Open Source Ecommerce Shopping Carts, Merchant Accounts, Credit Cards & Third Party Payment Processors
If you've ever looked into getting your own merchant account, you already know how expensive it can be. Application fees, setup fees, standard monthly fees, transaction fees... they all add up fast!

• Open Source OS Commerce (OSC) - Free Shopping Cart Software
  eCommerce platforms are being commoditized. Enterprise level solutions are coming down in price and new open source solutions are being made available to anyone with an internet connection for free. The most robust of these open source solutions is OS Commerce (OSC) a community driven eCommerce solution that is flexible, scalable, and user friendly.
• The Shopping Cart Report eBook Review
  Online, both of your products are simply bits and bytes and the shopping cart is complex software hosted on a remote web server somewhere off in cyberspace. So whether you'll be buying that shopping cart software and having it installed on your own web server or simply using an existing cart hosted on some other secure server, you will be using shopping cart software to sell your products or services online.
• Guide to Third-Party Credit Card Processors Merchant Accounts
  If you've ever looked into getting your own merchant account, you already know how expensive it can be. Application fees, setup fees, standard monthly fees, transaction fees... they all add up fast! It can be too much for a business that's just getting started.
• Credit Cards Processors A Must for Business - Merchant Accounts
  A major issue for small business is finding a reasonably priced option for an online Merchant Account so that they can accept credit cards for instant "real-time" approval of online payments
• PayPal Checkout Process makes Online Shopping easier
  Using PayPal as a gateway for accepting online payments has just become much more attractive. PayPal, owned by eBay, has always been considered one of the best, most secure choices of payment for auctions, whether by check or credit card. But one of the biggest drawbacks to it has been the restriction that the buyer also had to have a PayPal account in order make that payment.
• Small Business PayPal Vs. Merchant Account
  ALBANY, New York (AP) -- The nation's largest online payment service, PayPal, is paying New York $150,000 in penalties after misrepresenting to consumers its policy on repayment when merchandise doesn't arrive, the state attorney general said Monday. PayPal, which claims 40 million customers worldwide, had specifically stated that it provided the same rights and protections of a traditional credit card transaction, said Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. But consumers were often denied those rights, he said.
• ACH Processing - Accepting Electronic Checks Merchant Account Processors
  Using ACH processing allows you to accept payment from a checking or savings account electronically. Funds are debited from the customer and credited to the business owner. Issues such as bounced checks or closed accounts can be addressed through a combination of fraud screening and collection tools.
• Merchant Account Accepting Credit Cards Online Ecommerce Transactions
  What is a Merchant Account? A merchant account is a commercial bank account established by contractual agreement between your business and the banks represented by your processor. A merchant account enables your business to accept credit card payments from your customers.
• Avoiding Merchant Account Chargebacks
  A chargeback is a transaction that an Issuer returns to a merchant bank and most often, to the merchant - as a financial liability. In essence, it reverses a sales transaction
• Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Industry Transaction Terms
  Swipe through Verifone Terms Defined
• Small Business Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Processing Terms
  Issuing Bank through SIC Codes - Terms Defined
• Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Industry Transaction Terms
  Credit Report through Internet Merchant Defined
• Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Industry Transaction Terms
  Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Terms - ABA to Corporate Resolution
• Merchant Account Basics - Credit Cards Processing
  A merchant account is a special account with a bank that is a member of the Visa and MasterCard associations. Such a bank has been certified by Visa and MasterCard associations and can provide you, the merchant, with all of the services related to your merchant account.
• How To Accept Credit Cards in Online Business
  If you plan to do business online, then your website will need to accept credit cards. For many, the idea of applying for a merchant account sounds like a daunting task, but the truth is that building an online store is incredibly easy these days.
• Shopping Carts & Ecommerce Solutions - Choosing Shopping Carts
  The chief criteria for judging an ecommerce shopping cart are the number of credit card processors and shipping services it supports, and the number of people that support *it*.
• Checking OUt With Google's New Checkout Service
  After months of "buzz" online about Google's proposed "PayPal Killer," they've finally launched their new service, "Google Checkout." After all the hype that was floating around, you'd have thought this new creation would be the death of Paypal, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.