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How to Integrate a Payment Gateway Into a Website ? — July 1, 2015

How to Integrate a Payment Gateway Into a Website ?

Before going deep with “ How to Integrate a Payment Gateway Into a Website” we are going to share with you about the eCommerce Website Development. In eCommerce Website Development many types of things comes like: Shopping cart development, Secure Payment Gateway Integration, eCommerce application Development, B2B as well as B2C eCommerce Solutions, E-Bay Integration, Configuration & Installation of Shopping Cart Software, Adding Functionality in an Existing Online Store and Maintenance & Support. Without these features, your website will not become an eCommerce website, so it is necessary.

How to Integrate a Payment Gateway Into a Website

Raxix Technologies is a leading eCommerce Web Development Company and provides all services at affordable prices. Below we describe step by step guide on How to Integrate a Payment Gateway Into a Website.

This article is divided in two sections 1) How to Choose a Payment Gateway 2) Integrating the Payment Gateway into a Website.

How to Choose a Payment Gateway

  1. Understanding Working of Gateway: Payment Gateway sends the customer’s credit card information to the web server, after that an eCommerce website able to make a sale and then it sends the confirmation back to the website. You can also integrate your website with payment gateway by installing Shopping cart Software.
  2. Payment Gateway Option: Your online shopping software provides payment gateway. You can go to your website’s control panel or shopping software admin page and check payment gateway option.
  3. Browse Payment Options: Check out how much payment option is supported by your shopping cart software. If your shopping cart software having more payment gateway option, then it is good for your website and your customers. Most using payment options are: PayPal, Payza, Perfect Money, Egopay, SecurePay, Authorize.net, Verify, Braintree and SecurePay.
  4. Fees and Conditions: You can check fee conditions of payment gateway, how much they charge for a one time setup.
  5. Choose Between External or a Direct Gateway: External gateway sends your customers to another website to payment process and direct gateway do all process in your own website. So you can choose these options according to your choice.
  6. Merchant Account: You can also create a merchant account and they charge for you for every single transaction, but with the help of this method you can get all transactions direct into your account.
  7. Sign Up: Now after checking all above criteria, you can sign up for your gateway and you have to provide the necessary information like: login name, password, authorization file or ID.

Integrating The Payment Gateway into a Website

  1. WebShop Setup: Most of the retailers use software for to create a web shop for their customers. This software is able to handle code of transferring payment information to the gateway and creation of ordering page.
  2. Add Payment Methods: You can add your payment method from online store admin page. This process is very from service to service, generally you have your put credit card details in a payment gateway.
  3. Test Gateway: Now you can test your gateway working, is it working properly or not. For testing your gateway you can take the help of eBay website.

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