American Express PurchaseExpress

Our PurchaseExpress® software is an easy-to-use, PC-based application that lets you authorize and settle credit card transactions right from your computer. It supports the following cards:

• American Express® Cards
• MasterCard®
• Visa®
• Discover Card®
• Carte Blanche®
• JCB
• Diner's Club®

For both retail and American Express Corporate Purchasing Card (CPC) merchants, the PurchaseExpress software solution helps gather and track information required for accepting customer orders. It captures this data and sends it to American Express during the submission process.

Designed to meet the needs of:

• Merchants in card-not-present environments (e.g., mail order, or telephone order companies who want to submit charges from their PCs)
• Merchants who bill customers on a recurring or installment basis
• CPC suppliers in a business-to-business environment

How can PurchaseExpress software benefit your business?
PurchaseExpress software can save you money:

• Eliminates processor-added transaction fees for American Express charges
• Does away with costly and time-consuming paper submission that may also result in lower
• American Express and bankcard discount rates
• Reduces fraud with automatic address verification
• Improves cash flow as American Express settlements are paid in as few as three business days of submission

PurchaseExpress software can save you time:

• Reduces data entry for repeat customers and orders
• Imports and exports customer and product information from/to external databases to minimize
• time spent re-keying data
• Processes installment or recurring billing charges automatically and on a pre-determined schedule
• Compatible with DSL and cable internet connections for high-speed authorization and settlement of most American Express Card transactions.*

PurchaseExpress software can also:

• Provide useful management reports on authorizations, settlements, order status and sales status
• Allow you to restrict some employees from some functional areas with password protection
• Support multiple merchant numbers
• Support multiple users and is LAN capable

* High-speed compatibility does not apply to settlement of level III (Line item detail) Corporate Purchasing Card transactions.

Pricing
License and maintenance fees:

• $450 per software license, which includes technical support for the first year
• $95 annual maintenance fee each year at the purchase anniversary date
• $100 conversion fee (when converting from PaymentLink or Express Payment)
• Conversion fee is capped at $1,000.00 for merchants with multiple locations

Volume discounts:

• $450 per software license for quantities of 1-5
• $425 per software license for quantities of 6-10
• $400 per software license for quantities of 11-20
• $375 per software license for quantities of 20+

System Requirements
Hardware- Pentium® 200 for Windows® 98/2000/NT, Pentium 233 for Windows XP
Operating System- Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Professional, NT 4.0 or XP
Browser- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (required for high speed capability)
Memory- 96MB for Windows 98, 128MB for 2000/NT/XP Hard Disk- 200 megabytes of available space
Media Support -CD-ROM and 3.5" floppy drives
Monitor- VGA monitor
Modem- 56.6 Kbps Hayes-compatible
Printer- Windows-compatible
Miscellaneous- Analog phone line, any printer supported by Windows
DSL/ISDN/Cable Modem (required for high speed capability)

Ordering
Call American Express toll-free at 1-800-528-0682 or visit us on the Web at www.americanexpress.com/purchaseexpress to learn more or place an order.

After you provide your merchant information to the American Express product support center, you will receive your custom configured software in about two weeks.