Best Payment Getaways

[PETTE]

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I would like some advice on the best Transaction/Payment getaways avaliable. Or any bad ones to look out for.

Had any exprience with these;

» Worldpay
» SecPay
» Protx
» Paypal
» Nochex
» 2checkout
» USA ePay
» Secure Trading
» InternetSecure
» eProcessing Network
» Secure Hosting
» goEmerchant
» Paysystems
» Multipay
» Authorize.net (AIM & SIM)
» Barclays ePDQ
» Verisign
» Skipjack
» Optimal Payments
» PSiGate
» Realex
» ChronoPay
» Banque Populaire
» UseCash

Thanks...

[mke]

You are confusing gateways and merchant accounts. I strongly recommend you google the topics and read a little about what each is before accepting any advice.

Having found out what it is all about, much of the best advice will depend upon your industry and a variety of other factors. You will get some interesting replies on a forum such as this one, with a general questions such as the one you put. The true value of any of them to you, though, will be very questionable however well intended the replies will be.

[Paulyc]

PETTE, from my personal experience, try Optimal Payments. They can offer a merchant account and payment gateway. FYI, I found their rates are very competitive too. All in all, a complete package to compete with the likes of WorldPay, who I hear are struggling due to a recent system change.

As MKE quite rightly points out, it all comes down to your industry, credit rating and a whole host of other factors. Your quest will indeed spark many replies, some of which will need careful consideration.

[Carl-CSNM]

PETTE, from my personal experience, try Optimal Payments. They can offer a merchant account and payment gateway. FYI, I found their rates are very competitive too. All in all, a complete package to compete with the likes of WorldPay, who I hear are struggling due to a recent system change.

As MKE quite rightly points out, it all comes down to your industry, credit rating and a whole host of other factors. Your quest will indeed spark many replies, some of which will need careful consideration.

I have to agree, Optimal Payments are fantastic and the rates we have with them are very good (much better than what WorldPay / Streamline could offer). :)

[quikshop]

Worldpay are to be avoided at the moment, see this thread (http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=63485&highlight=dogs+worldpay) for more on this topic.

It doesn't get any better since that thread ended, one of our newer shop owners has been trying to get his Worldpay account live for 2 weeks. They never return his calls and he can never get through to the techies he needs to speak to.

[mke]

Paul, Carl, Dave, I just re-read the thread title - it's about getaways, not gateways! :eek:
This guy just involved us in a gangstarap! :|

Sorry, pette, couldn't resist once I'd spotted the typo. :)

On a more serious note, thanks for the tip on Optimal, Paul and Carl. Not one I'd heard of. Will look into it.

[PETTE]

Does it matter how high the bit Encryption strength is. Or is it the higher your encryption strength is the faster the transcation. For instance 40-bit, 256-bit...

[PETTE]

Has any body ever used verisign before. They appear to be very proffessional with their products & Services.