How to Accept Card Payments Online

Card payment solutions

You’ve spent so much time setting up your eCommerce site. You’ve wrestled with usability and design. You’ve put effort into search engine optimisation and user engagement. And you’ve considered ease of use and responsiveness across a range of browsers… Now it’s time to put some thought into the payment solutions you will be offering your customers, and how you can make sure the checkout process is just as slick and appealing as your online store.

Considerations to keep in mind when adding a card payment solution to your site.

Customers love choice. And while some of your customers will have a credit card, many will only have a debit card with no credit facilities, which may limit their ability to spend. When developing your eCommerce site, make sure you provide your customers with as many payment solutions as possible so that you cater to the full range of shopper needs. Do you offer payment solutions for debit and credit cards? And what about offering a debt-free payment plan that allows your customers to pay for their purchase in installments – at no additional cost?

Payflex ticks all the boxes

Payflex is an eCommerce credit card payment and debit card payment gateway with a difference. Not only does Payflex allow you to accept all Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards for payment, Payflex also offers customers an innovative ‘shop now – pay later’ payment solution that allows them to split the cost of the purchase over 4 instalments and six-weeks – at no additional cost.

What’s more, Payflex has been cleverly designed to make the checkout process as simple as possible to reduce abandoned carts. Once customers are registered through the initial 4-click process, they can ‘Payflex’ their next purchase in a single click. Payflex is payments made easy!

Do payment gateways accept debit and cheque cards?

When considering which eCommerce payment gateway will best suit the needs of your customers, ask yourself whether your payment gateway accepts debit, credit and cheque cards with the Visa or Mastercard logos. The more choice you can offer your shoppers, the better for your top line.

Payflex offers you an innovative payment solution that provides you access to both a debit card payment gateway and a credit card payment gateway, as well as providing shoppers with a free spending plan solution that will increase basket sizes.

Adding a card payment solution to your site: how to get Payflex on your eCommerce store.

Signing up for a Payflex payment gateway solution is simple. Just pop a note to info@payflex.co.za and a sales consultant will be in touch shortly to set you up with a Payflex account.

With integrations for all popular e-commerce platforms (including Woocommerce and Magento) – you can be up and running in a few hours.

Learn more about paying online with a credit card or a debit card.