To accept credit card payments or online payments in general on your website you will need to make your website compliant, many merchant forget to ensure that their website has a privacy policy and return policy and even make it clear to the online customers what the refund policies are.
When you start you online business with a website and you start getting orders from your customers which properly found you on the major search engines like Google. You will quickly realize that you need to accept credit card payments on your website and also figure our which other online payment methods are available.
There are different ways to go for your goal, however if you are a startup merchant which need a quick solution, we suggest you to go with 2checkout.com a 3rd party processor specialized in small merchants with a volume lower than USD/EUR 5.000.
Alternatively you can go with Paypal.com or even moneybookers.com to accept credit card payments. The smart thing by using those payment processors are you can get started right away and don’t need to go through a in sometimes, complicated process to get approved for your own Merchant Account.
To accept credit card payments with a already existing business and with a good amount of monthly turnover we suggest to apply for an merchant account and integrate your website with a payment gateway to accept online payments and credit card payments.
However, before you go for your own merchant account you will need to make sure that your website is compliant as described in the beginning. You will need to make sure that you have the Visa and Mastercard logo on your payment page, where people enter their credit card information.
When you search on for instant Google for “accept credit card payments” or online payments or even merchant account, you will find thousands of companies which offer their services, be careful, it has been known for many years now that there are companies out there which are ready to rip you off. When you found a company which you will relay on in order to accept credit card payments or online payments, be sure to make a search on the domain name to see if any results come up with SCAM reports or rip-offs
