Merchant account

When you run an online business you will in most cases want to be in a position to be able to accept credit cards. You may apply for a merchant account, or there are services that let you accept credit cards without a merchant account.

Here is a list of some of the largest merchant account providers:

Authorize.net

Protx.com (For UK)

Psigate.com

Verisign.com

If you don't feel the desire to apply for and set up an online merchant account, the good news is that there are services that let you accept credit cards without a merchant account.

If you deliver digital products ClickBank might be a good solution for you. They deliver a very safe auto-pilot service.

Then you've got PayPal which is a well known and very popular payment gateway.