Wallet Controls Overview

The Microsoft® Wallet version 2.1 helps shoppers purchase items quickly, easily, and securely at their favorite online stores. In addition, merchants benefit from an enhanced shopper experience through increased sales and shopper traffic at Web store sites.

The Microsoft Wallet 2.1 facilitates electronic transactions using the following tools:

• Address Selector
• Payment Selector

Important  The Address Selector and Payment Selector are available as plug-ins for site visitors who use Netscape Navigator and as ActiveX™ controls for site visitors who use Microsoft® Internet Explorer.

The Wallet SDK provides the tools for third parties to extend the Microsoft payment platform with their payment types. The SDK contains the following sample code and documentation for third-party payment providers to develop payment extensions:

• Sample code for credit card components
• Sample code for third-party payment types
• Sample code for Credit Card Payment Builders
• Sample install .cab files for payment type distribution
• Interface technical references
• Complete documentation describing how to build and distribute payment types to extend the Microsoft payment platform.