 | View Full Version : Processing Credit Card Payments ntwaddel 07-11-2002, 12:26 PM I am fairly new in the hosting world, what is the best way to process online credit card payments? What kinda software should i use? I need a merchant account through like verisign or something right? Some recommendations would be appreciated. :) barrywien 07-11-2002, 01:09 PM Hi This is for the UK only If you are a registered business and have had a bank merchant account for longer than 3 years then you can apply for internet transactions license. If not then you should look into a third party payment gateway. There are many to select from, the top being 2checkout.com and worldpay.com. My personal favourite is PayStamp.com with no monthly fee's or signup fee's seg fault 07-12-2002, 04:48 AM Try a 3rd party processing company - ascertain how much money you will be transacting, and the amount of fraud - then possibly get your own merchant account iwth you favourite bank apollo 07-12-2002, 05:27 AM hosticle is right. Depends on volume, you may start with a third party processing (not your own merchant account) and when you grow, just get your own merchant account and virtual terminal, so you can process credit cards over Internet network. for 3rd party merchant processing, consider: www.hostcharge.com www.2checkout.com www.paypal.com (paypal payments) www.revecom.com for real merchant account, check out: www.echo-inc.com www.onlinedatacorp.com www.charge.com www.merchantservice.com www.merchantbankcard.com www.safesolutions.com [you can also go to www.authorize.net and view their reseller list] VeriSign also offers credit card processing: http://www.verisign.com Hope this helps a little NOTE: This is for informative purposes only. I can't suggest how good or bad service these companies provide. Synwave 07-12-2002, 08:45 AM If you check out www.mals-e.com , they give you all the information you need. They are UK based but include link for international companies seg fault 07-12-2002, 02:18 PM I would recommend revecom or hostcharge - they really are two of the best - and I have tried quite a few :) dsj 07-12-2002, 02:51 PM I'm just waiting for Ace charge to be launched (from hostcharge). Since I sell products hostcharge can not be used. But they look like a very good company. |