To sign up for Simple Checkout, you must have activated the Multiple User Accounts feature, accepted the Simple Checkout Terms of Service and generated a Transaction Key for your account. If any of these steps have not been completed, you will not be able to begin creating your Buy Now or Donate buttons.
After clicking Simple Checkout under Tools in the main menu on the left, you will be prompted to complete the steps you have not completed. After completing each step, you need to click Simple Checkout to navigate back to this page. Once all three steps have been successfully checked off, you can click Simple Checkout again, and you will be taken to the Simple Checkout Administration Page to begin creating Buy Now or Donate buttons.
Step 1: Activate Multiple User Accounts
Multiple User Accounts is a standard feature of the payment gateway. It enables each employee who needs access to your organization's payment gateway account to have a unique login ID and password to the Merchant Interface–essentially, their own individual user account. Each user's account can also be configured to include permissions to specific Merchant Interface features and functionality that match the employee's job responsibilities.
Note: If you signed up for your payment gateway account after April 2006, Multiple User Accounts was automatically set up when you activated your account. If you signed up for your payment gateway account prior to April 2006, activating Multiple User Accounts is a separate step. If you have not activated Multiple User Accounts, you will see a reminder splash page each time you log into the Merchant Interface. If your Multiple User Accounts feature is already activated, you can skip the rest of this section. Otherwise, please read on for information on activating the feature.
Ideally, the person who first signed up for your payment gateway account or the person who logs into the Merchant Interface most often should complete activation as they will need to verify the current account login information. In addition, the person that completes Multiple User Accounts activation will be automatically configured as an Account Owner–an account user with the highest level of permissions to the Merchant Interface. (Please note that additional Account Owners can be added.)
If you do not have the information needed to complete Multiple User Accounts activation or you do not know who should complete activation, please contact your supervisor or co-worker that manages the payment gateway account.
When you click the provided link, you will be taken to the Multiple User Accounts activation screen, where you will:
Enter your User Information, such as Name, Title, Email Address, etc.
Create a new User Login ID.
Create a new User Password.
Verify your identity by requesting and confirming a PIN.
The new User Login ID and User Password configured on this page will only be associated with the person who completes the Multiple User Accounts activation. All other users that are created for the account must verify their identity by requesting and confirming a PIN.
Note: After completing this step, click Simple Checkout under Tools in the main menu to navigate back to the signup page to see which steps you have left. If all steps have been completed, you will be taken to the Simple Checkout Administration Page.
Step 2: Accept the Simple Checkout Terms of Service
To use Simple Checkout, you must agree to the Simple Checkout Terms of Service. When you click the provided link, you will be able to review the Terms of Service, then either agree or decline. If you decline, you will not be able to use Simple Checkout. To agree, check the box next to I have read and understand the Terms of Service, then click I Agree.
Note: After completing this step, click Simple Checkout under Tools in the main menu to navigate back to the signup page to see which steps you have left. If all steps have been completed, you will be taken to the Simple Checkout Administration Page.
Step 3: Generate a Transaction Key
A Transaction Key is a randomly-generated value used to authenticate transaction requests between your website and the payment gateway’s secure hosted payment form. When you click the provided link, you will be taken to the API Login ID and Transaction Key page.
To generate a Transaction Key, verify your identity by requesting and confirming a PIN. A new Transaction Key will display.
You do not need to copy this value unless you are also using Advanced Integration Method (AIM) or Server Integration Method (SIM). If you are using either of those methods in addition to Simple Checkout, you need to copy the new Transaction Key and update your website code. Contact your developer or review our Implementation Guides for more information.
Note: After completing this step, click Simple Checkout under Tools in the main menu to navigate back to the signup page to see which steps you have left. If all steps have been completed, you will be taken to the Simple Checkout Administration Page.