Your organization must establish a merchant account with our payment processing partner, Element Payment Services, in order to:

• sell tickets, sponsorships and fixed-price items online
• accept cash donations online
• accept and process credit cards from the winning bidders of your online auction
• capture guest credit card information at event check-in (PayReady)
• process credit cards in real-time during event auction check-out
• process credit cards of PayReady guests following event auction

Set up a ReadySetAuction-compatible merchant account

ReadySetAuction partners with Element Payment Services to provide a fully PCI DSS-compliant, secure, credit card processing solution for your event auction needs.

Click here to contact Element Payment Services for more information and to apply for a merchant account.

ReadySetAuction makes no guarantee that your organization will qualify for a merchant account. Non-profit organizations that are home-based or in poor financial standing may not qualify for a merchant account.

Optional credit card readers

A cashier can type in a guest’s cardholder data via the keyboard, or for quicker, more accurate entry, use a magnetic card reader linked to his computer’s USB port. All stations need not be equipped with a card reader.

Specifically designed to meet PCI-DSS requirements to secure cardholder data via encryption, these card readers can be connected to any PC or Mac with a USB interface.

Only Element Payment Services sells these compatible card readers. To purchase, contact your Element Payment Services representative.

Note: Credit card readers are optional. If a cashier’s computer is not equipped with a card reader, the cashier can instead type in the guest’s credit card information.