Hey people who will help me out :-) I am very new to the webhosting scene and e-business and even normal business. Over here, not many people use credit cards so for now, I am going to take credit card options out. The list below are the available payment methods with akopia interchange 4.8 shopping cart.

VISA Not AcceptedAccepted nop
Mastercard Not AcceptedAccepted nop
Discover Not AcceptedAccepted nop
American Express Not AcceptedAccepted nop
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Diners Club/Other Not AcceptedAccepted nop
Online Check Not AcceptedAccepted
COD Not AcceptedAccepted not for webhosting bc tangible
Postal billing Not AcceptedAccepted
Purchase Order Not AcceptedAccepted

I quite understand how online payments work, but nearly not at all for the other 5 options. I am going to take Diners club / other out since I don't even know what that is. That leaves me with online check, COD, Postal billing, purchase order.

[one]
There are two businesses that I will be starting. I'll start with one first. Webhosting reselling. Payments will be on a monthly basis - pay before use. How will or how should my customers pay me?

A normal check (not online check since e-finance is horrible here)?

How does postal billing work? Purchase Order? How do they work? Do they send money first?
Must I register with the post office to become one of their partners and that they will deliver any goods anyplace for me?

Someone please tell me how the system works.


[two]
Computer hardware store. Again I won't be using credit cards. How does it work?


OK. Thanks for reading :-)