You Are Shopping on a Secure Server

Protecting the safety of your credit card information is important to us.
We use 128 bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect the security of your credit card information as it is transmitted to us.

How do I know my information is secure?
To make sure you are accessing our secure server before you submit personal financial information, check the lower right-hand corner of your browser. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending upon your browser), then SSL is active. You can double-check for security by looking at the URL or Location line of your browser. The first characters of the address in that line should change from "http" to "https" - this indicates your are shopping on a secure server.

Some browser versions and some firewalls don't permit communication through secure servers. If for any reason you cannot access the secure server, please feel free to place your order with us by phone at 888.MSM.PERF (888.676.7373).

Address Verification System (AVS)
We use the Address Verification System (AVS) to ensure that your credit card information is not being used fraudulently. Address Verification Service (AVS) checks to match the street number and zip code of the cardholder's address.

CVV Code Verification
CVV stands for Customer Verification Value, sometimes also referred to as CVC (Card Verification Code), or CID (Confidential Identifier Number). The CVV code is an additional 3 or 4-digit security number that is printed (not embossed) on a credit card.

How is security improved by using the CVV code?
The CVV code can only be found on the card itself and nowhere else, not even on associated credit card statements. The person requesting the transaction must have (or have had) physical possession of the card.

Requiring that a card transaction is validated with the CVV code provides good protection against fraudulent use of a card number that has been obtained without permission or that has simply been guessed. It protects you against other people trying to use your card number fraudulently. The CVV code is passed electronically (using encryption) and without visual inspection directly to the online processing gateway.

Where is the CVV code found?
If you are using a Visa, MasterCard or Discover, you will need to provide the 3-digit CVV (Customer Verification Value). This is the non-embossed number printed on the signature panel on the back of the card immediately following the Visa or MC card account number.

If using the American Express card, you wil need to provide the 4-digit CID (Confidential Identifier Number). This 4-digit, non-embossed number is printed above your account number on the face of your card.

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.