Ultimately, the preferred method of purchase for cybercitizens is simply whatever standard payment method they would normally choose while shopping at a regular mall or retail store, such as check, credit card or cash.

The most important aspect regarding taking orders on the Internet is that as an Internet merchant, you will want to make it easy for shoppers to buy your product(s) or service(s). Accordingly, we recommend you provide an address for those who prefer to pay by check so they can mail their payment to you.

For those who wish to place an order by telephone, you should consider providing a toll-free number, again, making it easy for someone to place an order. (If you do provide a telephone number, be sure it is going to be answered by a person, or at least have a friendly, business-sounding recording, and not something that sounds like a home phone).

Regardless of how the order is communicated, the current most popular payment methods for purchasing Internet products are what consumers are most comfortable with, i.e., checks and credit cards.

A Terminal Resource Payment Gateway account enables you to authorize, settle, and manage credit card/electronic check payments.  Click the Merchants Icon to the right to login into your services, or use the login botton in the top navigation. View our diagram of the POS process from beginning to end.  One of our main goals is help your understanding and comfort level where needed. To see how this works please click here or use the "how this works" icon to the right.