Batch processing of Credit Cards

[CALocklin]

This isn't really an A5 question but I'm hoping somebody out there has found a "source" that allows them to send batches of CC data generated by A5 to be processed all at once.

It seems to me that this is not an uncommon need so I get the feeling I'm looking in the wrong places or not asking the right questions. Everything I've found so far on the internet and the two people I talked to seem to process only one transaction at a time.

I realize each credit card number would get processed separately on the other end but I'd like to upload one file with somewhere between 50 and 400 different credit card payments once a month.

[Cheryl Lemire]

RE: Batch processing of Credit Cards

Hi Cal,

I process credit cards on a daily basis that can range up to as many as 3000 orders in one batch. I am not sure if this is what you are looking for and exactly what part of the process you need help with so my answer will be vague for now.

I run a series of operations in AlphaFive to create the intial batch. I first run an update operation that will query all cc refunds that have not yet been processed and put todays date into the refund date field and the processed date field. I then run an update operation that will query all orders without a ship date and put todays date into the shipped date field, this operation also puts todays date in the processing date field for all orders with a payment type of M/A/D/V. Once I have completed the update operations I run an export operation that pulls all the orders with todays date in the processed date field and places specific field information into a text file.

The information placed into the text file is the information needed by the merchant software that we use to process the various cc batches for the different companies. We are currently using PC Authorize. I was not involved in the setup of PC Authorize but I then open that software program, open a new batch, import transactions (which is the text file I exported form AlphaFive) and authorize and settle those transactions.

There is a limitation in PC Authorize that only allows me to process a maximum of 500 cc in one batch so if I am processing 3000 orders for that company I break my exported text file into 6 different text files and process them each one at a time through PC Authorize as separate batches.

Basically, if I understood your question correctly, yes it can be done, I am not sure which part of the process you need the details on.

Cheryl

[CALocklin]

RE: Batch processing of Credit Cards

Thanks Cheryl,

I've contacted PC Authorize and they are sending me some info. There may be a lot of others that will also handle things like this but all any of them seem to advertise is "accept credit card orders on your website" and that's not what I want to do.

The problem isn't "how to do it in A5"; it's who/where can I find someone who does this?

[Robert Gluck]

RE: Batch processing of Credit Cards

We use a program called Retail @dvantage which you can find at GlobalPaymentsInc.com. We do not use Alpha 5 (I'm lurking here since I'm looking for a new DB program), but we process credit cards the way you describe: we collect the data throughout the day, then output what we've collected to an ASCII file built according to Retail @dvtantages's specs, and then we upload the batch using their software. The cards are processed immediately and we can see on the screen and get a report of which cards went were accepted and which were declined.

Bob Gluck