Different Ways to Accept Credit Cards in Your Business - Part 2

The second way that you can take credit cards from customers who want to buy your products is through a shopping cart on your website. You will have your products displayed in the shopping cart, so that customers can select what they would like to buy from your store. After they have put the products they want to purchase into your electronic shopping cart, they will select the "Checkout" button, so they can pay you. Once they have affirmed the products that they want to buy, they will select the payment option of "Credit card". Your shopping cart will have a connection to a payment portal, like Authorize.net. This portal will do several things for you. First it will encrypt each transaction so that it can be safely transmitted to the banking system for settlement. Next it will send the transaction to your merchant account, so that your money can be collected from the purchaser. It makes it real easy to get your money. The money will be deposited directly into you business checking account. If you do not have a presence on the web to sell your products, you might want to think about doing it. Provision, Inc can setup the Autorize.net payment portal and get your merchant account started, so you can sell your products online. This will give you a secure way to accept credit cards online.