When an user logins into the VPOS they are forwarded to the Home page where he/she must chose the merchant they would like to process payments under. Different merchants have different merchant types. Merchant types describe the various preferences and properties of a merchant as well as what payment types (see below) the merchant may process. This section of the User Guide attempts to describe each merchant Type. Currently there are only four merchant types within the JHU VPOS A, B, C and D.
Payment Types
There are six different payments types within the JHU VPOS, a user selects the the desired payment type when creating a payment (see Make Payment). Certain payment types are restricted to certain merchant types. The possible payment types within the JHU VPOS are Credit Card Sale, Credit Card Force, E-Check, Remote Check Batch, Recurring Credit Card Billing, and Recurring E-Check Billing. The Merchant Types C and D are able to process payments under all six payments types, although the preferences and properties under each payment type differ slightly based on the selected merchant type. Merchant types A and B can process payments under all payments types except Remote Check Batch.
Differences Between Merchant Types
For the most part merchants of different types are the same but there are some slight differences. These differences between merchants can be seen visually when processing a payment (see Make Payment to learn how to process a payment), this visual difference is seen in the Sales data portion of the of the payment form. To complete a payment different merchants acquire different sales data. Example. Type A merchants need SAP information when processing a Credit Card Sale while Type B merchants require a MRN#. The below image is a side by side comparison of Type A merchant and Type B merchant processing a credit card payment.
Type B merchants require MRN# when processing any payment type.
