Online Data Corporation - Discount Credit Card Processing

RECURRING
BILLING

RECURRING
BILLING

Recurring billing is available for all transactions. It may be included with an original transaction by including two additional fields in your order form or it may be added to previous transactions via the Transaction Listing.

The Recurring Billing Module is quite sophisticated, but is easy to use. There are two aspects to the module, as explained below.

Please read the RESTRICTIONS / CONSIDERATIONS below. As always, test your forms before making them live.

RECIPE BUILDER
The Recipe Builder enables you to have pre-set recurring data. Each recipe may be used for any transaction. The Recipe Builder allows you to specify whether a transaction will repeat every x number of days, every x weeks on specific days, or every x months on specific days of the month.

Recipe Builder You must be registered to log in.
Recipe List You must be registered to log in.

INITIATING RECURRING TRANSACTIONS

OPTION 1:
Recurring transactions may be initiated at the time the original transaction is processed or at any time via the Transaction Listing. To make a transaction recurring initially, simply add the following input fields to your order form:

<input type="hidden" name="recur_recipe" value="recipe name here">
<input type="hidden" name="recur_reps" value="number of repetitions here">
The recur_recipe field value should contain the name of the recipe that you'd like to use for the transaction. You create the recipe name when using the Recipe Builder.
The recur_reps field value should contain the total number of recurring repetitions that should be initiated for the transaction.

OPTION 2:
From the Transaction Listing, click on the XID of any transaction. You will be taken to the details page, which includes a button for recurring transactions. From here you may update or change the recurring information for any transaction.

RESTRICTIONS / CONSIDERATIONS

The Recurring Module can only be used for credit card transactions.
Only one recurring recipe may be used per <FORM>.
Recipes cannot be modified or deleted. However, you may change the recipe used by specific transactions.
Email confirmation letters will be sent to the customer and merchant each time a recurring transaction takes place. The letter will include the history of the recurring transaction and the number or repetitions remaining.
Recurring transactions will be attempted multiple times on the specified recurring date. If the transaction fails each time during that day, you will receive an email notification. A failed recurring transaction will not affect future repetitions.
Recurring transactions have their own AVS setting. By default, your AVS setting for recurring transaction is NONE. This is very important since your customer may have a different address when the transaction is attempted again. If you would like to change your recurring AVS setting, please let us know.