Quote Originally Posted by Vger View Post
The Manual Credit Card module does this, but has been removed from 1.3.9+ because collecting card data online and storing card details in the database on a Shared Server for later offline processing at the least violates the agreement with the card companies and at worse is a criminal offence in many countries.

With an Internet Merchant ID, as opposed to a normal Merchant ID, you can use a variety of 3rd party payment solutions which allow you to just "Capture" the card details. The card is checked in the normal way and a "shadow" for that amount is placed against the card (reserved) until a set period has expired or until you decide to actually proceed with the order (within that 'reserved' period).

In the UK the most obvious 3rd party payment solution provider who provides "Capture" would be Sage Pay Direct.

Vger
Thanks Vger,

Unfortunately I don't think the 3rd party processors (paypal web standard, amazon, google, alertpay) that we use here in the states offer that "capture" that you are talking about.

At least, not that I know. If someone can correct me on that, please do.

Also didn't know there was a difference between "Internet Merchant ID" and "Merchant Id"...can you explain?