How do I signup to be a Merchant with payAWS?
The first step in the process is setting up a payAWS merchant ID.
All payAWS merchant IDs are comprised of three uppercase initials (ABC). All IDs
will of course be unique. In the event your ID is already appropriated by
someone else, one or two digits will be appended to the end.(Ex. ABC12)
Prospective merchants will go to
Merchant Signup
and enter their unique ID, their zip code, and a four-digit PIN of their choice,
that serves as their temporary identity until further steps are completed.
The second step is acquiring a "
Merchant Account".
We partner with "PNC Bank" to provide this service for you.
The prospective merchant must open a PNC merchant account. (Details of this
step is in the PNC section.) You will need to fill in the
Merchant Pre-qualification Form in order to start the application
process. You must provide all information as it is necessary to setup
both your PNC Merchant Account and Authorize.Net Payment Gateway account.
Once the application process is complete and we have received an approval,
then we have everything needed to progress to stage 3.
The third step requires setting up your Authorize.Net Payment Gateway account.
This is needed as Authorize.Net actually processes the payment transactions. There
is additional information needed to finish this stage. A Banking Integration
Form is required to provide funding and distribution information for your account
at
Authorize.Net
Banking Integration Form located here. Once this information is acquired,
payAWS will setup your gateway account and email you the account data and
require you to select or refuse certain options available to you from
Authorize.Net. Once those options are input, you are ready to proceed.