UNDERSTAND THE ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICES

Terminology online payment processing

There are several terms used almost interchangeably to describe online payments:

• Payment output : is a service that receives the payment request online from your website and directs the payment processor.
• Payment Processor : is a service that allows merchants to receive payments by credit card or debit card online by providing a connection to a Bank Acquisition. These processors perform many functions such as evaluating whether the transactions are valid and approved. If the customer has sufficient funds, the transaction is authorized, funds are transferred from the customer's account and notifies your website.
• Payment provider : a provider of payment (payment service provider) is the company that operates out payment or payment processor service. In some cases, the output of payment and payment processor are combined into a single service known by any of these names.
• Paying or payment system : is where a payment provider offers various types of pay outs, with different features and prices - each type is known as a paid service or a payment system. For example, CNPGate is a payment service provider that offers a number of payment services.
• Merchant account : When an online transaction is successfully completed, the funds are transferred from the buyer's account to the merchant's account, a special type of bank account used exclusively to hold funds received from transactions with credit cards and debit cards. To accept payments online, you usually have to set up a merchant account and choose Secure Merchant Services with your payment provider.The funds accumulated in your merchant account are transferred to the bank account of your organization on a regular basis.

Introduction to online payments

• A merchant account , although some payment systems do not require a merchant account or can provide one.
• An account with a provider of payment services
• A web page with an action button , which initiates the transaction process (Join, donate, buy)

Transaction processing

Once you have set up your website and connected it to an online payment service, visitors to your website can pay online products or services. The online payment process starts when the visitors click the button to buy something from your online store or from your website. The visitor enters the information of your credit card and sends the transaction request.

The Merchant Bank Processor sends the transaction to the credit card network (such as Visa or MasterCard). The network of credit card sets the path of the transaction to the bank that issued the credit card customer. The issuing bank approves or rejects the funds available based on customer and passes the results of the transaction to the credit card network transaction. The credit card network retransmits the results of the transaction to the processor Merchant Bank. The processor retransmits the result of the transaction to Authorize.Net.

The transaction request, along with credit card information is transmitted securely to the exit payment operated by your service provider payment form. No one - including you - can see the personal and financial information of the buyer.

Your service provider will verify payment data credit card and confirm buyer if the buyer has sufficient funds to complete the transaction. If valid credentials buyer and has sufficient funds, your service provider payment transfer funds from the bank account of the buyer to the merchant account associated with the website and notify its website that the transaction has been approved . If the transaction is rejected, the funds will not be transferred and will be notified.

Factors to consider when choosing a payment processor

• Do you give support to organizations in your country?
• Do you work with the currency you want to accept?
• What volume of transactions expected to have on your website?
• Are your payments are processed on its website or theirs? Cares?
• What kind of payment accepted - credit card, debit card, PayPal?
• Do you support recurring payments?
• What kind of rates they charge?
  • Application rates
  • Rate Configuration / Setup
  • Monthly rates
  • Discount rate
  • Transaction Fee
  • Statement fee
  • Monthly minimum
  • Unqualified rate
  • Transborder rate
  • Rate Exit / Entry
  • A minimum by the terms of contracts can not be canceled without penalty
  • Chargebacks
  • booking

Some payment processors to consider

 

CNPGate