Online Business

E-Commerce, e-commerce software, types of e-commerce, e-business

Shopping cart software, affiliate programs, drop shipping

Payment Gateways

Payment gateways are a bridge or gateway between your e-commerce website and the bank that processes the payment allowing for the authorization of payments. In this case the payment processor is the one actually accepting the credit card and therefore charges a fee on each transaction.

Merchant Accounts

Going one step further, a Merchant account enables you to directly accept credit card payments from your customers. It is a special type of bank account offered to you by a financial institution that will enable you to accept/receive credit card payments and conduct transactions.