Category: Guides
Book Now, Pay Later Registration and Localized Invoices for Events
Here at Blackthorn, we’re constantly innovating to develop better products based on customer feedback and the needs of the industries we serve. Our customers often send invoices to their clients for payment over the web. In an effort to make the process efficient, we built a tool that allows businesses to get paid faster while […]
How to Maximize Online and Virtual Events in Your Admissions and Recruitment Strategy
Campuses around the globe have canceled their visit days, tours, and other admissions events, which are often the foundation of a recruitment strategy. The good news is, there are still ways to engage with interested prospects without having to reinvent the wheel completely. If your prospects are already online, maximizing digital marketing and virtual event […]
Chris Federspiel on Planning and Running Events on Top of Salesforce
Our Founder and CEO recently gave an interview on the Forward Thinking Founders podcast! Listen to the origin story of Blackthorn.io, learn about our events and payments applications, and begin tapping into the full potential of the Salesforce platform.
Global Payments Options with Stripe Checkout for Salesforce
We’re obsessed with making accepting and processing payments in Salesforce fun and easy. A big part of fine-tuning and expanding our payment offerings has been helping customers increase their checkout conversions and enhance their buyer experience on a global scale. Our newest release, Stripe Checkout for PayLink, enables us to support a wide range of international currencies and, […]
Wiring up Lightning Web Components #1
In my previous post I investigated the basic structure of Lightning Web Components. Now I’m going to dig deeper into one of the very crucial aspects of the framework: how you communicate with the backend. There are 3 ways to do so: Get a record(s) from the back-end Write a record to the back-end Call […]
Payments 101 – What is a Payment Gateway and How is it Different than a Payment Processor?
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 […]
Take ACH Payments in the Blackthorn Virtual Terminal
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 […]