Hello All,
I just heard about a new service from Authorize.net that sounds very interesting, particularly for those of us working with recurring payments. In summary, this new service allow you to store all customer credit card info with Authorize.net, and then process a new transaction for that customer just by referencing an ID # - there's no need for the customer to re-enter their credit card.
This would provide great flexibility for recurring payments (i.e., the ability to charge a different amount each month, while still not storing any sensitive info in the database). It also would enable customers to make repeat purchases without having to reenter their CC info.
In Authorize.net's words...
The Customer Information Manager (CIM) service allows you to store your customers’ sensitive payment information on our secure servers for use in future transactions. Your Web site integrates to CIM via an Application Programming Interface (API). Through the API, you can create, view, update and delete customer profiles that include billing, payment and shipping information. When a transaction is processed using the API, a customer profile is created and stored on our secure servers. You receive a Customer Reference ID for that particular customer profile. From then on, you need only submit the Customer Reference ID in place of all customer information, including billing, payment and shipping information.









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