LocalBilling
Please don't test your biller setup with LocalBilling's test account—it won't work correctly.
Setting Up on Local Billing's Website
Before you can begin configuring LocalBilling as a biller in NATS3, you must first register a merchant account with them. This can be done through their website at http://www.LocalBilling.com/.
While registering with LocalBilling, make sure to tell them that you're working with NATS, so that they can better help you.
Once you set up all of your sites with LocalBilling, they will provide you with a document containing all of the information you need to set up Local Billing with NATS. Please contact your biller if this information is not provided to you. This information will be necessary for setting up LocalBilling in NATS3.
Setting Up Local Billing in NATS
Billers Admin
To begin setting up LocalBilling as a biller in NATS, go to the Billers Admin. Scroll down to the "Biller" drop-down menu, select LocalBilling, and click "Add."
Note: If you don't see LocalBilling as a biller, put in a support ticket, as you may need an updated version of NATS.
When prompted, fill in your E-Mail address, Merchant ID, and Shared Secret Key (SOAP Key). The required e-mail address here is the same as the e-mail you use to access your Local Billing account. You will find all of these values in part A of your Local Billing set up document -- contact Local Billing if you do not have any of these values.
Sites Admin
Next, go to the Sites Admin, create or edit a site, and scroll down to the "Biller Details" section. Find the "LocalBilling" settings, and enter the Site ID for every site you have set up with LocalBilling. Your Site ID (DID) is Local Billing's unique identifier for the site. A table containing the DID for each site should be provided in part D of your Local Billing set up document.
Once you have done that, scroll down to the "Join Options this Site Offers" section and create or edit a join option to add LocalBilling compatibility. Under "Biller Codes for this Join Option," enter your LocalBilling Identifier, which identifies your pricing option offer. Enter your LocalBilling Upgrade Identifier to identify the membership upgrade pricing option. Finally, enter your LocalBilling Package. This identifies the membership package option.
A table containing the both ID's for each site will be provided in Part E of your Local Billing set up document. Click Save once you have finished filling out the available fields on this page. LocalBilling should now be configured and ready to process transactions through NATS.
Cross Sells
LocalBilling also supports Cross Sell transactions through NATS. In order to process cross sale transactions, however, you will first have to set them up with LocalBilling. Please contact your biller for assistance with this.
To set up cross sells in NATS, go to the Cross Sells Admin and click "Incoming" or "Outgoing" from the navigation tabs (depending on whether you are receiving or sending the cross sale).
If you are sending a cross sell to another site, go to the "Outgoing" section. Choose LocalBilling from the "Biller" drop-down menu and click Add. On the next page, you will be prompted to fill in the Title, Description, and Disclaimer for your cross sell option.
You will then need to fill out the Biller Info for your cross sell, which should be provided to you by LocalBilling. Fill in your Site ID, Option Identifier, and Ref Code here, and click "Edit."
If you are receiving the cross sell, go to the "Incoming" section. Choose LocalBilling from the Biller drop-down menu, and click Add. When prompted, choose the site and program you want to associate with the cross sale, and fill in the "Comment" field.
Under "Data," fill in the Site ID, Option Identifier, and Upgrade Identifier that you received when registering with LocalBilling. Finally, fill in your desired Initial Days (length of initial membership), Initial Dollar (cost of initial membership), Recurring Days (length of recurring membership), and Recurring Dollar (cost of recurring membership). You can also choose if you want this cross sell to be a trial membership.
Targeting Local Billing For Foreign Billing
(NOTE: You will need to set up Geo-Targeting for this.)
- On the Billers admin, click Add a Cascade
- For "Short Name" input Foreign Billing (for example; this is internal)
- For "Description" input Foreign Billing provided by Local Billing (for example; your surfers will see this on the join form)
- For "Weight" input 256
- For "First Biller" choose "LOCALB"
- Click the Save Changes button
- Scroll down to the Current Cascades section
- Locate the cascade that was created
- For the Excluded list, hold CTRL and select "United States" and "Canada"
- Click the Save button
