Gateway The final piece of setting up merchant accounts to accept payments online is the gateway that connects you to a transaction processor like Unicorn Rise. Businesses typically use one or all of three common gateways:
Internet and PC based Browser Software Solutions For e-businesses, desktop software can be used as the transaction gateway. Once you receive the credit card number via phone, mail, or email, the merchant manually enters the credit card numbers and payment amounts into the computer software, and transmits the list to a payment processor, such as Unicorn Rise. The processor responds with a list of good card and bad cards to allow the merchant to proceed as necessary.
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Payment Gateways Payment Gateways provide connectivity from the small business location, or online store, to the processor. These companies are called “Gateways” because they take many inputs from a variety of different merchants and applications (Online store software, etc.) and route those inputs to processors.
Besides offering data connectivity to processors, Gateways may offer additional value-added services such as advanced reporting, auditing and fraud control. Different gateways support different point-of-sale systems, processors, and merchants. The pricing charged by Gateways also can vary significantly.
Unicorn Rise offers secure and reliable payment processing solutions for electronic commerce merchants over the Internet. These processing solutions are richly enhanced via successful relationships with certified gateway providers.
If you wish to use a real time Web gateway, which is most common with ecommerce shopping cart software, make sure it is compatible with the system you are going to use. Unicorn Rise is connected with a majority of the Gateways supported by most eCommerce Shopping Cart technologies.
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