Minimum System Requirements
Requires Internet Access for each station that processes credit cards.
Requires ProfitMaker version 9.63.00 or higher.
PromoPayment is a processing service, provided by SofterWare Inc. that provides discounted credit card Merchant Services exclusively to ASI members.
Getting started
- Contact SofterWare Inc. at 800-220-8611, to begin the process. Once you have signed up for the service and have received an API-Key, then continue with the next step to implement this service in ProfitMaker.
Generate a Unique Tokenization Key. (These steps only need to be done once)
- The key is generated in your Merchant Control account.
- Log in to the Merchant Account - https://Secure.safesavegateway.com/merchants/
1. To request the Tokenization Key, do the following steps:
2. On the left menu, click Options, then Settings
3. Click “Security Keys” within the Security Options panel.
4. Within the “Public Security Keys” section, click the “Add a New Public Key” button.
1. Enter a Key Name (for Description), Username Associated with key, and select “Tokenization” from the drop-down list for the Key Permission (Source).
2. Click the Create button.
Note: If you are unable to locate the Public Security Keys you will need to contact PromoPayment for assistance at 800-220-8611.
1. The newly created Tokenization key will need to be input within ProfitMaker’s Company Information Maintenance > Credit authorization window (see below).
2. After receiving a Tokenization Key, you need to configure the variables/fields that need to be returned in the API Response.
3. On the left menu, click Options, then Settings
4. Click “API Configuration” within the Transaction Options panel.
5. The “Use custom format” radio button should be selected.
6. All the fields in the “Fields Returned” column need to be included.
If they are not, then drag them from the list of “Available Fields”.
When done, click the Save button at bottom of window.
Update to ProfitMaker version 9.63.00 or higher if haven’t already done so
1. Update ProfitMaker with the Tokenization Key, CC Processing URL, and CC Processing Path.
2. Within Company Information Maintenance > Credit authorization, make sure have the following fields entered:
- Api-Key - Leave the existing Key. If this is the first time setting up, enter the Key.
- Tokenization Key - Enter the new Tokenization Key
- CC Processing URL - If not filled in, will default to http://localhost
- CC Processing Path - If not filled in, will default to c:\inetpub\wwwroot
Once this is saved, log out of ProfitMaker and back in for Company Information changes to take effect.
Notes:
- PromoPayment will perform the collection of credit card information outside of ProfitMaker using an HTML form that will request the credit card #, expiration date and credit card security code. None of this information will be stored at any point on the local PC nor in any ProfitMaker related database tables.
To install or verify installation of Internet Information Services on Windows 10/11
Click on Start
Type appwiz.cpl. This will open the control panel applet for Programs and Features.
Select the option for Turn Windows Features on or off
If the box next to Internet Information Services is populated, IIS is installed, and this step can be cancelled.
If the box next to Internet Information Services is empty, IIS is not installed. Click the box and hit OK.
When the installation finishes, it will return to the control panel. This process may prompt a system restart to finalize.