Can the ZIP code be made optional in e-commerce Payment I-Frame framework?

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cem asked Nov 16, '21 cem commented Nov 16, '21

Can the ZIP code be made optional in e-commerce Payment I-Frame framework?

We are using e-commerce ordering API solution by using Clover I-Frame.
In this framework ZIP (postal ) code seems to be mandatory and causing many customer complains.
Can this ZIP code be made Optional and removed from I-Frame?

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Answer 1 · 2021-11-16T15:48:34Z

David Marginian Deactivated answered Nov 16, '21 David Marginian Deactivated converted comment to answer Nov 16, '21

I am not sure why customers would be complaining about having to enter their zip code, providing it is a standard for card-not-present payments. I am not certain if you can remove it, but even if you could, it would be unadvisable. You would be sacrificing increased risk for the merchant for a minor convenience for the customer. It is important to pass as much verifying information as possible when making card-not-present payments to reduce fraud and chargebacks.

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cem commented · Nov 16, 2021 at 03:58 PM

We are using Clover e-commerce payment API with I-Frame. We see a high rate of shopping cart abandonment rate with "ZIP code not matched " error from Clover.

We see multiple tries and finally customers give up and leave.
These are low amount restaurant payments from restaurant web ordering and also at the restaurant table (with QR code ordering) , so it is very unlikely to be fraud. These customers complain to the restaurant owners about why zip code too?

Either customers do not remember their ZIP code associated with their CC or something wrong with Clover I-Frame implementation for payments.

We are trying to find a solution to reduce the customer abandonment because of ZIP code.

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Answer 2 · 2021-11-16T16:06:16Z

David Marginian Deactivated answered Nov 16, '21 cem commented Nov 16, '21

Ok, fields being removed from the iFrame is a different issue than what you seem to be after (which is to prevent declines on AVS issues). The merchant is in control here. If they would like to accept the risk of allowing zip code mismatches then they need to login to their Clover dashboard -> Account & Setup -> Fraud Tools -> Address Verification System (AVS) -> Uncheck the Postal Code rules. Please inform the merchant that this will likely mean more risk/charge backs.

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cem commented · Nov 16, 2021 at 04:15 PM

Thanks for quick response David.

I checked this Fraud Tools under Account & Setup. I do not see this option in Sandbox Dashboard. Is this only available in Production System? We wanted to test this change in Sandbox first.
Thanks again.

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David Marginian ♦♦ cem commented · Nov 16, 2021 at 04:24 PM

It might have something to do with your merchant account, or it may just not be enabled/available in sandbox, I am not 100%. But there really isn't anything for you to test, we will simply not decline the payments anymore.

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cem David Marginian ♦♦ commented · Nov 16, 2021 at 04:30 PM

Thanks David, we will try in production System then

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