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Jun 15, 2015
How to set up an online payment form
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Outsourced solution
vs.
In-house solution
How to set up an online payment form
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Outsourced Solution: Advantages Simplicity
Security
Guidance
No website required
Low upfront costs
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Outsourced Solution: How-To
1. Research your options
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Research your options
Things to consider: Setup fees
Funding practices
Direct to bank account?
Duration?
Monthly service fees
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Outsourced Solution: How-To
1. Research your options
2. Set up your merchant account
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Set up your merchant account Dependent on which solution you choose – not all are
merchant accounts are compatible with all solutions
Merchant accounts require underwriting
Your third party software provider can help to provide direction
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Outsourced Solution: How-To
1. Research your options
2. Set up your merchant account
3. Build the payment form
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Build the payment form
Enter product or service information
Define pricing
Determine payment types (based on your merchant account)
Include other information as applicable
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Outsourced Solution: How-To
1. Research your options
2. Set up your merchant account
3. Build the payment form
4. Integrate into your day-to-day processes
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Integrate into your practice
Notify your customers
Train yourself/employees
Link to your website or email?
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In-house Solution: Advantages
Control
Feel
Flexibility
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In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
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Use an expert It’s helpful if your expert is in-house and knows the ins
and outs of your business
Otherwise, find someone well-versed in the following: Data security Hosting platforms API code
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In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
2. Set up a secure hosting platform
AND
3. Register your site
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Secure hosting and site registration Secure hosting protects important financial data
associated with online payments
Apply for an Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate
Register your site with a Digital Authentication Service Ensures secure transactions between servers Contains information about your business to confirm
identification Ensures that all sensitive information is encrypted
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In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
2. Set up a secure hosting platform
3. Register your site
4. Build the payment form
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Build the payment form Use software or write code to integrate shopping
functionality on your website
“Click to buy” functionality
Form includes: Product information Pricing Payment options
In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
2. Set up a secure hosting platform
3. Register your site
4. Build the payment form
5. Find a processing solution with an applicable API
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Credit Card
ACH / eCheck
Look at processing fees when choosing a solution
Make sure format is compatible with your API
Find processing solution
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In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
2. Set up a secure hosting platform
3. Register your site
4. Build the payment form
5. Find a processing solution with an applicable API
6. Integrate the processing platform with your payment form
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Integrate the processing platform With your merchant account set up, you can now enter
the information into your online payment solution Important information:
MID (Merchant Identification) Terminal ID Merchant Name, Address, etc. Bank BIN MCC (Merchant Category Code)
Extremely critical that the information and API keys are entered correctly into your processors back-end processing solution
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In-house solution: How-To1. If you’re not an expert, get one
2. Set up a secure hosting platform
3. Register your site
4. Build the payment form
5. Find a processing solution with an applicable API
6. Integrate the processing platform with your payment
form
7. Test and launchwww.paysimple.com | follow @PaySimple | facebook.com/paysimple
Test and launch Check that transactions are
running correctly and funding to your account
Test all forms of payment and various amounts
After everything is proven to work, you can launch your online payment form to your customers!
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Things to consider Resources
Cost vs. Budget
Timeframe
Requirements
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