1. Set up an Authorize.net account
2. Log into your Authorize.net account
3. If you're intending to start taking live orders from customers, ensure your Authorize.Net account is not in Test Mode (see below for more details on that).
4. Under your Account settings, click on Settings
5. Under “Security Settings”, choose “API Login ID and Transaction Key”
6. Here you will be required to obtain a Transaction Key by answering your security question.
7. Acquire your Authorize.net API ID. If one is not visible (which is sometimes the case), you can use your Authorize.net login username in its place.
8. Set the live/test radio button selection to Live (unless you're setting up your own test account).
9. Log in to the Foxy administration and proceed to the payment gateway settings. Within the “Let customers pay with a Credit or Debit Card” option (check the box if unchecked), select “Authorize.Net” from the bank card payment method dropdown. Enter the two values you copied from your Authorize.Net account, the Transaction Key and API ID (or Authorize.net login username) and save.
10. If your store needs to verify that the credit card is valid for certain amounts, you can set the (live or test) card verification mode: field. This feature's use is if you want to save a credit card for the customer and verify that it's valid, but not charge it at the time of entry. See the ? to the right of the field for help on options.
11. TEST.
12. If you're doing international sales, make sure you configure your AVS settings, as described below.

If you are taking your Authorize.Net account live, you will need to make sure that Test Mode is turned off within your Authorize.Net account. This setting defaults to on for all new accounts, and if left on, will result in no payments being taken from customers even though your Foxy payment settings are set to live payment servers. If your account is in test mode, you should see an orange banner that says “Your account is in TEST MODE” at the top of the Authorize.Net administration.

You can see instructions on how to turn off Test Mode within your Authorize.Net account on their website here.

Since FoxyCart is (usually) sending your customers their email receipt, you probably want to disable Authorize.net's email receipt. In “Settings” → “Email Receipts”, uncheck the checkbox under “Enable Email Confirmation”.

Once you're set up your Authorize.net gateway you really should review your AVS settings. It's in Settings → Address Verification Service.

Make sure you at least give this a look when using Authorize.net. Many non-US banks don't support AVS, and Authorize.net's default settings reject cards from banks that don't support it. This may not be the behavior you want, so please make sure you understand what all the information on this page means. If you leave it as is, you'll likely be rejecting many international orders.

If you're not a high-risk target for fraudulent orders you can allow most of the options. Many merchants leave “B” as the only decline option and don't have issues, though declining B, E, R, and N is probably a good idea. Every business is different so we recommend exploring the settings and only decline the options you want declined. Keep an eye on your store's error log to catch problems and adjust your AVS settings to resolve them, if necessary. If you anticipate many international orders you'll likely want to relax the AVS settings significantly. More on Authorize.net's FAQ.

If you are a high-risk target for fraud, or you're experiencing a lot of it, you probably want to set to Decline B, E, R, U, S, and N, and give serious consideration to G.

From your “Settings” page, click the “Card Code Verification” link under “Security Settings”, and make sure all the options except for N are allowed. If you need to set any of these options other than N to decline, please ensure that you understand that FoxyCart's may sometimes send transactions without the CSC. More information is on the payment gateway overview page.

You should also ensure that the Card Code field on the Form Fields setting is unchecked. To to that, go to “Settings” in your Authorize.net account, click on “Payment Form” then select “Form Fields”. On this settings page ensure that the “required” checkbox is not checked for “Card Code” and save.

Make sure you check whether or not your Authorize.net account is configured to require the customer phone number. If it is, you'll need to make that a required field on your checkout. For store's on Foxy 2.0, you can do that from the “configuration” section of the administration in the “Customize which checkout fields are shown and required” option. For store's on version 1.1 or older, you can use this snippet.

You can use the default FoxyCart Authorize.net Test Server account for testing (in your “Payment Gateway” settings), but this won't allow you to see all the transaction details on the backend. Select the “Test Server” radio button, then check the checkbox to use the default values.

If you'd like to set up your own test Authorize.net account, set it up here. After creating the account and receiving your test credentials, select the “Test Server” radio button in your “payments” page in your FoxyCart admin, then use your own test server API ID and transaction key.

You can also test with your live account. Choose the “Live Server” radio button in the FoxyCart admin, enter your real API ID and transaction key, and save. Then go to your Authorize.net account and enable test mode there.

While you're using a Test Authorize.net Server you can run test transactions using the test card number 4111111111111111, with any expiration date in the future and any 3 digit CSC number.

Response Reason Codes and Response Reason Text is the authoritative source for descriptions and explanations of Authorize.net reason response codes.

The response code of 103 generally points to the credentials entered into your store's payment settings in the FoxyCart administration not correctly matching your Authorize.Net account. You will want to review the integration steps at the top of this page to confirm that your APP Login ID and your Transaction Key correctly match between your Authorize.Net account and the payment settings for your FoxyCart store.

If you get the “Transactions of this Market Type cannot be processed on our system” error (code 87), it probably means you should change the “Market Type” field's value in the “Merchant Profile” to “eCommerce”. You will have to contact Authorize.net support to change it. http://www.authorize.net/support/

Be sure to review your AVS settings, as they may be overly restrictive by default for merchants doing international transactions.

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