| FEATURES |
ADVANTAGES |
| Integration tools |
In
addition to C or Java client libraries, Global Gateway
International has created a series of software
wrappers to support development on various platforms
and application environments (e.g., Perl, COM,
ColdFusion, PHP, iHTML) |
| Fraud
protection |
Provides
crucial preventive measures that allow merchants
to block specific credit card numbers and Internet
protocol (IP) addresses |
| Address
Verification Service (AVS) |
Helps
the merchant validate the customer's billing address |
| Global Gateway
VirtualCheck |
Global Gateway
API allows electronic check acceptance
to be integrated into the merchant's Web site;
customers electing to pay for goods or services
by check are prompted to enter check information
into a form created and maintained on the merchant's
Web site |
| Periodic
billing |
Global Gateway
API allows merchants to create a recurring
billing system for memberships, subscriptions
and other periodic billing purposes |
| Reports
and tools |
Provides
real-time management via the merchant's Web browser |
| Shopping
cart software vendors |
Many
software companies have integrated Global Gateway
API libraries into their shopping cart software
to facilitate ease of use and configuration with
merchant Web sites |
| Purchasing
cards |
Global Gateway
API supports the use of purchasing cards |
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About Global Gateway API Modules
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The Global Gateway API shipping module calculates
shipping by flat rate or dollar amount per order.
Shipping tables are configured based on zones
or the type of shipping used. This versatile
module allows merchants to determine shipping
charges precisely.
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The Global Gateway API sales-tax module
calculates sales tax by state and municipality.
This module allows merchants to determine how
or when customers are charged sales tax for
products and services they have ordered.
- The Global Gateway API electronic soft-good
download (ESD) module completely automates
the Internet-based sale of soft goods (i.e.,
products that are ordered and electronically
paid for and delivered via downloads, including
software, graphic images, photos and music).
The ESD module allows the digital-content
vendor to sell soft goods with byte-by-byte
tracking of the software download. The module
also supports key-type downloads, which the
buyer can use to unlock an encrypted file
downloaded by other means.
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Developers, software programmers, Internet service providers
(ISPs) and commerce service providers (CSPs) with an advanced
knowledge of the C or Java programming languages prefer
to use the Global Gateway API (application programming
interface) client to integrate secure credit card processing
into both simple and complex e-commerce Web sites. This
allows customers to pay for products and services online
with a credit card without leaving the merchant's Web
site. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology is used to
encrypt confidential transactions and order information
and to pass them directly from the e-commerce site to
the Global Gateway Secure Payment Gateway.