There are many steps involved in accepting credit cards because of the number of parties involved. Transactions involve your customer, your customer's bank, your customer's credit card issuer and your bank. A potential customer visits your Web site. He sees something that interests him so he places an order, inputting his personal and credit card information on your site. You have a variety of options available regarding how you will accept this information.
Security is an important part of merchant transactions.
Most people are unwilling to provide their personal information without the assurance that a third party cannot intercept the information as it travels across the Internet. If you access this url, you'll see that your browser signifies a secure page. If you view the security information, the company information associated with ValueWeb will be presented. Therefore, visitors are assured that the information they intend to send to ValueWeb is actually making it to the company called ValueWeb. ValueWeb does not provide a unique certificate for your Web site.