TSYS Genius Checkout

Overview

The TSYS Genius Payment Gateway provides merchants with a way to accept credit cards in a PCI-compliant manner without storing credit card information locally or sending customers to another website to complete their transactions.

Getting Started

Follow the steps below to get started with Genius Checkout.

If you do not already have an Genius Checkout account, contact TSYS.

Use the account information for your new account to fill in the fields in the ShopSite TSYS Genius Settings screen, as explained below.

Setup

From the Commerce Setup screen, select Payment, verify that the Credit Cards check box is set, then select TSYS Genius from the drop-down list under Credit Cards, and click Configure. You will see a screen with the following fields:

Authentication Name

Fill in the Name given to you when you registered with TSYS.

Authentication Site ID

Fill in the Name given to you when you registered with TSYS

Authentication Key

Fill in the Authentication Key given to you when you registered with TSYS

Web API Key

Fill in the API Key given to you when you registered with TSYS

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 forwards the transaction to TSYS 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 "captured" until the merchant goes to the Orders screen in ShopSite and clicks Bill Orders.
Authorize and Capture (Sale): This method authorizes a transaction and captures funds all at once. ShopSite forwars a transaction to TSYS 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.

Display Error Details

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

Fill in the proper values and click Save and Enable.

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Last updated: September 12, 2016
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