Jan 15
The word ecommerce gets thrown around these days left and right. What does it really mean for you the small or solo
business owner? If you are selling products and/or services online through your website and allowing customers to pay for them online you have an ecommerce website.
In order to sell products on your website and collect credit card payment information securely you need the following:
- Merchant Account
- Shopping Cart
- Payment Gateway (Software that sends the information to all parties involved)
Merchant Account
A merchant account allows you to accept credit cards as a form of payment. Typically you can accept credit cards three ways: swiping the card, keying in the numbers, and online via a website. For the purpose of this article I’ll be focusing on the via a website scenario. Read the rest of this entry »
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