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Author: Joel Kristenson

Last Updated: 2016-09-16

Overview

This article walks through the steps to enable ACH (E-Check) payments for online donations if you’re using Vanco as your merchant gateway.

The image below is an example of how this could look on your Trail Blazer donation iFrame form hosted at (https://www.trailblz.info/YourDatabaseName/donations.aspx?ver=2):

Steps

1. Go to https://apply.vancopayments.com/trailblazer.html#solutions and fill in the phone and email.

2. Select eCheck

3. Fill in the form.  Note, you will need an SSN and birthday at one point:

4. Wait a day or two for Vanco approval.

5. Once approved, in Trail Blazer go to the Payment Gateway:

6. Turn on the ACH option:

7. Go to Website Configuration:

8. Click the blue link in the upper-right to refresh the website settings:

Related Resources

Article: List of Merchant Gateway Account Trail Blazer Supports

Article: Linking your Website to your Database with Configurable iFrame Forms

Article: Configure Website

Video: Iframes

Video: Donation Auto Responders with Merge Fields

Video: Attributes – Add To Donation Page

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