Payment Credential CVC

All 'PCI Scan Compliancy Service' and 'HackerProof Service' customers receive a complimentary 'Payment Credential CVC'. This high visibility site seal uses patent-pending CVC technology to conclusively reassure your customers that you are authorized to accept credit cards.

This document explains how to set up a Payment Credential CVC on your website.

There are three main stages

1. Setting up the CVC

2. Send us your validation documents (if you haven't done so already)


3. Install the CVC (after successful validation)

1. Setting up the CVC
   
   
   • Log into your Comodo account (visit www.comodo.com and log in using your account username and password).

     
     
     

   
   
   •  Click 'CVC -  Manage your Content Verification Certificate' in the Account area.

     

   • Choosing your credit card logos
     
     
     To begin picking your credit card types and designing your final logo, Click 'Select content'. 
     
     
     
     
     The first stage of the credit card logo selection process is to choose which cards you want to display. If you bought a '4 or more logo' payment credential CVC you are free to pick as many as you want providing you offer these payment methods from your website.
     

     

     After making your choice, click 'Next' to continue.
     
     Next, you should choose the visual presentation/orientation of the logos. Choose the style you think will best fit in with the layout of your website.
     
     
     
     After clicking next, you come to the size and border selection screen. This determines how large the final CVC logo will be. The 'Border Color' drop down allows you to choose a color that blends best with the scheme of your website.
     

     

     Click 'Next' button to continue to the last stage - logo confirmation.

     The logo confirmation screen displays the exact choice of logo that you have selected in the previous stages. It displays the exact logo types in the presentation, size and border color you chose earlier. Click 'Back' should you wish to modify your choice.

     
     
     Clicking 'Finish' will return you to the  main interface. You'll notice that your logo choice is now displayed under your order number. You can change the design at any time by clicking 'Select Content' and going through the procedure again. Please remember that you should make any changes BEFORE clicking 'Request Validation'.
     

   

   • Choosing and/or changing which website your CVC is displayed on
     

     In the majority of circumstances, you will have specified the domain you wish your CVC to appear on during the application process. This means that the website will have been automatically added to IdAuthority and you should see it listed on the left of the order summary screen as shown below:

     
     
     

     If this domain is OK and you have finished choosing your credit card logos  then you can skip straight onto the final part of the setup process - Request Validation.
     

     However, under certain circumstances you may wish to put your CVC on a different domain. For example:
     
     - You would prefer the CVC on a different domain to the one you specified when you filled out the application form
     - You bought CVC alongside an SSL certificate but would like to place the CVC on a different domain to the SSL certificate.
     

     Option 1 - If the 'replacement' domain is already listed in IdAuthority, you just need to Select it as your CVC website 
     

     Option 2 - If the 'replacement' domain is NOT listed in IdAuthority, you need to (1) Register the new domain with IdAuthority (2) Select it as your CVC website
     

     Registering a new domain in IdAuthority
     

     If the domain you wish to add the CVC to is not already in IdAuthority you can quickly add it by selecting 'Click here to register your website(s) in IdAuthority....'  as shown below:

     
     

     
     This will open a pop -up window entitled 'Your Websites' which shows a list of all the domains you have registered in IdAuthority. 
     
     
     
     
     Scroll down to the bottom until you see the section 'Register another Website'. Next, type the domain on which you want the logo to appear in the 'Location of Website' field. To submit the registration, click 'Register Website'.
     

     
     
     

   • Selecting your CVC website
     
     You can change the website which your CVC is displayed on by clicking the 'Select Website' link. (shown below)

     
     
     This will open a small pop-up window containing a list of all the domains you have registered with IdAuthority. Locate the desired domain on this list and left click to select. Press 'Continue' to confirm your selection.
     
     
     
     
     NOTE: If your desired domain is not in this list it is because you have not registered it with IdAuthority. For more, details refer to the section Registering a new domain in IdAuthority
     
     Request Validation
     
     Before we can issue your Payment Credential CVC we need to validate your ownership of the domain. 
     
     Once you have chosen your credit logos , selected your website and, if neccesary, registered a new domain in IdAuthority, you should click the 'Request Validation' link (highlighted below)
     
       
     
     Displaying the Payment Credential CVC delivers a message to your customers that you are legally validated to accept credit card payments online and reassures them of your real world business identity. In order to establish this trust relationship between your website and your customers, it is essential business practice of Comodo to fully validate your application. In order to validate your CVC, you will need to send us some documentation -  which brings us onto the next stage: Submit Your Validation Documents

2. Submit Your Validation Documents
   
   There are two types of documents you need to submit to us:
   
   (i) Business Validation Documents
   (ii) Merchant Account Validation Documents
   
   You need to supply samples of both types in order for us to validate your CVC.
   

