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Process payments

Quick Facts

  • Accept secure payments online.
  • Protect your customer data while it is in transit with SSL encryption.
  • Use our risk tools to help detect fraudulent orders.

Payment Methods

To open for business, you must add a secure payment method to your store.

You can easily choose the right method with our helpful Payments Wizard.

  1. Get a new merchant account. Authorize and receive credit card payments online with services from our partners:
    • PayPal Website Payments Pro, which allows you to accept both credit cards and PayPal payments (preferred partner)
    • First Data™
  2. Use an existing merchant account. If your merchant account is compatible with the FDMS Nashville platform payment gateway, you can use it with your online store. Learn more
  3. Use PayPal Express Checkout. Accept credit, debit, and PayPal payments (bank transfer) without monthly or annual fees. Pay transaction fees only. Learn more View customer success story
  4. Use a merchant account and PayPal Express Checkout, together. Give customers the flexibility of multiple payment options.

Note: Merchant accounts and PayPal accounts are priced and billed separately.

Use our secure payment gateway at no extra cost.

Unlike other ecommerce providers, all plans include payment gateway services to transmit credit card authorizations and payments between your online store and your merchant account provider. This saves you as much as $60/month.*

Issue gift certificates and accept purchase orders.

Accept additional payment methods, such as gift certificates and purchase orders, for even more customer convenience.


Gift certificates are available with Standard and Professional plans only.


Payment Security

Protect customer data with the same encryption technology used by banks.

  • Help shield customer information while in transit, using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with 128-bit encryption.
  • SSL offers the highest level of encryption supported by commercial web browsers and follows the standards established by credit card leaders such as Visa and MasterCard.

Verify addresses and credit card security codes to help reduce fraud.

  • Help detect fraudulent activity by using our risk tools to check credit card billing addresses and CVV numbers.
  • These verification processes are compliant with Visa Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) and PCI.


Note: Risk tools are only available to those who have a compatible merchant account set up for online credit card processing.

Block suspected sources of fraud from accessing your store.

With our IP Blocking feature you can stop specific computers or high-risk countries or regions from accessing your store to help reduce the likelihood of fraudulent transactions.

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  • * Based on Payflow Pro payment gateway information (www.verisign.com).

1 Yahoo! Web Hosting discount offer is open to new customers who purchase Web Hosting, which is offered for three and twelve-month terms. At sign-up, customers choosing the three-month term will be billed for three months' service, with the first three months charged at the discounted rate. Thereafter, quarterly fees will be charged at the current rate. Customers choosing the twelve-month term will be billed for twelve months' service, with the first three months of that service charged at the discounted rate. Thereafter, annual fees will be charged at the current rate. Merchant Solutions discount offers are open to new customers that purchase Merchant Solution plans and apply for 3 months after which the then current monthly or annual fees will be charged. Web Hosting and Merchant Solutions discount fee offer expires on and must be redeemed prior to 12/31/2009. No other notice of the expiration of this offer will be given. All offers are open to new Yahoo! Small Business customers only, and are available only through Yahoo! Small Business. Customers are limited to one offer per customer on a single account for customer's own purchase only. Offer is nontransferable and may not be combined with other offers and discounts, exchanged, or redeemed for cash. Other terms and conditions apply; see the Yahoo! Small Business Terms of Service when you sign up. Yahoo! expressly reserves the right to change the price or features of these services at its sole discretion anytime.