Incorporating credit card payment systems onto a site.

<p>We're looking to add a credit card purchasing facility to a website that we are currently in the process of establishing.</p>

<p>The site will be selling prints and cards of photos and artwork (Amongst other things) - with each image having a number of options (post card, card, 3 or 4 print options) - we would like the facility to select an image, then choose an option for the format and size, with a tiered price structure that allows discounts for multiple purchases.</p>

<p>We have so far looked at Worldpay and Paypal for incorporating their typical 'Website payments standard' - which seems to allow for a 'buynow' option to allow a cart to be stocked before processing the checkout payment on the paypal site.</p>

<p>It looks to be a rather protracted process (not the setting up, the process of actually buying once on the site) - and we are now wondering whether there are any 'off-the-shelf' payment system setups that may be available (either to purchase, or under license) that would allow for a more polished and user friendly buying experience.</p>

<p>Anyone know of any such systems, or can recommend samples on other sites ?</p>

<p>Thanks,<br>

Martin</p>

<p>Once you have a merchant account the PayPal buying process is not long or protracted. You just need to set up your profile with the option for people to NOT have to create an account and the option to pay with just a credit card will show when they check out. If you are testing this with a personal account, or if you have a merchant account but haven't set this option it will seem long and drawn out to make a PayPal purchase. PayPal is really the easiest system to set up and use if you take the time to set it up for your users right.</p>