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Shopping Cart Basics

When you see the term “shopping cart” online, you can think of it as just that—a virtual basket to gather, accumulate and organize goods before you take them to the checkout. Shopping cart software...

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Merchant Account Fundamentals

Merchant Accounts A true merchant account is set up when the merchant's sales agent applies to a processing bank for the right to create an account dedicated specifically to the merchant's business. The...

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Payment Gateway Basics

To verify payment information and transfer requests, and certify credit cards in real time, an online processor called a Payment Gateway is required. Payment Gateways reference customers’ credit card...

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SSL and SSL Certificates

SSL and SSL Certificates To securely process online transactions, information must be transmitted between the web site and the customer in a manner that others cannot intercept and read. SSL, or Secure...

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3rd Party Payment Processors incl PayPal

  3RD PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSORS Why would you choose to use a 3rd party payment processor rather than a merchant account? Well, there are two fundamental reasons: lack of availability and economic...

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Using Privacy Seals To Boost Online Sales

  As part of the payment dialog on your website, it’s good practice to emphasize that the customer's information will not be used inappropriately or be shared with other parties. Just a few lines of text...

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Forms of Online Payment

Forms of Online Payment While everyone is aware that there are online payment options other than credit cards, not everyone is aware of the range of other payment vehicles that are available and what effect...

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Integration Blueprinting

INTEGRATION BLUEPRINTING  Integration projects are inherently risky. You don’t have to look far to find some real catastrophes across a variety of industries. For every high profile failure, there are...

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Returns and Chargebacks Basics

It’s important to understand the relationship between returns and chargebacks. Both are ways for customers to get their money back, but the processes involved are very different. What Exactly are...

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Online Payment Basics

When did payments via the Internet first begin? The Internet has been used as a vehicle for the payment of goods and services online since the mid 1980s, but only really took off in the 1990s when more...

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