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Running an internet business from home or anywhere requires being able to receive payments on line. For many this may seem like a problem. It is actually easy and painless. You can set up a payment processor at no cost, but still have a reliable and secure credit card payment method.
Our focus is on:
Where to get free reliable and safe credit card processor.
How to install the payment buttons in a web page.
PayPal: This is the free option. We will explore the free option here and in another article I will explore some of the good cheap options available. Go to PayPal.com and open a free account. You will need to verify yourself and PayPal will tell you what they expect for you to verify your identity. PayPal is a very secure and safe way to receive payments.
Before you begin to think about creating your payment buttons, there is one thing you will need.This is the URL of the download page. You will need this information as this is where PayPal sends your customer after payment has been completed.
Now you need to log into your PayPal account. After you log-in look for Merchant Tools. Open Merchant Tools and this opens up to you some options. These options are: Shopping Cart, Buy Now Buttons, and Subscriptions and recurring Payments.
The shopping cart allows for multiple purchases to be made before the customer goes to the checkout and pays.
If your page is just selling one item and it is a one-time sale you would choose the buy now button. Having your page focus on just one item can be an advantage to selling. When the customer clicks on the buy now button they are taken directly to PayPal to complete the purchase.
As is the case with buy now button, the subscription and recurring payments button is for just one item. Payments continue to be made at intervals specified by you. These can be weekly, monthly, yearly or any period you specify. This payment system also allows for a trial period and then the payments at the specified intervals.
Once the details are filled in PayPal provides you with an encrypted script that you need to install on your sales page. You will need to position it where you want the payment button to appear.
Using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) HTML editor, scroll down the page to where you want the button to appear. Now click your mouse here so that the cursor is blinking where the button is to appear. Create a table. Click your mouse inside the table, and change the view to code view. You should now see the cursor blinking in the code. Make sure you have copied the PayPal code to the clipboard of the computer. Click on "Edit" and then "Paste". This will insert the PayPal code into your page. If you need to center it just use center as you would text.
Switch to browser view and see how it will look on the internet. Make whatever adjustments you need and you are done.
That's it! You have set up a page to take payments.
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