Terms and Definitions

Administrator: a 'super-user' of the online store system who is privileged to configure the entire store and manage products, customers and orders.

Administrator zone: an administrator back office where the store Admin can configure, control and monitor store operations, enable or configure various features of the store.

Customer: a registered store user.

Customer zone: an area at the online store where store customers can manage their profiles and review their orders.

Google Checkout: a checkout flow. With Google Checkout, you can accept and process existing payment methods like Visa and MasterCard.

Merchant Center: a secure web application that allows you to perform various Google Checkout order processing activities through your web browser.

Merchant ID: a unique 10- or 15-digit value assigned by Google Checkout to each merchant and used for identification when sending messages to Google Checkout. You can find your Merchant ID on the Settings: Integration Center page of the Merchant Center.

Merchant Key: a unique 22-character string assigned by Google Checkout to each merchant and used to cryptographically sign transactions with Google Checkout. You can find your Merchant Key in the Merchant Center.

User: anyone who visits the online store.