What are processed / unprocessed payments?

When you make a payment on our site you are given an initial confirmation from our gateway. With credit cards, approval is immediate. With Direct Pay and Automatic Direct Pay, the initial confirmation does not necessarily indicate the payment was approved. It may take up to two business days for the funds to be approved and successfully transferred. Our site uses a payment status feature which indicates the status of your payment on our end. Initially your payment is considered unprocessed, even if it is an immediately approved credit card payment. Once we have reviewed your online payment and have entered it into our own accounting software, your payment will then become "processed." Our sites reporting and receipt systems will not recognize your payment until they have been successfully processed on our end. This is to avoid confusion if we encounter a problem from our payment gateway or while processing your payment in our accounting software. Please note: The date of your payment ...  more