Let’s say you’ve decided to start selling tea pots that have clever slogans on the side of them for all of the hipster tea drinkers out there, and you want to sell those tea pots on your website. You’ve got everything planned out – inventory, branding, the whole deal. During the process of building your online store you will, at some point, have to face a pretty important decision: how are you going to accept payments for products?

There are a few major options to consider. Obviously, the step where your visitors are deciding that they want to complete an order with you and purchase products from your store is important. You want that last step as simple as possible and you need those users to have a completely hassle-free experience. So, with that in mind, what are your options? Read the rest of this entry »