The ecommerce indicator (ECI) specifies the level of security that was used to obtain the cardholder's payment data. The table below describes the electronic commerce indicators supported in Moneris Go portal.
The ecommerce indicator displays as a standard line item on the "Transaction details" page of any transaction (see Transaction details) and on the "Payment request details" page of a paid payment request (see Payment request details).
ECI indicator | Description |
M - Manually Keyed Card Present | |
0 - Not an electronic commerce transaction | |
1 - Mail/Telephone Order - Single | Cardholder provides credit card details via phone or on paper. Authorizes the use of the card for one payment. |
2 - Mail/Telephone Order - Recurring | .Cardholder provides credit card details via phone or on paper. Authorizes the use of the card for multiple payments processed at predetermined intervals |
3 - Mail/Telephone Order - Instalment | Cardholder provides credit card details via phone or on paper. Authorizes the use of the card for a single payment of goods or services billed to the card in multiple segments over a period of time. |
4 - Mail/Telephone Order | Unknown classification: Cardholder provides credit card details via phone or on paper. Transaction type is unknown at time of authorization – may be one time or multiple payments. |
5 - Fully Authenticated - 3D Secure | Applicable to ecommerce transactions whereby the cardholder provides their card data over the Internet on a secure site and authenticates their identity via 3-D Secure. |
6 - Authentication Attempted - 3D Secure | Applicable to ecommerce transactions whereby the cardholder provides their card data over the Internet on a secure site and attempts to authenticate their identity via 3-D Secure. |
7 - SSL Transaction (Not Authenticated) | Applicable to ecommerce transactions whereby the cardholder provides their card data over the Internet on a secure site. |