- Overview
- Step 1: Obtain Payment Gateway Credentials
- Step 2: Create Payment Gateway in AmeriCommerce
- Step 3: Input Payment Gateway Credentials into AmeriCommerce
- Step 4: Test Payment Gateway
- Troubleshooting & Gateway Settings
Overview
This article is a generic guide to setting up a Payment Gateway in AmeriCommerce Online Stores. We'll assume you already have an account with a supported gateway and are ready to connect it to your Online Store.
AmeriCommerce Online Stores are also integrated with over forty third-party payment gateways like Authorize.Net, Stripe, and PayPal Payments Pro. For a full list of supported third-party gateways, see: Supported Payment Gateways / Payment Methods and their specific setup information.
Step 1: Obtain Payment Gateway Credentials
To see which credentials are required for your payment gateway, see Supported Payment Gateways and their specific setup information. Your Payment Gateway can help you obtain these credentials (in most cases, they have their own support articles for how to do so). For example, Authorize.Net has this article on generating API Transaction Keys: API Login ID and Transaction/Signature Key.
Step 2: Create Payment Gateway in AmeriCommerce
To create a payment gateway in AmeriCommerce, navigate to Settings > Payments and Taxes > Payment Gateways, then click New:
On the Add Payment Gateway screen:
- Select your payment gateway from the drop-down
- Click Save:
Step 3: Input Payment Gateway Credentials Into AmeriCommerce
On the Edit Payment Gateway Screen:
- Select store from drop-down
- Input Credentials
- Save:
In some cases, a gateway will require a config string or an alternate URL. These can be entered at the bottom of the Edit Gateway Screen:
Step 4: Test Payment Gateway
To test the payment gateway, click the Test button on the Edit Payment Gateway Screen:
Click test again on the next screen to test. The following screenshot shows an example of a failed test:
The following screenshot shows an example of a successful test:
Troubleshooting & Gateway Settings
Troubleshooting Payment Gateways
- For information on troubleshoot payment gateways, see: Troubleshooting Payment Gateways/Processors
Gateway Settings:
- Authorize Only: when Authorize Only is enabled, the funds will automatically be authorized and a hold for the order amount will be placed on the customer's credit card account. The funds will not be captured from the customer until a user manually processes the charge on the Order Edit screen.
- Manual Payment Processing: When this is enabled, no payment will be authorized or captured at the time of checkout, but the credit card information will be securely stored so that a user can manually process the charge from the Order Edit screen.
- Exclude From Payment Orders: Excludes the gateway from being used on order payment orders made from the customer order statements page.
- Accept eChecks: Accept or not accept eChecks
- Do Not Require Drive License for eChecks: require or do not require customer's DL number for eChecks.