The LinkPoint Gateway is already integrated into SalesCart, the most popular internet storefront software, with your optional purchase of the CardService Plug-in.  It allows merchants to have complete flexibility in designing their storefronts.

The payment module communicates with the credit card processor to authorize credit card transactions in real time. Customers receive almost immediate purchase confirmation informing them that the transaction was successful.

The payment engine uses a multi-threaded process that allows multiple transactions to be processed concurrently on one server. This ensures that customers will not have to wait in line for their transactions to be processed by the merchant.

Why choose the LinkPoint Gateway?
The LinkPoint Gateway offers more value than any other payment system on the market. The system offers extensive fraud protection unmatched in the industry. The system also offers ESD (electronic softgood downloads), shipping and tax calculators, fulfillment API's, and user-friendly merchant reports and tools. The system offers scalability (it grows with your business) and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

How secure is the LinkPoint Gateway?
The LinkPoint Gateway offers secure online transactions by utilizing RSA 1024-bit encryption technology. Coupled with extensive fraud protection capabilities, Cardservice offers payment solutions which use the safest transaction methods available today. This is why Cardservice International is known as the Internet Transaction Company.

LinkPoint Gateway Plug-in wraps around your existing SalesCart Web site, making it able to accept credit cards in "real time". 

Virtual LinkPoint gives you the power of a POS terminal or software without the hardware/software or maintenance expenses.

Virtual LinkPoint allows merchants to enter credit card transactions into their own Internet-connected computer browser. The program is ideal for the merchant who wants a PC-based solution and appreciates the automatic, transparent software upgrade feature. Customer orders may come from a non-commerce-enabled Web site, telephone, fax, mail or e-mail. The orders are entered into an online PC, where sales, return authorizations and reports are all provided through the LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway.

Advantages

Fraud protection checks for common patterns and has the ability to block Internet protocol (IP) addresses and credit card numbers. Merchants can also create a “negative file” or high-risk consumers/card numbers. Virtual LinkPoint automatically performs numerous Internet fraud checks in real time, allows merchants to lock out specific credit card numbers and IP addresses, and makes Address Verification Service (AVS) information available for approved transactions. 

Merchant reports and tools provide complete, up-to-the-minute reporting. They allow merchants to specify search and time criteria to generate reports summarizing all successful orders, listing all transactions or showing all orders for a particular product. Merchants can also perform management tasks from the merchant reports and tools interface, including confirming shipment of hard goods and issuing credits.