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| Following your signup, you'll receive
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Here's a quick look at the 5 steps involved in using
Net+Catalog, and an overview of the Real-Time Authorization Process.
To use Net+Catalog, you should already have an established Merchant credit account with a
bank or card processing company. If you don't accept credit cards and would like to,
take a look at the InfoQuest Merchant Discount Program
(MDP) -- a great way to establish your first Merchant credit card account.
| STEP 1: Sorry - no longer available. Signup for the FREE Account or Trial Account |
| Use Net+Catalog Free if your an
existing InfoQuest Web host customer, otherwise -- try Net+Catalog free for 10 days and
see what you think. |
| STEP 2: Define
Shipping & Tax Rules, then create Product Pages |
| After signing up for the Trial, access the Merchant Admin System and define custom shipping and tax rules,
view a detailed online tutorial, and use the FORM Wizard to create the HTML "Product Pages"
that invoke Net+Catalog service. |
| STEP 3: Customers
Visit Your Website |
| Once your product pages are in place, customers
visit your website and select products. Selected products are placed in the
Net+Catalog Shopping Cart. |
| Step 4: Customers
Check Out |
| Customers complete their purchase by checking
out. After providing shipping, billing and payment information total cost is calculated
and the customer receives an order number and receipt. |
| STEP 5: Order
Notification |
| Your immediately notified via email of the new
order, you sign on to the Merchant Admin System and retrieve
the order. |
How Does it Work?
Real-Time Credit Card Authorization Using Net+Catalog,
CyberCash, and CardService:
- Customers visit your site and select products.
- Products are displayed in the InfoQuest Net+Catalog Shopping
Cart
- Customer Checks out and provides billing, shipping, and
payment information
- Net+Catalog interface with your InfoQuest CyberCash Merchant
Server account and submits the customers purchase to CyberCash for Authorization.
- CyberCash in conjunction with CardService determine if
customer credit card is authorized for the requested purchase
- CyberCash returns authorization status to Net+Catalog
- If customer credit card is authorized, Net+Catalog marks
transaction for batch, and notifies you that an order was placed. If customer credit
card is not authorized, Net+Catalog marks the transaction as an error and notifies the
customer that the transaction could not be processed
- On a daily basis, you log onto your InfoQuest CyberCash
Merchant account and submit a settlement for all batched transactions.
- CyberCash passes settlement to CardService
- CardService interfaces with your bank account and deposits the
settled amount.
Click Here for more
information on special InfoQuest Merchant Discount Program (MDP) rates and for the
pre-application form to get you started with your own Merchant credit card account.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-622-4403
or send us email at support@netpluscatalog.com.
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