Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Ecommerce Credit Card Processing-Getting It Right

By Barbara Otenio


There is no denying that eCommerce is shaping up to be the worlds preferred way of business. A central factor that has made eCommerce successful is that of credit card payments and processing. Through credit card payments eCommerce sites are able to transform their services into money received from the clients.

To ensure effective eCommerce transactions, one needs to combine entities such as banks, requisite merchant services, and eCommerce site gateways. An eCommerce transaction process will require you to first acquire a merchant account from an established bank, after this is done, the bank will establish a clearing house that will process the various transactions of the eCommerce site.

The eCommerce site getaway facilitates communication between the bank and the clearing house. Another aspect that needs to take care of when developing the credit card payment system of an eCommerce site is that of recruiting brokers who play an important role in the business.

After dealing with all the technical eCommerce site transaction details you then need to reinforce all the security features of the site. The security of the eCommerce site is a major selling point of the site and the site administrator should make sure that the secrecy, integrity and availability of information on the eCommerce site.

In order to make sure that your eCommerce site is transaction compliant, the first thing you need to do is acquire a credit card merchant. In order to do this, you need to submit an application form to a financial institution where they will assess your risk level and determine if you qualify for the merchant services.

In reality very few eCommerce site meet the minimum risk thresh-hold required by the banks. For these reason owners of these sites may opt for the services of third party merchants through brokers.

A broker will help you find a good bank where you can setup an account and he then provides all the necessary items required to facilitate processing. You should however check all the credentials of the broker to make sure that he or she is legitimate and not a fraudster masquerading as a broker.

Once all of these is done, your ecommerce site will be transaction compliant.




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