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Setting up merchant fees with buy rate
Version:
V2.10.6528
Added on:
06/26/14
Difficulty:
Time:
30 min
Category:
Tutorials
Prerequisite Tutorials
Name
Added On
Difficulty
Time Required
Description
Navigating Merchant perspective
08/01/13
15 mins
This tutorial is aimed at showing how to navigate
Merchant Perspective
based on
Merchant_Selection
.
Creating a merchant with processing settings
06/13/14
30 mins
In this tutorial we are going to create a new Merchant using more elaborate process which involves configuring processes settings.
Creating a merchant with remittance settings
06/16/14
30 mins
In this tutorial we are going to create a new Merchant with extended settings.
Useful Terms
Fee Type
Merchant Fee
Pricing Model
Setting up merchant fees with buy rate
Are you ready?
In this tutorial we are going to set up
Merchant Fee
s with Buy Rate.
We are going to set up the fees with the following parameters:
Transactions will be funded within 48 hours (2 business days after the processing day). Processing fees will be deducted at the time of deposit. This corresponds to the demand-demand
Fee Type
, which is a standards type of fees.
Merchant will be funded Visa, Master Card, Discover and direct debit through the system while American Express will be funded directly by American Express.
We are going to use blended rate of 2.8% plus 10 cent on all card types for realtime and batch processing. Thus, here residual will be
Buy Rate for all card types will be 2.5% plus 5 cent for realtime and batch processing. Thus, here residual will be 30 basis points and 5 cent.
For direct debit we are going to use the blended rate of 1.5% plus 5 cent.
Buy Rate for direct debit will be 1.2% plus 2 cent. Thus, here residual will be 30 basis points and 3 cent.
Processing Fees are charged on approvals only and per item fees are charged on approvals, declines and voids.
The same fees will be charged for both sale and credit types of transaction.
The merchant will be charged $25 chargeback fee, $10 direct debit return fee, One-time Setup Fee of $500 and Monthly Recurring Service Fee of $19.99. There will be no Buy Rate for these fess. The revenue from them will not be shared.
Log in to the system using your Username and Password and switch to the Merchant Perspective.
Note: To learn how to log in and select perspectives, use the prerequisite tutorial
Logging in and navigating the application
.
Click
Remittance
button in the top section of the screen.
Choose
Fees
menu item from the list.
Locate
Type
button and click it to start process of
merchant fee
s setup.
Choose
demand-demand
fee type and open its form it by clicking on
modify
option.
Locate
Policy
tab to set up policy for demand-demand fee type we use for our merchant.
Locate
Realtime
groupbox
Locate
Processing Cost
radio button
Choose
to activate it for
Cards
and
direct debit
Choose
to activate it for
Amex
Locate
Deposit (Payments)
panel
Choose
to activate it for
Visa
,
Master Card
,
Discover
and
direct debit
Choose
to activate it for
American Express
,
Visa Pin Debit
,
MasterCard Pin Debit
,
EBT
and
Bank Card
Locate
Fees Policy
panel
Choose
%
checkbox to activate it for
Payments
Choose
$
checkbox to activate it for
Payments
,
Declines
and
Voids
Locate
Batch
groupbox
Locate
Processing Cost
panel
Choose
Include Merchant
radio button to activate it for
Cards
and
direct debit
Choose
Ignore
radio button to activate it for
Amex
Locate
Deposit (Payments)
panel
Choose
Info
radio button for
Visa
,
Master Card
,
Discover
and
direct debit
Choose
for
American Express
Locate
Fees Policy
panel
Choose
%
checkbox to activate it for
Payments (Regular)
and
Payments (Rebill)
Choose
$
checkbox to activate it for
Payments (Regular)
,
Payments (Rebill)
,
Declines (Regular)
,
Declines (Rebill)
and
Declines (Retry)
After you are done, your screen will look similar to the screenshot.
screenshot
Locate
Realtime
tab and click on it to set up fees for realtime transactions.
Locate
Visa (Sale)
panel
Locate
Visa Processing
label
Enter
2.5
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
2.8
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Visa per Item
label
Enter
0.05
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
0.1
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
>>
button next to
Visa (Sale)
groupbox and click on it to copy the data you entered to
Visa (Credit)
groupbox.
Repeat the same process for all card brands.
Locate
Direct Debit (Sale)
panel
Locate
Direct Debit Processing
textbox
Enter
1.2
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
1.5
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Direct Debit per Item
textbox
Enter
0.02
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
0.05
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
>>
button next to
direct debit (Sale)
groupbox and click on it to copy the data you entered to
direct debit (Credit)
groupbox.
After you are done, your screen will look similar to the screenshot.
screenshot
Locate
Batch
tab and click on it to set up fees for batch transactions.
Locate
Visa (Sale)
panel
Locate
Visa Processing
label
Enter
2.5
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
2.8
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Visa per Item
label
Enter
0.05
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
0.1
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
>>
button next to
Visa (Sale)
groupbox and click on it to copy the data you entered to
Visa (Credit)
groupbox.
Repeat the same process for all card brands.
Locate
Direct Debit (Sale)
panel
Locate
Direct Debit Processing
textbox
Enter
1.2
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
1.5
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Direct Debit per Item
textbox
Enter
0.02
into the
Buy Rate
textbox
Enter
0.05
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
>>
button next to
direct debit (Sale)
groupbox and click on it to copy the data you entered to
direct debit (Credit)
groupbox.
After you are done, your screen will look similar to the screenshot.
screenshot
Locate
Flat
tab and click on it to set up flat fees.
Locate
Chargebacks
panel
Locate
Chargeback Fee
textbox
Enter
25
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Returns
panel
Locate
Direct Debit Return Fee
textbox
Enter
10
into the
Fee
textbox
After you are done, your screen will look similar to the screenshot.
screenshot
Locate
Recurring
tab and click on it to set up recurring fees.
Locate
One Time
panel
Locate
OneTime Fee 01
textbox and rename “OneTime Fee 01” to “One-Time Setup Fee”.
Note: You can give any names for Recurring Fees sections.
Enter
500
into the
Fee
textbox
Locate
Monthly
panel.
Note: You can give any names for Recurring Fees sections.
Locate
Monthly Fee 01
textbox and rename it to “Monthly Recurring Service Fee”
Enter
19.99
into the
Fee
textbox
After you are done, your screen will look similar to the screenshot.
screenshot
Click
Save
button
Congratulations, you are done!
You have learned how to set up merchant fees. Now let’s learn how to
set up reseller's commissions
.
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