   (i) Business Validation Documents 
   
   If you have not already done so, you need to supply any ONE of the following documentation via fax, post or email to docs@comodogroup.com, quoting your Order Number 

   • If the order has been applied for in your company's name:
     • Articles of Incorporation
     • Business License
     • DUNS details (e.g. your Dun & Bradstreet company number)
   
   
   • If the order has been applied for in your trading name (and you do not have access to the above documents):
     • Trading License
     • Copy of utilities bill / bank statement / cheque containing your trading name
   
   
   • If the order has been applied for in your own personal name or the order is not for use by a commercial entity:
     • Copy of your drivers license or passport

   Note 1: Business Validation Documents need only be submitted by NEW Comodo customers. (i.e. you have never purchased anything from us before/have no entry in IdAuthority). Pre-existing SSL customers/existing account holders can skip this step but must still submit Merchant Account Validation Documents.
   
   Note 2: Submitting your Business Validation Documents NEEDS ONLY BE DONE ONCE PER ACCOUNT and will cover you for all current and future purchases. For example, if you are buying an SSL certificate AND a CVC you need only submit ONE set of documents..
   
   (ii) Merchant Account Validation Documents (additional docs required for Payment Credential CVC)
   
   If you have not already done so, you need to supply proof that you are a registered merchant to docs@comodogroup.com, quoting your Order Number
   

   • If you maintain your own merchant facilities please supply:
     • A copy of documentation detailing your Merchant Account Activation as supplied by your merchant acquirer bank
     • A copy of your Merchant Account monthly statement.
   • If you use the services of a hosted payment gateway please supply:
     • Your full name and Id as provided to your payment gateway and a copy of documentation detailing your activation to use the payment gateway facilities.

If you do not have easy access to any of the above please contact docs-enquiries@comodogroup.com for alternative methods of validation.

PLEASE NOTE: This order can only be completed once we have been able to fully validate your application details. Normally this process takes a few minutes but it may take up to two working days. It is advisable to send your documents immediately to docs@comodogroup.com.

3. Installation of CVC:
   

   After the necessary validation processes have been successfully completed you'll receive an email containing three attachments:
   

   1. A Payment Credential CVC for *.yourdomain.com/*. (This is the CVC file and will be named with a 6 figure number and a  .cer extension e.g. 123456.cer )
   2. A .gif version of your final card payment graphic. (cvclogo.gif This is the actual credit card graphic you will display on your webpages and will have a .gif extension)
   3. A Verification Engine download button. (vengine.gif image file. After installation it will allow your customers to download the Verification Engine Plugin)

   Installation of the CVC involves three short steps:
   

   • Upload all three files to your webserver.
   • Use our online CVC wizard to setup the CVC on your website
   • Use our online VE wizard to setup the Verification Engine button on your website.

   
   Upload the CVC file and credit card graphic to your webserver
   
   For simplicity we recommend you upload both the CVC file, 123456.cer and the cvclogo.gif file to the /certs directory on your webserver
   
   i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/certs/
   
   We recommend that you upload vengine.gif to your regular /images directory. i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/images/
   
   Use the CVC wizard to setup your CVC
   
   After uploading the three files to your webserver, please visit http://www.contentverification.com/installation 
   
   The form will help you generate the html neccesary for displaying your chosen logo. You just need to enter the location of the CVC file and the credit card graphic in the fields provided. In both cases, it is important to specify the full URL and for both files to be 'live' at these locations.

   
   

   • Certificate (CVC) URL: Enter the FULL location of the CVC file (.cer) on your webserver - including FQDN, directory and filename ( e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/certs/123456.cer )
     
   • Image URL: Enter the FULL location of the card payment graphic file on your webserver - including FQDN, directory and filename ( e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/certs/cvclogo.gif )

   Finally, click the 'Create code' button. This will generate a snippet of code in the large text field in the lower half of the form. (example below)
   
   
   
   Right click anywhere in the box and 'Select All'. Then,copy and paste the code into your web page. You can display the logo on any page on your website - just copy the generated html into each page you want it on.

   Installing the Verification Engine Download Button

   In order to leverage the maximum return from your CVC investment, we recommend you, as a valued customer, display a Verification Engine download button on your website.
   To help you install it, we have created another wizard that explains how you can add the graphic to your homepage and start benefiting from it immediately.

   See http://www.vengine.com/logo.html for installation details.