First, you will need to sign up for a Payment Gateway assuming you already have a merchant account with Authorize.Net.

Here is a link to get going with Authorize.Net

Once you have this all setup, we will need two pieces of information to place into your OnRes account – API Login ID and Transaction Key.

Once the API credentials are in place, you can set up other related payment options as needed at Interfaces >> Payment Gateway section.

For example, you can choose your Payment Type, which is set to control how guest credit cards are charged at the time of booking. For charging the cards manually at the 2.0 system, this setting is not needed, as you can charge any amount from the card as needed.

If you do not wish to charge the guest credit card, but would like the system to pre-authorize the guest card at the time of booking, you can enable the "Authorize Only (for web booking)" option.

When it's enabled, the system will pre-authorize the configured amount to the guest card. No actual charge will be made. If the authorization is successful, the system will proceed with the reservation, otherwise, the reservation will not be made.

As shown in the screenshot below, you can set the amount to be authorized by selecting the Authorization Type. For example, if you only wish to check if the credit card number is valid at the time of booking, you can select the "Authorize a percentage of the full amount" option, and enter "0" for the "Partial Authorization Percentage(%)" field.

Open the Reservation Details window, and click on the Charge Guest Credit Card button. Make sure you have the guest credit card information and total amount saved in the reservation record before doing this.

Then on the popup, you can choose a different amount to charge (e.g. a 50% deposit), then click Pay button to proceed

The system will then connect to the Payment Gateway interface and respond with a success or fail message after the transaction.

Click on the Payment History link to open up the Payment Record popup.

Click on the Request Refund link, then enter the amount that you would like to refund, then click on Confirm Refund button to proceed. After the transaction, a new record showing that the refund success (or failure) will show up in the Payment Record table.

Note that you can only refund the transactions that you made through the OnRes/Gateway interface, E.g. those transactions that have a recod showing in the Payment Record section with a "Request Refund" button.

Usually transactions can't be refunded until the payment was settled. Depending on the policies set by the Payment Gateway, it could be from a few hours to a day or even longer.

Open the Reservation Details window, and click on the Authorize Guest Credit Card button. Make sure you have the guest credit card information and total amount saved in the reservation record before doing this.

Then on the popup, you can choose a different amount to authorize (e.g. a 50% deposit), then click Authorize button to proceed

The system will then connect to the Payment Gateway interface and respond with a success or fail message after the transaction. If it's successful, you will see a transaction record in the Payment History section with Payment Status "PreAuthorized".

Note:

1. The pre-authorized amount will be held for 30 days unless the transaction is cancelled
2. When you charge the guest credit card that had a prior pre-authorization, avoid making a new charge by clicking on the Charge Guest Credit Card button, instead, open the Payment History popup and complete the charge on the pre-auth'd transaction (see Section 2.4 below).
3. If you want to cancel the pre-authorized transaction, see Section 2.5 below for details.

Click on the Payment History link to open up the Payment Record popup.

On the pop up, loacate the transaction record with status PreAuthorized, click the "Charge" button and press Confirm Charge.

Up success, the system will mark this transaction with "Paid" status

Click on the Payment History link to open up the Payment Record popup.

On the pop up, loacate the transaction record with status PreAuthorized, click the "Cancel Pre-Auth" button and press Confirm Cancel.

Up success, the system will mark this transaction with "PreAuthorized (voided)" status