Any merchant who wants to take credit card orders must establish a merchant account. Off-line Transaction Processing captures order and credit card information for later authorization and transaction processing through traditional card swipe terminals or through a computer. Order Confirmation is an e-mail message notifying a customer that an order has been received and will be processed. Order Management Systems accept the order and initiate a process that results in the outbound shipment of a finished good. Real Time Credit Card Processing is an on-line authorization of credit card numbers in real time informing the merchant that the card has been approved.
Settlement occurs once goods have been shipped to the customer.
The merchant can key a transaction for settlement at which time the customer's credit card is charged for the transaction and the proceeds are deposited into the merchant's account. SSL , Secure Socket Layer, is an encryption technology on the server that scrambles important data such as credit card numbers and order information when it is being stored or sent from one computer to another. Shipping Confirmation is an e-mail message sent to the customer confirming that an order has been shipped.