set authorize.net to authorize only and NOT capture?

New question from my client:

Apparently, their "old" site was set up to only "authorize" the credit card payments and keep them in the "Unsettled Transactions" area of their authorize.net account.

...Whereas, it seems, THIS site is set to "Transaction Type: Authorization and Capture"

Is there any way to change this in the CBSubs settings or gateway settings?

== Change the Transaction Type to Authorization only?



Furthermore, if possible...

They would want all the new / registering members to be Authorization Only, whereas the existing members (renewing upgrading, etc) could be Authorization and Capture.

Is this possible at all?


Thank you for all your help!

CBSubs automates the process. This means it authorizes, charges, and activates subscriptions automatically. Why does your client want to remove automation in favor of manual approval? I'm aware of no functionality in CBSubs to force this. I don't think what you're wanting is possible unless you make a customized version of the authorization gateway and change how its API usages behave (especially the conditioning).

If approval is need I highly recommend doing it before they ever initiate a payment to begin with (e.g. enable approval before payment under the Workflows tab of your plans).

I'm really confused by users constantly requesting manual actions for an automated system. The entire point is to remove headache, not create.

i understand completely.

i was baffled when they told me they wanted their credit card processing website to not process the credit cards.

***shaking my head***

we just do the best we can. am i right?

thanks again for your all your help!

In Ogone gateway you can choose "Payment type" as "Reservation only, Defered sale"

However, CBSubs provides no way to automate the capture part. So then you need to login to Ogone to approve manually payments.

Payment reservations (authorization only) can make sense, and are actually even mandatory when the delivery is not immediate, as the Capture (reserved payment completion) should only occur at product delivery time.