This error code applies only to merchants on FDC Omaha. The value submitted in the merchant number field is invalid

Question

I configured my Authorize.Net account to get payments from clients on my site using CIM API. When a client get registered on my site, he creates his payment profile. All the information are stored on authorize.net. I save only profile id to get payments. After completion of one month, I get payment by sending request to Authorize.Net.

Every thing is going fine, and I get payment. But against some profiles, there is some issue, i get error

Response Reason Code: 205 Response Reason Text: This transaction has been declined. Other Suggestions: This error code applies only to merchants on FDC Omaha. The value submitted in the merchant number field is invalid.

Is it some programming issue or some thing else? I searched this on authorize.net but could not find proper solution. I am unable to understand what is merchant number field.

Answer 1

From the Authorize.Net Developer Community Forums

A call to Authorize.net and a response to a support ticket both said that the merchant service provider (MSP) had set the status of the merchant account to inactive. So we contacted the MSP and obtained a Processor Configuration Sheet or the VAR sheet, which contained all the necessary bits of information to activate the account. Then we called Authorize.net again and they resolved the issue over the phone, and conducted a test with us in real time.