It could two weeks for retailers taking part in the DTV coupon pr...
It could two weeks for retailers taking part in the DTV coupon program to be certified, says a new “Retailer Support Center” section at the NTIA website (www.ntiadtv.com). Corporate Lodging Consultants, part of the IBM team handling certification, runs…
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the center and site from Wichita, Kan. The center is reachable by phone (866-296-1107) and fax (316- 771-7882). Retailers applying by web, fax or mail will get a “welcome kit” with training materials and a test coupon number, the site said. Certification is complete “once the retailer has successfully processed a test transaction,” it said. Coupon cards will be authorized over the Visa private label network, but retailers that don’t accept Visa can choose an authorization option to enter the transaction by phone or web, it said. IBM’s proposal said the coupon cards would be processed over the MasterCard network. Discussions with the IBM team after it landed the contract “led to the selection of Visa as the best solution,” an NTIA spokesman said.