payment to multiple merchant accounts

Question

I have a client that has 3 "foundations", each with their own merchant account. The client wants a single donation form that will allow someone to donate to any or all of those foundations.

Example 1: - $40 to foundation A - $50 to foundation B - $10 to foundation C.

Example 2: - $100 to foundation A

Is this possible with Authorize.Net or Payflow Pro, and if so is it possible to do it all programatically, whithout the client having to mess with anything? Also would it work with recurring billing?

Thanks!

Answer 1

No, you cannot do two, or more, payments at one time. What you need to do is send one partial payment over and then do a separate transaction for each remaining balance. You need to keep a few things in mind like:

• You don't want to process any more payments if the first payment is declined
• If subsequent payments are declined you need to remember to void the previous payments. If not you risk getting chargebacks.

Answer 2

i hv asked such question once http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3319994/1-transaction-that-uses-2-merchant-accounts

and the answer is This wont be possible with any service provider.