eCommerce Integration - FAQs

What is eCommerce Integration?

eCommerce integration allows your customers to choose eLayaway as their payment method for their entire cart during checkout. By integrating eLayaway into your shopping cart, consumers can shop your website and place products in your cart. When they are ready to pay, they will be able to use eLayaway to pay for the entire cart.

What are the requirements to integration eLayaway into my shopping cart?

  1. Intermediate understanding of HTML and/or JavaScript HTML and ability to create an HTML POST form.
  2. Ability to edit and add code into your shopping cart platform.
  3. Depending on the type and/or complexity of your eCommerce System, additional development may be required on the merchants behalf to allow your cart to POST order data to eLayaway.
  4. Register with eLayaway and obtain a merchant ID.
  5. Note: Your Merchant ID is located on the homepage in your merchant account.
  6. Not all merchants will have the ability to add or edit the code within their shopping cart. If you are using a boxed shopping cart or eCommerce system please check out the eLayaway Ready Overview page to see systems that are pre-integrated with our payment option.

What are the benefits of ECI vs. PPI?

eCommerce integration allows eLayaway to be integrated directly into your checkout process. It also allows for multiple products to be paid through one eLayaway.

What is the difference between the two ECI POST methods? (bundled vs. individual)

The bundle method will take all product data and create one eLayaway purchase and post it to our server. This method, although simpler, does not allow for manipulation of individual products within the bundle. Basically, if a member or merchant wants to change the purchase it will affect all products within the purchase.

The Individual items method will take all product data and create an eLayaway order. Within the order will be individual purchases, one for each product. Basically, if a member or merchant wants to change a purchase within the order they can do so without those changes affecting any other purchases. From a customer service stand point, this is a plus.

For more information on what an order vs purchase is view our Merchant Server Integration section.