Chapter 12: Payment options

While having a nice-looking website is very important, for many businesses the reason for being online is to sell products. In this chapter we look at managing payments through your website. Even if you don’t want to become an internet millionaire, giving your customers another opportunity to give you money is not a bad thing.

A secure payment system on the Net is one of the trickier areas for any business, as it requires a certain degree of expertise in online security and managing the risk of fraud or data breaches. Because of the complexity and risk involved in the online payment process, I urge businesses to get help from qualified and experienced consultants for this part of their website development. The ...

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