Six Payment gateways reviewed

If you are starting your own ecommerce website, you have many decisions to make. Do you write your own shopping cart or use an existing one? Who should be your merchant account provider? Who will deliver your goods? With so many decisions to make, you hardly have time to sort through all the information you’ll need in order to make the best choice for your business.

After setting up over 1000 merchant accounts as a sales agent John Conde is now a full-time Web Developer for a credit card processing company. In this article originally published on Site point John reviews the following six payment gateways:

» Authorize.net
» Verisign Payflow Pro
» Verisign Payflow Link
» LinkPoint API
» LinkPoint Connect
» Plug ‘n Pay

In his article John explains what is a payment gateway and the criteria established for his comparison.

At first glance, it seems that all of these gateways are the same and that your decision should be based on cost alone. However his comparison shows us that the difference between gateway features can vary dramatically and can mean that one gateway is a better choice than another for your business.

John’s detailed article is a must read for anyone considering adding e-commerce to their website.