Stratsol has implemented a Payment Gateway facility (the Gateway) to enable merchants and processors to accept common payment cards for Electronic Commerce (EC) and Point of Sale (POS). This guide is specific to EC merchants only. The Gateway provides internet front-end payment and account management functions and an on-line administrative platform to a web hosted application The purpose of the Gateway is to provide a high function payment service that simplifies the payment acceptance process for acquirers, merchants and processors. Purpose of this guide This guide serves as a Getting Started manual, similar to a checklist of actions, to ensure that new users of the Gateway are able to most efficiently implement and begin using the Gateway. Audience This guide is provided for acquirers, payment service providers (PSPs), merchants and processors, their agents, service providers and customers. Acquirers and PSPs may make this guide available to their customers subject to written agreement. Specifically, this guide should prove useful to: Merchant or PSP implementation personnel Acquirer business process staff Merchant, acquirer and processor administrative personnel For the remainder of this guide, the term merchant is used to mean merchant and/or processor or any other client of the Gateway. | 
