Taking credit card payments on websites is becoming easier and easier as more and more people are interested in starting up their own business online.
The easiest way is to get in contact with a secure payment provider, follow their website integration guides and tutorials, then re-direct your customers via their website so that your customers have the security of another company and you don’t have the overhead costs of a secure payment server of your own, or a secure certificate.
A well known payment provider which has free setup is Paypal. Paypal is easy to use and many people have heard of it before, via eBay, so it is trusted by many people around the world. Paypal may be free in terms of their setup fees, but they do charge on a per-transaction bases which can become expensive as your website becomes more popular.
There are a number of other companies offering free transaction-based fees, but with a setup fee such as Worldpay, Protx, and many others.
