Merchant Link Setup
- The property acquires a Merchant Link E-Commerce MID, adding b4checkin as a Contact.
- When the E-Commerce MID is boarded at Merchant Link, they trigger an email to the property (sometimes copied to b4checkin) which contains the property's initial log-in to the Merchant Link portal. b4checkin will log in with those credentials and change the password as described below.
- b4checkin then creates a new User and with rights to generate the API key needed to complete the setup of the payment gateway.
Data Required
E-Commerce MID
User ID
Merchant Link API version (always 39)
Portal credentials (Site ID and password contained in the email from Merchant Link to the property)
Merchant Link Portal
- Open https://cnp.merchantlink.com/ma/
- Fill in the information contained in the email from Merchant Link to the property:
- Select Admin -> Change Password and proceed to change the password.
- Select Admin -> Operators
- Select "Create a New Merchant Administration Operator"
- Enter as shown, with password b4Ch3ck1N
- In the General section, select "May Configure Integration Settings":
- Select Submit at the bottom of the page:
- Select Log Out from right end of main nav bar:
- Log in as the newly created User:
- Select Admin -> Integration Settings
- Select 'Integration Authentication':
- Check 'Password 1', and Select 'Generate New':
- Copy and save the API password that appeared when you selected 'Generate New'.
- Select Submit to exit.