Category Archives: Credit Card Processing

Authorize.net information gone?

Has this happened to you? A Wintix user emailed us: “Something strange happened this morning. When the box office people arrived, the authorize.net information was wiped out. This happened to us once before, so we were prepared to fill in … Continue reading

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Important: Security Certificate Upgrades on May 26th, 2015 from Authorize.net

Center Stage Software and some of our customers received this information from Authorize.net recently: Important: Security Certificate Upgrades on May 26th Authorize.Net is upgrading our infrastructure to enhance system performance and security. On May 26, 2015, we are upgrading to … Continue reading

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Changing the Webtix shopping cart time out default of 20 minutes

If you are using Webtix for online sales, the default time for the shopping cart to time out is 20 minutes. While you can choose any amount of minutes for it to time out, we would like to give you … Continue reading

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What to do about a Webtix sale that didn’t record in Wintix but the credit card was charged

Have you had an online sale completed, but the transaction didn’t make it or record in Wintix, and the credit card was charged?  Occasionally, our clients have this problem.  This post has various instructions with screen shots so you can … Continue reading

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Authorize.net outage caused incomplete Wintix and Webtix purchases: Hard Error line 343

On October 10, 2014, Center Stage Software learned that some patrons of our customers were unable to complete a purchase through Webtix because of an outage at Authorize.net. In addition, because of this outage, some clients were unable to sell … Continue reading

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A Visit to MerchantPlus

Twenty-nine Broadway in New York City is an unassuming address. However, it is a nicely preserved Art Deco building. We went to the last floor on the elevator, then took the stairs one more floor up to the penthouse, where … Continue reading

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How to use ARB (Automated Recurring Billing) for subscriber payments with Authorize.net

  One of our customers wanted to use ARB (Automated Recurring Billing) so season subscribers could pay easily each month. If you would like to do this, set this up with Authorize.net as ARB.  Once you receive the Authorize.net email … Continue reading

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Do you need to accept foreign credit cards?

For international charges, you need to check with your payment gateway company. If you are using Authorize.net make a change in your settings by clicking on “Settings” (under Account) | “Address Verification Service” (under Security Settings).  This is what gets … Continue reading

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ERROR:Credit-Card Processing Failure – The transaction has been declined because of an AVS mismatch. The address provided does not match billing address of cardholder.

  One of our clients reported this error with a Webtix order. When this happens, your online patron will also receive this error message. Generally, the patron will resubmit the credit card with the correct billing address. If the online … Continue reading

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Wintix 6: The Initialization Menu – Credit Cards Tab

Go to Initialization | Credit Cards Tab. If you are using Webtix for online sales or using Wintix as a virtual terminal The Credit cards tab is where you choose to require the CVV2 number for credit card transactions and … Continue reading

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