Setting Up Authorize.net

Setting Up Authorize.net with Earth eCommerce

  
STEP 1:  Get your Authorize.net API User ID and Transaction Key
  1. Login to your Authorize.net control panel at https://secure.authorize.net
  2. Click on Settings on the left menu (near bottom)
  3. Click on the API link
  4. Enter your secret question answer in the form at the bottom of the page and click the button to continue
  5. Copy / write down your Authorize.net User ID and Transaction Key
  6. (* If you notice within the Authorize.net account that at the top in red it says TEST MODE; click the link to change the settings from TEST MODE to LIVE MODE).
STEP 2:  Login to your website store administration
After you login > Go to Tools & Settings (at the top right)
  1. Click Store Settings
  2. Click on Payment Options
  3. Check the option for Authorize.net
  4. (* You may now also enter your PayPal business email address and check the PayPal Credit Card Accepted option to accept PayPal as well – see PayPal instructions below)
  5. Click the Save Settings button
  6. Now enter your Authorize.net API User ID and API Transaction Security Key
  7. Click the Save Changes button

That’s it!  Now you can test your merchant account by making a payment through your website (try setting a product price to $1.00 and doing a test).  You can then login to Authorize.net to view your Unsettled Transactions and void the transaction.

* PayPal Instructions – You will need to enter the PayPal Identity Token as well as your PayPal business email address in order to accept PayPal in addition to credit cards via Authorize.net.  Login to your PayPal account and go to the Profile link and then click the Website Payments Standard link and copy down your Identity Token.