Author: Chris Federspiel

Making a payment is a crucial touchpoint in any customer journey. While payments may seem simple from the outside, several complex components work behind the scenes to complete a transaction. If you are unfamiliar with payment processing, the terminology and components can be overwhelming. Today we’re shining a light on how payment gateways work and […]

Give your customers the flexibility to make payments with both credit cards and ACH while taking PCI-compliant payments directly from your Salesforce application using Blackthorn Payment’s updated Virtual Terminal. The addition of ACH to the Blackthorn Terminal means that your customers have several payment options available. The configurable Virtual Terminal lets teams process card-not-present transactions […]

Need to send Level 3 card data? Blackthorn Payments supports “level 3 processing” via Stripe In short, level 3 gets you the best processing rate available by providing the gateway and processor full transaction details, such as you would see on an order. These include line-item level details, such as the quantity, product, and pricing […]

“There’s no prize for the richest person in the graveyard” is one of my favorite expressions. I believe an allocation of funds should go to helping others and our planet. As such, Blackthorn is pledging 1%, following in the footsteps of Salesforce.com and Marc Benioff’s “1-1-1” pledge, in pledging 1% of: Employee time Product (our […]

Blackthorn Events recently participated in Salesforce Demo Jam as a part of the Salesforce Ed Summit 2021. See the winning presentation and learn more about the number one events platform on the Salesforce AppExchange!

Event planners and tech-savvy marketers rejoice! The light at the end of the virtual-only-events tunnel is here. A lot of organizations are combining virtual and in-person formats to maximize results. If you haven’t already, it’s time to hop on the train to hybrid events. The biggest benefit of hybrid events is network expansion (can’t be […]

Virtual events are here to stay. We’ve helped institutions like The HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, and non-profits like IVL create virtual events at scale and with impressive success. The HU saw over 9,000 attendees join 400 engaging admissions events (more attendees than their in-person events)! Our upcoming release will showcase our most significant […]

Being part of a team that’s always been 100% remote, I cherish the times we get to connect virtually. Our team gets together via Zoom every Friday afternoon for a Happy Hour game. Last week, the subject came up about doing something fun for the holidays and it made me realize there are probably a […]