How do I accept credit cards on my site?

Hi,

Can anybody point me towards some general instructions on how to actually accept credit card payments with open cart?  I'm 100% new to this sort of thing and have no clue really where to start.

Thanks a million

well 2 things

do you want to accept them from your site (offline manual processing witha  POS) or use a 3rd party (paypal, or bankpayment gateway)?

once we know that we may be able to help point you the right path

Jonathon

That's a good question.  But I thought that there might be a way to implement a solution that automated the whole process.  So I suppose that sounds like option number 2:  via a 3rd party.

the paypal module for payment will allow for users to pay with credit card with out an account.

now for that to work you need to have a business account with paypal for your clients to see the option on there payment screen

the paypal module for payment will allow for users to pay with credit card with out an account.

Are you sure about that? I always thought of PayPal to be somewhat of a viral nature:

Customer can make credit card payment via PayPal, but needs to sign up with a new PayPal account in order to complete the transaction if he doesn't yet have a PayPal account.

Which makes me wonder:
What is the best payment gateway company for processing credit card payments?
How good is Google Checkout compared to PayPal?
Are there any other ones which only charge on a per-transaction basis (no monthly fees or setup costs)?

yes i am sure about that,,,  you need a business account of Premier level and it will provide that option