Release 2.26 (minor release) and 2.27 (major release) is expected to be production-ready in the next couple of months. Our service team will be in touch as those are nearing completion.
Events
Ready for your Pass sales 22/23 and want to learn more about Aspenware’s newest enhancements with KOUNT?
As many resorts ramp up for the next season pass sales already, we want to make sure you are ready and are aware of some new best practices. Join us for a deep dive into areas Aspenware feels will be beneficial in your next season’s pass sales.
We will also be partnering with KOUNTin a second webinar, where they will ______________ [GET INFO FROM DANNY]
Webinar 1: Pass Sales
On 1/27 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am (MDT), we will be covering the following:
Affirm
Aspenware Payment Plans
Cross Sell with Passes
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Webinar 2: KOUNT
On 2/3 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am (MDT), we will be covering the following:
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Webinar 1: Pass Sales:
Webinar 2: Kount:
Want to further protect your resort from charge backs? Let’s talk about KOUNT:
You will learn so much more and the next steps by attending the webinar with the Kount team on February 3rd. But we wanted to give you a little insight into our new enhancements with them!
Kount Command is now available as a plugin for all payment gateways that Aspenware supports. This enhancement utilizes APIs provided by Kount to insert the KOUNT query/response either PRE or POST authorization. - known as KOUNT Command. Specific features include:
Integration to the Kount API before the credit card is sent to authorize. https://kount.github.io. This happens in the pre-payment validation step - Kount begins tracking the session as soon as the customer clicks “checkout”, before a call is made to the payment gateway. The resort doesn't incur transaction fees for a decline.
In addition to passing in all required fields, the Product Date is also passed through to Kount as a user-defined field so that resorts can prioritize investigating same-day bookings or bookings for tomorrow as these have the highest fraud potential.
Learn more about the configuration in our documenatation here!
Have you heard?
Aspenware Commerce now integreates with Windcave as a Payment Provider
Aspenware is excited to offer Windcave as another payment gateway for the Commerce platform. Available later this month, Windcave is a truly international, tokenized payment gateway, enabling resorts to address business needs around the globe.
Windcave is also unique in that the resort may select the acquiring bank. This allows flexibility in selecting bank affiliation rather than being limited to a particular bank or network selected by the payment gateway provider. Having this option to choose enables resorts to consolidate bank relationships across the enterprise which eases the workload for reporting and interchange rate negotiation and simplifies agreements with credit card providers. Adding this payment gateway is yet another way Aspenware is committed to offering resorts choices and flexibility in configuring their ecommerce solution.
As some of you know, the Aspenware team has grown by another Buonanni! Jenni and her husband added to their family of 3 with a baby girl, making them a happy and healthy family of 4. We are all so happy for them and cannot wait to meet Audrey.
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