[ic] tring to connact

[interch]

Hi David,

Nova is both a clearing house/processing network and the underwriter
usually (the bank) for the merchant accounts they issue.  What you need to
find out from them is what internet payment gateway they have set you up
on.  Interchange interfaces with the internet payment gateway.  If the
Internet payment gateway is not one of the gateways supported by
Interchange then you would have to write an Interchange payment module for
it.  I know that Nova has their own gateway, and I am pretty sure they can
support either Verisign or AuthorizeNet.  You may get into a situation
where they want you to use their gateway (or you may have already
purchased it) instead of a third party gateway, so be prepared.  If I was
you I would find out what gateways they can support first, then once you
know what the real deal is you can get them to do what you need.  Don't
talk to them unprepared or they will just tell you what they want you to
hear.

CCVS supports Nova but I suggest not going that route.  Not because of
anything to do with CCVS but CCVS is simply not a viable option unless you
have a dedicated server, then I would look at it.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people in your position, and to be honest
it can be avoided if you know what needs to be done before you invest your
money in actual applications or services.  In a nutshell, before you make
any purchasing decisions know what all the pieces are you will need,  then
shop around until you find componants that will all work together, THEN
buy them.  Also, READ ALL THE CONTRACTS with your vendors carefully.  Want
to know what they really charge you?  Forget what they advertise on their
site read the contract.  That no setup fee merchant account can turn into
a 36 month lease at $40 per month or a setup fee for their gateway service
that isn't compatible with your ecommerce solution.


Sorry if I went a bit beyond what the original question was there, hope
this helps...

Chris Ochs









On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 DHaley65@aol.com wrote:

> i have interchange (red hat) cart on my site that was provided by my severe. 
> i did not have to set it up at all. i now went and got merchantconnect.com 
> (nova), and need to integrate it into interchange (red hat). 
> in my previous mail i got a response of 
> 
> 
> I take it you mean Nova is your Merchant Account and not your clearing 
> house...
> You still need a clearing house...
> 
> If you use AuthorizeNet, iTransact, Signio/Verisign, or RedHat CCVS you don't
> need any special Interchange programming... Just the clearing house 
> requirements
> and then configure Interchange to talk to the right module...
> 
> If you use a different clearing house, then you will need to make several
> changes...
> 
> John
> 
> 
> what is the clearing house requirements, or where are they located at in 
> interchange (red hat). and where do i configure Interchange to talk to the 
> right module, example what pages would i put the configuration on. 
> merchantconnect.com (nova) shows me some query samples that i can cut and 
> past, then configure, but i do not know exactly where to put them in 
> interchange (red hat). One sample is to send out and one is to receive in 
> from merchantconnect.com (nova). I hope this is more understandable then my 
> last one, and thank you john for your reply.
> 
> thank you 
>  David Haley
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