Merchant Number Suggestions

Consider several elements to avoid when generating a business entity merchant number:

• Avoid issuing merchant numbers sequentially.
• Avoid using numbers in an identifiable pattern.
• Avoid using repeating numbers within the merchant number (such as 000000000xxx or 111111111xxx).
• Avoid building training profiles using a generic merchant number (such as 000000000001 or 999999999999). Follow normal merchant setup procedures to generate a merchant number for training profiles. When it is no longer needed, the record should be blocked.