If you wish to accept transactions using SOLO Server's optional integrated e-Commerce, it is necessary for your company to acquire a merchant account and a SOLO Server-compatible payment gateway.
A merchant account is a type of account that allows your business to accept credit cards as a method of payment. There is a wide variety of online merchant account providers from which to choose; in fact, your local bank will likely be able to provide you with a merchant account. Each SOLO Server Author can be configured to use their own merchant account, but only one merchant account can be used at any given time. What are some options for obtaining a merchant account?
A payment gateway is a service that interfaces between the SOLO Server cart and the merchant account. Credit card approval requests are relayed from the SOLO Server cart to the bank through the payment gateway much like a credit card swipe terminal is used in a retail environment. The SOLO Server cart supports many popular payment gateways as a vehicle for submitting transactions to your merchant account. The list of currently supported gateways can be found here.
Quite often, the provider of a merchant account can offer its clients a "bundle," which may include a payment gateway, such as with PayPal.
If you already have a merchant account but need a compatible payment gateway, please contact our support team for further assistance.
If you are using the Instant SOLO Server hosted service, you must open a support ticket when you are ready to configure PayPal or any other merchant account for your account. If you are hosting SOLO Server internally or using Instant SOLO Server Dedicated URL, here are the steps for adding your PayPal Merchant Account to your cart.