Using Cardservice to Transact Online - The LinkPoint
Gateway
The LinkPoint Gateway integrates
into the most popular internet storefront software and exciting fulfillment
systems using an open API to accomplish the integration efforts. It allows
merchants to have complete flexibility in designing their storefronts.
The payment module communicates
with the credit card processor to authorize credit card transactions in real
time. Customers receive almost immediate purchase confirmation informing them
that the transaction was successful.
The payment engine uses a multi-threaded
process that allows multiple transactions to be processed concurrently on
one server. This ensures that customers will not have to wait in line for
their transactions to be processed by the merchant.
Why choose the LinkPoint Gateway?
The LinkPoint Gateway offers more value than
any other payment system on the market. The system offers extensive fraud
protection unmatched in the industry. The system also offers ESD (electronic
softgood downloads), shipping and tax calculators, fulfillment API's, and
user-friendly merchant reports and tools. The system offers scalability (it
grows with your business) and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
How secure is the LinkPoint Gateway?
The LinkPoint Gateway offers secure
online transactions by utilizing RSA 1024-bit encryption technology. Coupled
with extensive fraud protection capabilities, Cardservice offers payment solutions
which use the safest transaction methods available today. This is why Cardservice
International is known as the Internet Transaction Company.
LinkPoint
HTML wraps
around your existing Web site, making it eCommerce-enabled, and allows visitors
to order products and pay for them with a credit card.
LinkPoint HTML is
a simple, yet sophisticated product requiring a little hands-on work to use.
It enables an existing web site to accept eCommerce. From the Merchant's Web
site, customers may buy products and change the purchase by clicking on an
"order" button.
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Features
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Benefits
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Wraparound
design
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Makes
any Web site eCommerce-enabled by cutting and pasting a simple hypertext
markup language (HTML) code.
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Three
modes of processing
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PayOnly - processes credit card transactions only.
PayPlus -
collects basic data, but allows collection of transaction, ordering
and shipping information.
FullPay - LinkPoint HTML
does all the work for you.
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Internet
fraud protection
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Offers
important preventive measures (e.g., lockouts restrict some transactions
and all transactions must pass rejecting tests to be processed.
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Full
report capability (PayPlus & FullPay)
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Access
sales reports via the browser.
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E-mail
Notification
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Merchant
and customer are both notified of pending order and transaction approval
by e-mail.
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Around-the-clock
uptime
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Open
for business 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Demo HTML Online Help
FAQs
Virtual
LinkPoint gives
you the power of a POS terminal or software without the hardware/software
or maintenance expenses.
Virtual LinkPoint allows merchants
to enter credit card transactions into their own Internet-connected computer
browser. The program is ideal for the merchant who wants a PC-based
solution and appreciates the automatic, transparent software upgrade feature.
Customer orders may come from a non-commerce-enabled Web site, telephone,
fax, mail or e-mail. The orders are entered into an online PC, where
sales, return authorizations and reports are all provided through the LinkPoint
Secure Payment Gateway.
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Features
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Benefits
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Internet
equivalent of a POS terminal
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The
power to process credit card transactions without having to invest in
hardware or software. Creates a common set of reports for all
transactions.
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Internet
fraud protection
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Offers
important preventative measures (e.g., lockouts restrict some transactions
and all transactions must pass rejection tests to be processed).
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Easy
to use/portable
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Log
on to the Internet through a browser anytime, anywhere.
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Real-time
record keeping
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View
a chronological record of sales by day, week, month or year-to-date.
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Full
Report Capability
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Access
sales reports via the browser.
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E-mail
Notification (optional)
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Merchant
can send an e-mail receipt to customer when transaction is completed.
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Demo Virtual LinkPoint Help FAQs
Advantages
Fraud protection checks for common
patterns and has the ability to block Internet protocol (IP) addresses and
credit card numbers. Merchants can also create a “negative file” or
high-risk consumers/card numbers. Virtual LinkPoint automatically performs
numerous Internet fraud checks in real time, allows merchants to lock out
specific credit card numbers and IP addresses, and makes Address Verification
Service (AVS) information available for approved transactions.
Merchant
reports and tools provide complete,
up-to-the-minute reporting. They allow merchants to specify search and
time criteria to generate reports summarizing all successful orders, listing
all transactions or showing all orders for a particular
product. Merchants can also perform management tasks from the merchant
reports and tools interface, including confirming shipment of hard goods and
issuing credits.
Requirements
Merchant requires a PC with Windows 95/NT and Internet connections
via browsers 3.0 or higher (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
Communicator/Navigator).
