Getting Started With Authorize.net

For any Authorize.net accounts started in June 2006 or later, Authorize.net requires two different sets of login information for your account.

If your account was created prior to June 2006, then this article does not apply to you.

When you get approved you get the Control Panel login and password for your account. This is the information needed to login at:

https://secure.authorize.net

Finishing Your Account Setup

Before you get going, you should fill out the first screen that comes up. This sets up the master account for you and lets you specify a "Secret Question" for verification purposes later on.

Creating Your API Login And Transaction Key

You then need to create an "API Login ID and Transaction Key"

This is the login that your MemberGate site needs in order to connect and process through the Authorize.net system.

Your initial login and password won't make the connection to Authorize.net.

You must click on the "Settings" link and then the "API Login ID and Transaction Key" link.

On the "API Login ID and Transaction Key" page, you will be asked to confirm your "Secret Question" that you had answered when you had set up your site.

On the next screen you will generate an API Login ID and also a Transaction Key.

This is the information that your site needs to connect to Authorize.net

Connecting Your Site

In your site's control panel, choose "Payment Gateway" from the right side.

You will make sure that "Authorize.net" is in the first box.

Leave "CC Partner" empty.

Put your API Login ID that you just created into the CC User box.

Put your Transaction Key that you just created into the CC Pword box.

Hit Apply Changes.

Your site should confirm that the connection to Authorize.net was successful. If you received any other message than that, send us an email and we will check it over for you.

Your Are Not Live Yet!

Its important to note that when you first start with Authorize.net, your account is in "Test Mode".

This allows you to test transactions on your site. Until you turn off test mode and go into Live mode, then transactions won't actually be processed. They will look like they are going through (for testing purposes) but the card won't actually get billed.

Its very important that you go into Live Mode when you are ready to start accepting money for real.