This is where you will dictate 3 things: 1st, whether your customers will create an shopping 'account' with your online store which is accessed with their email addresses and passwords they create themselves; 2nd, whether your shop will interface with one of the 6 real-time credit card gateways our shop interfaces with; and 3rd, if your customers can have purchases sent to addresses other than their billing addresses.
For a shop using the "No account setup on checkout. " format , on a re-order at a later date by a customer who had previously ordered , the shopper would still need to enter in their address information again (image to the right). If you choose to have your customers create accounts, all billing and shipping addresses are saved and the customers must only enter their email addresses and passwords to check out. If you have many return customers, having them create their own accounts may be convenient and helpful. If many of your customers are one-time customers, there is probably no need to have accounts created.
Next you will find a drop down menu that allows you to choose which merchant gateway you will interface the shop with (for real-time credit card processing) or if you will have the information stored securely with the 'Secure Checkout'. Everyone who wishes to accept payment by credit card will need a way to process the cards, be it in real-time through a gateway, or with a traditional terminal utilizing the 'Secure Checkout'.
If you choose 'Secure Checkout' (which stores the complete order with credit card information securely in the 'View Pending Orders' section of your shop owner's panel) you will not need to fill any other fields and you may move on.
If you choose to utilize any of the real-time checkout options, you will need to sign up for an account (click here to learn how).
If you have an Authorize.net account Click here to learn about the simple set-up.
If you have the VeriSign PayFlow system, Click Here to learn about the simple set-up.
If you have the CardService Int'l Basic LinkPoint system, Click Here to learn about the simple set-up.
If you are using PayPal, Click Here to learn about the simple set-up.
If you use the Echo Online, Ion Gate, WorldPay Jr or Transact Secure solution, simply choose the appropriate Type from the drop down menu and enter your Username from their company in the 'Credit Card System Username/ID' field. That is all there is to it; the other fields do not apply to you.