Allowed and required variables to post to our secure server script:
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=“https://secure.multicards.com/cgi-bin/order2/processorder1.pl”>
The following variables are required:
| name= |
type= |
value= |
| mer_id |
hidden |
Your 6 digit merchant number. |
| num_items |
hidden |
This depends on the number of items used in the page. For
example: if your last product is item17_desc, item17_price and
item17_qty, the num_items value has to be at least 17. If you have a shopping
cart you can set the value to 100. |
| mer_url_idx |
hidden |
Refers to the page ID (page properties) in the MultiCards
database. Every order page should have it's own idx number. You can create
new page ID's in the Merchant Menu. |
The following variables are allowed, but not required:
| name= |
value= |
user1
user2
etc |
These fields allows you to post extra information. The user
variables are the only allowed variables to include query input
fields, any other variable name is not supported. |
| sales_tax_factor |
Tax, value=0.10 for 10% sales tax. |
| sales_tax_exclude |
Tax exclude, value=10 to exclude item10, or value=10,11 to
exclude item 10 and 11 from taxation. |
| sales_discount_factor |
Discount, value=0.10 for 10% discount. |
| sales_discount_exclude |
Discount exclude, value=10 to exclude item10, or value=10,11 to
exclude item 10 and 11 from discount. |
| sales_discount_amount |
Discount amount, value=19.99 to discount 19.99. |
| rebill_type |
Rebilling option, value="0" to not rebill automatically. |
| rebill_type |
Rebilling option, value=monthly-20.00 to bill monthly for 20.00. |
| rebill_type |
Rebilling option, value=quarterly-60.00 to bill quarterly for 60.00. |
| rebill_type |
Rebilling option, value=monthly-20.00-6 to start billing monthly after 6 days for 20.00. |
| rebill_type |
Rebilling option, value=quarterly-60.00-6 to start billing quarterly after 6 days for 60.00. |
Customer Information Fields
The product variables
To include your products in the correct format use these 3 different variables:
| name= |
type= |
value= |
item1_desc
item2_desc
etc |
hidden |
Short description of product. |
item1_price
item2_price
etc |
hidden |
Price of product in format xxx.yy, ie. 23.80. |
item1_qty
item2_qty
etc |
text or
hidden |
Quantity of product in integer format ie. 4. |
Here's an example of a product listing on the form in html format:
<tr>
<td>Book<INPUT NAME="item1_desc" TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="Book"></td>
<td>$25<INPUT NAME="item1_price" TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="25.00"></td>
<td><INPUT NAME="item1_qty" TYPE="TEXT" SIZE=2></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Parfume<INPUT NAME="item2_desc" TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="Parfume"></td>
<td>$89<INPUT NAME="item2_price" TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="89.00"></td>
<td><INPUT NAME="item2_qty" TYPE="TEXT" SIZE=2></td>
</tr>
The next product will be item3_desc, item3_price, item3_qty.
The next product item4... item5... etc...
Demo pages
You can use one of these demo order pages as an example to create your own order page:
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