How do I register the trial copy of ezimerchant Professional?

FAQ applies to:

ezimerchant Professional version 4

IMPORTANT NOTES

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Before registering your web site with the ezimerchant Global Transaction Server (GTS) you must first create your web site within ezimerchant Professional.

If you have been working on your web site in ezimerchant Professional and are now ready to register you can skip to Step 3.

If you have just installed ezimerchant Professional and wish to create and register your web site then please start at Step 1 in this FAQ.

STEP 1

Before you can register ezimerchant Professional you must first create a web site. When you run ezimerchant Professional you will be presented with the following 'Select a web site' screen as shown below:

If you are using ezimerchant Professional for the first time, you will not have any web sites listed other than the sample 'Flowers XPress' web site.

If this is the case you will need create a new web site. If you have already created the web site inside ezimerchant Professional and it is listed in the above screen, you do not need to create another, please skip to Step 3.

STEP 2

To create a new web site in ezimerchant Professional, click the 'New Site' button.

Enter the Business name and Business Description that you would like to give to your new web site. This name and description will not be displayed on your web site, it is for identification purposes only. Once you have entered a business name and description for your web site click the 'OK' button.

ezimerchant Professional will now automatically open your new website and show you the registration wizard welcome screen...

You are now ready to continue onto step three and register ezimerchant Professional...

STEP 3

Please Note: Your PC must be connected to the internet before proceeding. If you are not connected please connect now.

You should see the following screen when you open your ezimerchant Professional web site... Click the 'Next >' button to start the registration process.

Select the 'Register for a free trial' option as demonstrated and click the 'Next >' button.

Click the 'Next >' button to continue.

STEP 4

Fill in all the empty fields on this screen.

Note: Company Name - This field will be displayed to your customers when they purchase from your web site.

Once you have filled in all the empty fields click the 'Next >' button to continue.

STEP 5

Enter your website URL into the 'Web Site Address' field. If you are not sure what your web site address/URL is at the moment, simply leave it blank. You will be able to modify your registration details at a later time.

Once you have filled in these fields click the 'Next >' button to continue.

STEP 6

You will now need to specify a username and password.

Note: The username and password will be used to protect your account and customer order information on the GTS. You will be required to enter them each time you download orders or make changes to your web site settings, so make sure that you write down the username and password that you choose for later reference.

Once you have filled in the empty fields click the 'Next >' button to continue.

STEP 7

Click the 'Register' button to send all your details to the GTS server. When you click the 'Register' button, ezimerchant Professional will communicate with the GTS server and create your new account.

STEP 8

While communication is taking place you should see the following screen...

Once the communication has completed you should see the following screen...

Your web site is now successfully registered with the GTS. You should write down your registration number along with your username and password for future reference. You can now click the 'Close' button to complete the registration.

IMPORTANT NOTES

* You will recieve an email shortly after registering to confirm your registration number. It should look similar to this: