This page covers the Merchant - Create Send Payment Link menu

The Vcheck system supports the pre-population of certain fields on the actual check form if the data for those fields is sent in the link that calls the form.

The Payee of the check is automatically generated by your unique ID, and you can see that in any link that is used to get users to your secure check form. However, you can also pre-populate both the Amount and the Memo fields with data that can not be changed on the form.

This is accomplished by sending the name of the fields and the data for those fields in the call (link) to the check form. This can come in handy if you want to send a customer a link to make a payment that will take them directly to your check form and pre-fill in the amount and memo field.

You can easily create these links by using the Merchant - Create Send Payment Link function. A screen shot of the function is below, but in essence you simply provide the Amount of the payment (Don't include the $ sign) and anything you want to go into the Memo field on the check. Then just click the Create Payment Link button and the link will appear in the large text box.

The easiest way to copy the entire link is to place your cursor anywhere in the text box, use the Ctrl+A keys to select everything within the box and then the Ctrl+C key to copy the link to your clipboard. You can then use the Ctrl+V keys to paste the link directly into an email to the customer.

NOTE: The link itself is designed to work in regular email and also the unique email system used by AOL. HOWEVER, if using a text based email program (instead of one that creates HTML or Rich Text based messages), the link may not work correctly as some email software will break the link onto 2 or more lines and thereby literally break the link.

This link: Make Payment was created by copying and pasting the link as created in the screen shot below. The only difference is the command to open the check form in a new window was manually added as not to take you out of this user's manual. If you test the link, you will see the amount and memo field are pre-filled with the data as shown in the screen shot.

When you paste the link into an email - you will see the words "Make Payment" in the code. This is what will appear as the link if the message is composed and viewed as an HTML message. You may change those words to something more appropriate if desired.