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Squirrelcart v4.5.0

Virtual Merchant

Overview

You can find out more about Virtual Merchant on their website: http://www.myvirtualmerchant.com

Requirements

Virtual Merchant supports the Store Hosted / Server to Gateway, Store Hosted / Browser to Gateway (Relay), and Gateway Hosted connection methods. Requirements for each can be found here.

Setup Instructions

  1. Login to your account at http://www.myvirtualmerchant.com
  2. Click Terminal > Advanced > System Setup
  3. In the Authorized Referrers field, enter the URL to your storefront page. If you have an SSL certificate, enter your secure storefront page URL. If this URL is not entered properly, transactions will fail.
  4. Click the Add Referrer button
  5. Confirm that Enable HTTP Transactions is checked
  6. Confirm that Use HTTP Referrers is checked
  7. Click the Update button
  8. Click User > Change PIN
  9. You should see a number under the PIN column. Write this down.
  10. Open Squirrelcart's Payment Gateways table in your control panel:
  11. Click on the record row labeled Virtual Merchant
  12. Enter your merchant ID (also called "account id") in the Merchant ID field
  13. Enter your PIN in the PIN field
  14. Set the Transaction Type field (mouse over the field name for help)
  15. Set the Connection Method field. Use this page as a guide ("Server to Server" is the preferred method).
  16. Check the Enabled field
  17. Click Save Changes

Testing

Checking the Testing field on the payment gateway record for Virtual Merchant will cause all transactions to be approved and not sent for processing.

Precautions

When using any connection method other than Server to Server, Virtual Merchant does not provide the means to verify that the transaction data being returned to your site has not been tampered with by the customer via the URL. For this reason, you should always confirm receipt of payment in your Virtual Merchant control panel before shipping goods.

 

 


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