Overview
TouchNet provides comprehensive solutions for campus-wide payments and ID management, streamlining financial and identification processes across institutions.
Marketplace is TouchNet's integrated payment platform that delivers a secure, compliant, integrated business environment for institutions of higher learnings.
Payment Processing Methods
The UW TouchNet offers two methods of payment processing - uStore and uPay site.
uStore
"uStore" is a customizable platform where on-campus merchants can showcase goods or services for sale.
- uStore Examples
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- UW Surplus runs their surplus store online, for pickup in-person (live site)
- UW Civil & Environmental Engineering takes invoice payments (test site)
- Tuberculosis Research & Training Center (TRTC) has an example of a simple fee-based event (test site)
- The Whole U runs a complex event series (live site)
- UW Farm utilizes subscription CSA boxes (live site)
- UW Law Society & Justice runs a swag store (live site)
- Foster Inclusive Product Management Summit is a complex event (test site)
uPay site
uPay site is a hosted payment page for a web-based application. This could be a UW-designed and hosted site, or it could be an external vendors' site.
*Note: The setup for a UW hosted site requires a knowledgeable website developers to be involved.
Vendor Partners
- OMS has identified 20+ software partners at the UW called TouchNet Ready Partners - exiting software vendors that can take payments through TouchNet.
- OMS help our merchants and their vendors to either switch processors or implement them as needed.
- Intro to Marketplace
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Intro to Marketplace (downloadable PDF guide)
The Intro to Marketplace guide provides users with a complete guide on navigating the uStore within TouchNet.
- Building a Marketplace Store
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Building a Marketplace Store (downloadable PDF guide)
A comprehensive guide for building a Marketplace Store for your needs.
- Marketplace Branding Cheat Sheet
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TouchNet Marketplace Branding Cheat Sheet (downloadable PDF guide)
A guide to branding your Marketplace store according to the University of Washington colors and branding.
Getting Started
Our updated TouchNet Forms will walk you through submitting the necessary information for us to create a TouchNet Merchant, uStore or uPay site. We will follow up with you once we receive your request.
You can submit the form as many times as you need to.
I want to set up a store/site:
I have a store and I want to add new products:
I have a store and I want to create an event:
Please feel free to reach out at pcihelp@uw.edu if you have questions.