If you want to have a business web site that can accept credit cards you will need a few additional considerations. You will need your own IP address, an SSL certificate and a merchant account through which you can verify credit cards online and generate transactions so you can get paid.
Before considering anything else, you will need to use SSL to secure the data passed to and from your web site. At present, we recommend purchasing your SSL Certificate with our preferred partner. In general we suggest the Turbo SSL option as the best value.
One of the requirements to have an SSL certificate is your own unique IP address. Our professional hosting accounts include a unique IP address for as low as $25.00 per month.
The final ingredient in accepting credit cards online is a merchant account. Our current choice in credit card processing is Merchant Express. You are welcome to use other providers either if you are developing your own web site or if we are developing your site for you, though our experince with this provider does allow us to complete your web site in a more timely and efficient manner which translates to lower web development costs for you.
Merchant Express - Our preferred credit card processing provider.
