User`s guide

YesWare service billing 8-7
Software Release 2.30 YesWare Applications User’s Guide 08-01016-01
Credit Card Billing
To configure the Billing Manager to use Credit Card Billing, the YesWare
administrator must complete the following tasks:
• Provision YesWare ports with the credit Port Use Context
• obtain a merchant account with the Authorize.Net Internet credit-card
processing company
• Configure Credit Card Billing using the Billing Manager module
The following sections describes the requirements to set up Credit Card Billing
in the YesWare system. Procedure 8-2 on page 8-8 contains the steps required
to configure Credit Card Billing in the Billing Manager module.
Credit Port Use Context assignment
See “VBN billing methods and the Port Use Context” on page 1-15 for
information on assigning Port Use Contexts to the credit-card ports.
Authorize.Net merchant account
The Authorize.Net Corporation develops, markets, and sells
Authorize.Net
TM
, a line of products and services that provide comprehensive
solutions for authorizing, processing, and managing credit card and electronic
check transactions over the Internet. To get started with Authorize.Net
TM
,
contact an Authorize.Net
TM
Agent to apply for a credit card processing
account. Visit the Authorize.Net Corporation web site at
http://www.authorizenet.com/. and make arrangements to set up a merchant
credit-card processing account.
Account approval typically takes approximately five days. After account
approval, the Authorize.Net
TM
Agent will assign a user ID and password and
provide training on the system.
Credit Card Billing configuration
The Billing Manager Configure Credit Card Billing function is used to enter
the user ID and password obtained from the Authorize.Net
TM
Agent into the
YesWare database. This function contains a built-in link from the YWS to the
Authorize.Net
TM
system server.