Merchant Service Providers Setup

Credit card processing is an area of importance, yet concern, to all shop owners.  Most clients pay with their cards, and Auto Shop Writer integrates services to some 3rd party providers.

As a business owner you may be inundated with calls from people wanting to sell their services in this area.  Some are legitimate, and others are "hit and miss", with high rates, and poor services, yet loads of promises.  At MasterLink Software we are constantly asked by these people to integrate to their systems, but in the end we reject most simply because they do not have a long term track record and proven support capabilities.

Instructions follow on the ASW side of the integration with the companies we do support.  We prefer to call their software, pass the important data about the transaction, let their system totally process the charge, and then receive back the information we need to store.  We do not store any credit card information itself.  We only store transaction ID information that allows you to confirm sales, and process credits when needed.

These credit systems do save a considerable amount of time and money for the shop owner.  They use fast internet connectivity, the record keeping is maintained within the program, and the receipt appears on the final invoice.  Our providers also pride themselves on very competitive rates and excellent service.