Introducing First Data Payment Integration
Like Authorize.Net, First Data is a payment gateway service provider, allowing merchants to accept credit cards and electronic checks through their web sites. It’s also now one of the payment integration methods available here at FormSpring.
To integrate First Data into your form, click on the Settings tab for the form, then choose Payment Integration from the left menu and finally Enable First Data.
You will need your Store Number and your Certificate File to continue. To find your Certificate File, log into your First Data account, click on Support and then choose Download Center from the left menu.
One thing that’s different when using First Data instead of PayPal or Google Checkout is that your form will need to have fields on it for both credit card number and expiration date in addition to at least one price field. You can now find a pre-built order form in the FormSpring admin area that contains these fields and will help you get started.
There’s plenty of optional data you can pass on to First Data as well, such as shipping, tax, card verification code, etc. You can also set your form up to pass information for multiple items to First Data instead of a single item, which is another new feature that we added to all of our payment integration methods.
You will need to adjust your security settings when accepting credit cards in order to comply with our Terms of Service (TOS), which states that any credit card numbers stored in your FormSpring database must be encrypted.
Do you plan on using First Data with your forms? Let us know how you are integrating this new payment feature with your forms in the comments below.