The best practice you can have is to always be vigilant with your credit card transactions. Just like you protect your cash, protect your credit card sales! Review daily transactions, don’t allow orders or sales for fishy-smelling deals and protect sensitive information. Online Best Practices Use AVS (Address Verification System): Always use [...]
International orders can really help boost sales and donations, but they carry higher inherent risks. To help avoid being the victim of fraud, we recommend shipping products outside of the US only once you have vetted the cardholder and verified their address. Below are some best practices for your organization [...]
Address Verification is a very important service that you should be fully utilizing in order to protect yourself against fraud. Depending on the types of transactions you accept, you may need to edit your AVS settings so that international orders or specific purchases can be authorized. Learn how to edit [...]
If your organization is in need of a simple, easy way to take a payment or donation on your website, then Authorize.net’s Simple Checkout is perfect. In just a few minutes, you can quickly and easily create a “Donate” button for your website. Watch the video below to learn how to easily [...]
Getting access to your API Login ID and Transaction Key will be vital when connecting to an external shopping cart. Watch the video below to see how to get this information so that you can integrate your Authorize.net account with your shopping cart. Need more help? Authorize.net has put together [...]
Fraud losses cost the financial and retail industries over $250 billion annually, and cyber-crimes get more sophisticated every year. Online merchants are typically more vulnerable than in-person merchants, due to the fact that there are many more opportunities for fraudsters to attack an organization via digital means. As an online [...]
A website inspection is just what it sounds like – If you take payments through your website, we’ll be inspecting your site, to look for a few specific things. Visa/Mastercard/Discover/Amex have very specific requirements for all merchant who accept credit cards online. The requirements are setup with the intention of protecting both [...]
If you’re accepting payments online, you’ll need the use of a payment gateway in addition to your Dharma account. Without a gateway, Dharma would have no way of securely getting orders from your website. Hackers are always on the hunt for new ways to steal sensitive data, and that’s why [...]
Dharma Merchant Services was created with the distinct purpose of operating differently than our competition. Our founders felt that the merchant services industry has not been meeting the needs of merchants in an ethical, transparent, and sustainable manner – so, Dharma was born to try and change that! We encourage [...]
Merchant Services Comparison: PayPal merchant service is a great service for the right merchants, but most merchants who are processing at least $5k – $10k per month will save money by processing with Dharma, while also getting access to more advanced features. Merchants Better Suited for Paypal Start-Up, Online-only Merchants: [...]