An e-market is a customizable online storefront that allows campus departments to establish themselves as merchants to sell approved products, fees, and services. There are two types of e-markets currently being offered by the E-market team in the Central Cashier's Office - the Storefront e-market and the Checkout e-market.
Below is a brief comparison of the three configuration options to consider for e-market deployments.
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Storefront (One-Time) |
Storefront (Recurring) |
Checkout |
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For departments that need to set up an online storefront for a temporary period and is not expected to be in use again. |
For departments that expect to have their online storefront available all year long or on a recurring basis. |
For departments that need highly customizable shopping sites with enhanced features that are not available with a Transact storefront e-market option. |
| Complete store, from shopping to check-out, hosted entirely in the Transact environment. | Online store experience is outside of Transact environment. Transact serves as the payment processor. | |
| Primarily targeted for rapid deployment and lower volume sites. | Primarily targeted for higher volume and/or web-hosted solutions such as Aventri/Shopify or internally developed home-grown site created by the department. | |
| Low technical skills required, with most changes done in web-based GUI interface. | Moderate to high technical skills required; likely to require IT involvement | |
| Uses a generic merchant ID (MID) that is managed and owned by the Central Cashier’s Office. | Requires departments to have their own merchant ID and complete necessary PCI training and documents. | |
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