Gateway Emulator

Overview

There are a number of payment gateways that emulate the functionality of an Authorize.Net gateway. ShopSite can be configured to work with these gateway emulators by allowing the merchant to edit the fields that would be read-only on an Authorize.Net gateway. Some of the gateways that claim emulation of Authorize.Net gateways include:

eProcessing Network
GoEmerchant
QuantumGateway
BluePay
SwipeFast
PayJunction
NMI
InternetSecure
Fast Charge
Electronic Transfer, Inc.
PayTrace

PromoPayment
Instabill
Pivotal Payments
RedFin Network
gotoBilling
SkyBank Financial
SecurePay
AMG SecurePay
Durango Merchant Services
American Payment Solutions
DataPayPro

Setup

From the Commerce Setup screen, select Payment, then scroll down and click the "Gateway Emulator" radio button, then click Configure Processor. You will see a screen with the following fields:

Host

The name of the server that will process your transactions. For example, if your payment gateway is accessed from https://secure.domain.com:234/gateway/transact.dll, secure.domain.com goes in this field.

Port

The port on the server for sending transaction information. For example, if your payment gateway is accessed from https://secure.domain.com:234/gateway/transact.dll, 234 goes in this field. If no port number is included in your gateway's URL, then it should be using the default SSL port of 443.

Authorize Script

The path and filename of the script that authorizes transactions. For example, if your payment gateway is accessed from https://secure.domain.com:234/gateway/transact.dll, /gateway/transact.dll goes in this field.

Authentication

You must enter your emulator login ID and Transaction Key.

API Login ID

Enter your emulator login ID

Transaction Key

Enter your emulator Transaction Key here.

Transaction Settings

Order Transaction Type

Specify the type of transaction that you want ShopSite to process when a customer places an order. For most situations, you should leave this set to Authorize Only. If your store sells digital download products, you may want to set this to Authorize and Capture (Sale) to ensure that the funds are actually captured before customers are given access to the online products.

Authorize Only: This is the normal transaction method for ShopSite. When a customer clicks "Submit This Order," ShopSite sends the transaction to Authorize.Net for authorization, the transaction is authorized, and ShopSite is notified of the authorization. A "hold" for the amount of the purchase is placed on the customer's credit card, but the funds are not "settled" until the merchant goes to the Orders screen in ShopSite and clicks Bill Orders.
Authorize and Capture (Sale): This method authorizes a transaction and settles funds all at once. ShopSite sends a transaction to the Authorize.Net gateway emulator for approval, the transaction is approved, ShopSite is notified of the approval, and the transaction automatically settles at the end of the business day without any further action by the merchant. If you select this transaction type, you will not be able to use the Bill Order button on the Orders screen to capture funds because they are captured at the time of the order.

Billing Transaction Type

Specify the type of transaction that you want ShopSite to process when you click the Bill Orders button. For most situations, you should leave this set to Prior Auth Capture.

Transaction Currency

Select a currency type that the emulator will use.

Order Description

This is text to identify that the billing originated with your ShopSite store.

Timeout

The number of seconds that ShopSite should wait for a response from the server.

Display CVV2 Entry Box

Check this box to have ShopSite include a text box on the order form for customers to enter the CVV2 value from their credit cards. See the Payment Setup help for an explanation of CVV2.

Require CVV2 Entry

Check this box to make the CVV2 field a required field on the order form.

Display Error Details

Check this box only when setting up a new emulator account and making test purchases. If there are any problems with the transactions, the customer will see details about the error. Hopefully that customer is you just making test purchases. Turn this option off when you are ready to accept real transactions.

Gateway confirmation email

Send email to customer

Select whether the emulator should send a payment confirmation email to the customer. You can select True to send an email, False to not send an email, or you can select Use gateway default setting.

Email address for merchant copy

Enter the email address for the account you want the merchant copy of the gateway confirmation email to go to. If you leave this blank, no merchant copy will be sent.

Credit Cards

Supported cards and other payment types

Select which credit cards you want to accept payments from. If you are using a real-time payment gateway, you should check to see what cards your gateway accepts, and what the fees for those cards are. Check the box beside the card name to accept payment from that card. You can select any (or all) of the following:

Visa
MasterCard
Discover
American Express
Diner's Club/Carte Blanche
eCheck
Solo
Switch
Delta
Visa Electron/UK
JCB
Maestro

CVV2 Help Text

Enter the text to be used for the CVV2 Help Link. If your credit card processor is configured to include a CVV2 field with the payment information, this text will be displayed as a link beside the field.

CVV2 Help URL

This is the URL to be used for the CVV2 Help Link. When a customer clicks the link beside the CVV2 field, a new window will open to this URL. You can use the default URL or you can create your own page explaining what a CVV2 is and where to find it on a credit card.

Fill in the proper values and click Save Changes.

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Last updated: February 18, 2014
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