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Solutions that are rented from a third party and hosted on their server can seem attractive for their low start-up cost and simplicity of use. But they leave you a hostage to the supplier. If the supplier does not provide good service - or worse, goes bust - you will be left high and dry. […]

Both you and your customers need to feel confident that you have adequate protection against hacking and fraud. Choose an ecommerce solution that provides full Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) compliance. There’s more advice on this later.

In virtually every market, it’s vital to be able to take card payments. In order to do this, you normally need a merchant account which is granted by a “credit card acquirer”. All the major banks provide this service. You also need a payment service from someone like WorldPay or Actinic, which will securely handle […]