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Anthrocon's Ubersystem - a fork of the MagFest system that handles ticketing, staffing, analytics, volunteers, and tons more
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Onsite: card readers for registration? #95

Closed UncleKage closed 8 years ago

UncleKage commented 8 years ago

I have purchased two card readers: chip-enabled and mag-stripe enabled. I'd like to put the registration system through its paces to see if we can use these onsite for registration in order to free us from having to use bank-provided credit card terminals. Does this system have a test mode that I can use to try out the readers (and likewise, does Stripe have a test mode so I can send real-time transactions as tests, without having to make real ones that then get canceled?)

binary1230 commented 8 years ago

disclaimer: not super-familiar with AC's specific but:

Stripe has a test mode that you can use. If you guys have a test deploy of AC's RAMS somewhere, you can put the Stripe testing keys in the .INI file and use the card# 4242424242424242 to test out purchasing through RAMS. It'll act like the transaction went through.

More info on Stripe's testing stuff here. including card#s which, when entered, cause Stripe to send you back an denied charge: https://stripe.com/docs/testing

thaeli commented 8 years ago

For a full card-present processor without bank terminal hassles, Magfest and many other events have been very happy with Square. That would be my first recommendation for onsite processing.

RAMS itself does not currently have any support for card readers. (Stripe is a card-not-present processor, so EMV does not apply to them; the PCI status of using swipe readers with card-not-present transactions is cloudy so I'd rather stay away from it for now.)

Cards can be run via typing in the numbers. In the future, it is possible that Stripe will add a native and supported card-present solution, or that we will find another vendor providing such a solution and meeting our other technical needs.

On Dec 17, 2015, at 7:05 PM, UncleKage notifications@github.com wrote:

I have purchased two card readers: chip-enabled and mag-stripe enabled. I'd like to put the registration system through its paces to see if we can use these onsite for registration in order to free us from having to use bank-provided credit card terminals. Does this system have a test mode that I can use to try out the readers (and likewise, does Stripe have a test mode so I can send real-time transactions as tests, without having to make real ones that then get canceled?)

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kitsuta commented 8 years ago

Issue moved to Anthrocon-Reg/anthrocon_plugin #80 via ZenHub.io