Using Online Payment Methods

In case you would like to process payment transactions online, you need to employ payment processing gateways (also known as payment service providers or PSPs). Payment gateways offer electronic payment processing services to Internet merchants. They operate by establishing secure communication channels from your customers to the financial institutions that approve transactions and capture funds. When transaction is complete, the payment gateway sends payment confirmation to your store so that the store administrator can take the necessary actions to fulfill the order.

In order to take the benefit of online order processing, you must acquire commercial add-on modules which provide your store with the ability to communicate with the payment gateways. Each payment gateway (such as PayPal, Authorize.Net, 2Checkout or CardinalCommerce) has its unique interface, so you need to purchase an appropriate module that integrates LiteCommerce with the payment gateway of your choice. It is possible to install several payment gateway interfaces and use them simultaneously.

Once a payment gateway add-on module is installed and activated, payment methods it supports become available in the list of payment methods provided in the 'Payment methods' section of the 'Settings' menu in the Administrator Zone of your store and can be configured from there.

For detailed information on installing, configuring and using payment gateway add-on modules, please see the corresponding reference manuals at: http://www.litecommerce.com/manuals.html.