Almost all payment gateways have some form of AVS that is turned on by default. AVS is an anti-fraud tool that checks the billing address entered on the payment form with the billing address registered with the credit card. Address Verification Service is a great tool if you are selling a physical or a virtual [...]
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The current invoices don’t do a good job of handling security deposits. For example, here is an example of an invoice from the current application: The invoice is for 2 nights at $350.00 a night (plus tax) with a $100 security deposit. Thus the total amount due is $842.00. The guest has paid the $842.00. [...]
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I was really surprised to learn that some acquiring banks won’t underwrite business from vacation rental managers. Vacation rental owners are ok, but not vacation rental managers. In a nutshell some underwriters simply won’t underwrite any groups that “accept payments on behalf of others”. In credit card lingo, when another party accepts a credit card [...]
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I’ve pushed the payment gateway update back to Monday, January 18th to allow a couple of customers to get their payment gateways all setup. I don’t want to pull the rug on anybody. This is a BIG update, the biggest update we’ve had in 4 or 5 months, so please remain calm as we work [...]
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by InnFirst on January 11, 2010
in Features
In response to this mornings communication problems, we’ve setup a Twitter account for Lodgix. I’ll have the design tweaked soon, but it looks pretty good. www.twitter.com/innfirst
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