Pack. With this package, now at a promotional price of $299, users obtain Authorize.net scripts and a great number of additional features such as the BackOffice Plus control panel, antifraud filters, real time shipping quoting, YouTube embedded videos, generation of news through RSS and more.