DPO Secure Server

The DPO operates a secure web server that can be used by any county to
accept credit card transactions on line. There is no charge to the
county for use of the secure server. However the county needs to have a
merchant credit card account and a authorize.net gateway account.

We have arranged with a credit card company to let county parties sign up for merchant accounts at a favorable rate that includes a merchant account and an account with authorize.net.  This
entails a monthly charge of $17.50 plus $0.22 per transaction, and a
discount rate of 2.14%.  See account details below.

The
on line contribution page can be very quickly modified to handle a variety of situations, such as various ticket types at some rate, dollar donations to multiple funds, and non-dollar transactions like meal choices and t-shirt sizes. 

The authorize.net account provides a "virtual terminal" that lets you manually process credit cards as well.  It also can automate recurring transactions, and notify you of pending expiration dates.  And it can process eChecks as well as credit cards.  Nearly all "store" software systems provide an interface to authorize.net so it is easy to use for other things as well.

Getting an account

The account is set up through e-onlinedata.com.  Have this information ready:

• Federal Tax ID number (EIN).
• A voided check (to get routing information for deposits)
• Personal contact information, including social security number, for principle contact. (They are required to have personal contact information for every account.)

Sign up at this site: https://www.e-onlinedata.com/democrats

After you have received your accounts (takes about 10 days), contact DPO to set up the on-line contribution form.