[stretchmark]

I am getting my site ready and my husband thinks I should look into other options for payment than paypal. I don't know of any, tell me what they are and if they have advantages over pp.

 

[CarrieMF]

Hyperwallet

 

[octobersweethearts]

I personally think it is a good idea to offer BOTH Paypal and another option for processing credit cards. Some people who shop online a lot are used to Paypal and like to use it especially if they have a current balance. Other people who don't shop online as much can get a little turned off by Paypal and the way it is set up.

Many shopping carts will allow you to offer both options.

Anyway, you will need to get a merchant account and a payment gateway. You can do a google search and compare rates. I personally signed up through Secure Net and it had no set up fee which I liked.

I highly suggest making your choices and getting this ready ahead of time. I started with Paypal only and now am having a difficult time integrating my credit card processing with my custom shopping cart. It might be worth looking into getting a shopping cart that is compatible with the credit card processing you chose.

If I had it to do all over again, I think I might use Mal's Shopping Cart with Authorize.Net as the payment gateway.

 

[Night Owl]

2checkout and propay are good choice for accepting credit cards online. However, if you're wanting to do an instant purchase for egoods, I suggest going with authorize.net.