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I will be offering services virtually through my online business. What options are there for accepting payment electronically? There is the obvious one PayPal, but are there any others worth looking into?

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Which country? Do you have merchant services already? – Karlson Mar 12 '12 at 4:06
United States. No I do not. – user16817 Mar 12 '12 at 6:03
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Have you looked at similar sites to see what options they have? – JeffO Mar 12 '12 at 11:07
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Related question: answers.onstartups.com/q/3458/5259 – Gary Rowe Mar 14 '12 at 13:22

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Paypal definitely has the lead, however you may find it simpler to use Google Checkout or Google Wallet(for mobile), which are both easy to integrate using the Google APIs.

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We use Square. Works great and they take a low %. squareup.com

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thanks for the recommend. can SquareUp integrate with a website and be used to accept online payments..? I see it is generally used for in-person type of transactions? – user16817 Mar 16 '12 at 22:34
Not at this time. It's not for E-commerce online. For e-commerce on a web site Authorize.net can set up with any shipping cart. If you client calls or sends you CC info Square has the best rates. – Frank Mar 16 '12 at 23:52
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PayPal sucks. Have your developer integrate w/ stripe, which will allow you to offer a seamless purchase experience while avoiding PCI compliance.

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thanks for the recommend. – user16817 Mar 16 '12 at 22:31

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