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Coupled with RealCart™, Authorize.Net™ WebLink allows your Internet-based businesses to authorize, process, and manage credit card transactions without worrying about all the complicated software, hardware, and expertise normally associated with processing payments over the Web.

When online customers are ready to purchase products or services from your Web site, WebLink either captures the necessary information (name, credit card number, etc.) from your site's own secure transaction page or displays a standard WebLink transaction page, hosted on an Authorize.Net server, for your customer to fill out. This is handy if you do not have access to SSL security in your web hosting plan. This is also the default setting in RealCart™

This information is encrypted using 40 or 128 bit Secure Socket Layer technology and sent to an Authorize.Net transaction server. The server then sends the data through the authorization network to the appropriate card issuer's bank over a secure, proprietary connection. When the authorization process is complete -- this takes around five seconds -- the customer receives an approval or decline response, and the Authorize.Net server stores the transaction. Transactions are automatically settled each day and funded within 2-3 days.

Configuring RealCart™ for the Authorize.Net system is simple. You simply open up the checkout wizard, select Order Provider as the server type, then choose Authorize.net 3.0 as the Order Provider and enter your Authnet Login ID in the space provided. Click OK and publish your store and you’re ready to sell! For complete, step by step instructions on how to configure Authnet as the secure order provider click here.

You can also check the status of transactions or run reports on past activity by going to the Authorize.Net Web site and logging on to your own password-protected Authorize.Net site. And you can also use the Authorize.Net Virtual Terminal to enter payment information manually if customers prefer to call in with their credit card information.