The underlying idea for running an e-commerce site is that you actually receive money from your customers. Payment processing gateways and merchant accounts are the tools which move the money. Hen's Teeth Network recommends these:
| Feature | PayPal Website Payments Standard | PayPal Website Payments Pro | Authorize.Net |
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| Payment processing gateway (sits between your web site and the merchant account) | |||
| Merchant account (moves money from customer to store owner) | Integrated with gateway |
Integrated with gateway |
Optional: Use Authorize.Net or bring your own. |
| Accept credit cards on your own web site | Requires PCI compliance |
Requires PCI compliance |
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| Accept credit cards by temporarily diverting the shopper to a different web site (not your store) | Does not require PCI compliance. Works with PDG Commerce |
Does not require PCI compliance. Not integrated with PDG Commerce. |
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| Accept PayPal payments | via PayPal Express |
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| Chargeback / dispute resolution | PayPal resolution center | PayPal resolution center | Chargeback process governed by Federal Reserve and credit card companies |
| Integrated with PDG Commerce | |||
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