Conquest Hosting is excited to announce that we have teamed up with an Internet merchant account provider that agreed to provide everything you need to set up real time Internet credit card processing on your website.

Conquest Hosting will work with you to get online with Authorize.Net, one of the worlds favorite online credit card processors. Authorize.Net provides secure, realtime transaction processing. Automatically accept, authorize and process credit cards and check orders directly through your web site, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in real-time, without the need to ever speak to customers.

Authorize.Net provides a Virtual Terminal which is a secure, browser-based interface that enables businesses to authorize, process and manage credit card transactions from any computer's browser or ecom enabled website. Virtual Terminal replaces standard authorization terminals or software, and provides the best solution for merchants who manually enter credit card transactions for mail or phone order sales.

Perfect for CartXpress/osCommerce users! With a simple configuration Authorize.Net will work with your CartXpress/osCommerce store to run credit cards automatically with instant feedback to the purchaser/visitor.

Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts
Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts are necessary to complete the realtime/credit card, online ecommerce cycle. Your shopping cart communicates with your Payment Gateway provider as soon as your online customer hits the "Submit Order" button. The Gateway verifies if the customer's card is valid, if the funds are present, and what bank and account to deposit the funds to if the transaction is successful.
A Merchant Account allows you to take credit card charges and sets you up to be charged for each transaction - a way of compensating the card companies who's cards you allow your customers to use.
We suggest you start with your bank and find out what they offer for both - often they can be the best service and even the least expensive.