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Card Service Int'l has some low rates but they make up for it with the outlandish sign up
Re: export to cardservice
From: Walter Carter
Date: Thursday, January 7, 1999
Time: 10:43:27 pm
fees. I have negotiated them down with no trouble at all. But thier independant sales reps
seem more like polished used car sales people instead of finanicial representatives of a
large banking company. I have a problem with signing based on that. We currently use PNC
Bank and Bank One.
Dave Tanguay wrote:
> I justed signed up with them. I have another merchant account with a no name bank, but
> thought CardService had a good deal going. I wanted to have 2 merchant accounts, 1 for
> a backup. So you had bad luck with them?
>
> I see that a lot of OptiGold ISP users are going with PC Authorize. What
> banks/processing centers are you all using?
>
> -Dave
>
> Walt's Corner wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > How is Cardservice for service to the merchant. We have not been impressed with
> > thier sales staff and basic organization to date. How long have you been processing
> > with them.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Walter R. Carter
> > TeleSouth Network
> >
> > Dave Tanguay wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Shawn,
> > > I have a merchant account with CardService http://cardservice.com but they are
> > > sending me through http://authorize.net
> > > So I used the option Cardservice to export our credit card info.
> > >
> > > I am trying to export a credit card batch. When the cardserv.txt file is
> > > generate, it uses comma delimited fields. I tried the custom export option too
> > > with no luck.
> > >
> > > Our software requires a TAB delimited field
> > >
> > > Is there a way we can accomplish this?
> > >
> > > Here's an excerpt from the owner's manual if that helps.
> > > -Dave
> > >
> > > There are 21 fields required in the tab delimited text file you will upload for
> > > processing. All transactions contained in your file are processed in the
> > > currently open batch and are settled with any other transactions submitted under
> > > your account within that same batch.
> > >
> > > Fields are delimited with the TAB character. Do not encapsulate fields with
> > > quotes. Fields that are not required and that you don't use should still be
> > > represented with just the TAB. Do not include field names in the first record.
> > >
> > > You can name give the file any filename that is meaningful to you. Most text
> > > files end with a .txt file extension.
> > >
> > > Minimum required fields for a successful transaction (by number - see below):
> > > 3,4,5,6,7
> > >
> > > Suggested minimum required fields (by number - see below):
> > > 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,14
> > >
> > > 1.INVOICE (Must be all numeric)
> > >
> > > 2.DESCRIPTION
> > >
> > > 3.AMOUNT (MUST have decimal point and 2 digits for cents in all cases. Use
> > > negative sign for CR type transactions.)
> > >
> > > 4.METHOD (Must be exactly one of: Visa, MasterCard, American Express,
> > > Discover, ACH)
> > >
> > > 5.TYPE (Must be exactly one of: NA, AO, CR, PA. NA=Normal Transaction,
> > > AO=Auth Only, CR=Credit, PA=Post Auth)
> > >
> > > 6.CARDNUMBER
> > >
> > > 7.EXPDATE (Must be either mmyy or mm/yy)
> > >
> > > 8.AUTHCODE (For PA type transactions only and is required in such case)
> > >
> > > 9.CUSTOMERID
> > >
> > > 10.NAME
> > >
> > > 11.ADDRESS (Suggested for Address Verification System <AVS>)
> > >
> > > 12.CITY
> > >
> > > 13.STATE
> > >
> > > 14.ZIP (Suggested for Address Verification System <AVS>)
> > >
> > > 15.COUNTRY
> > >
> > > 16.PHONE
> > >
> > > 17.FAX
> > >
> > > 18.EMAIL (If provided, customer will receive a standard E-mailed receipt,
> > > assuming that your account is configured to send customers an E-mail receipt)
> > >
> > > 19.BANKNAME (For ACH method transactions)
> > >
> > > 20.ACCTNUMBER (For ACH method transactions - up to 17 digits)
> > >
> > > 21.ABACODE (ABA Transit/Routing number. For ACH method transactions - MUST
> > > be 9 digits)
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