How to get online

You want to trade online. You want to accept credit cards and debit cards. But you're not sure how to get started. To make it easier for you we have summarised everything you need to know and the things you need to think about.

To trade online with SecureTrading, you will need to take the following steps:

Set up a website and a shopping cart

This will enable your customers to select the products or services they wish to purchase.

If you need assistance setting up your website, you can visit our solution partners section to see the extensive list of web developers and shopping carts that are integrated with SecureTrading.

Talk to SecureTrading & discuss product options

SecureTrading have a range of products for you to choose from.

The SecureTrading Merchant Account Service offers you the complete solution for online trading - we help enable you to obtain an Internet Merchant ID (MID) and provide you with access to our first class Payment Gateway.

If you have already made arrangements for a MID with your bank, or are in the process of doing so the SecureTrading Payment Gateway is the product for you.

If you receive orders via telephone, fax or mail order (also known as MOTO transactions) the SecureTrading Virtual Terminal is the perfect solution. It is also an ideal call centre solution, enabling agents to take payments in call.

Talk to our Sales team to discuss which package would be most suitable for you. You can contact them on 0800 028 9151 or request an information pack by clicking here.

Sign up to SecureTrading

You can complete an application form online here, selecting the appropriate package when required to do so. By doing so you are accepting our terms and conditions

Send SecureTrading your MID

Whichever of the SecureTrading packages you choose you will need to inform SecureTrading of your merchant account number. You can do so by sending it to support@securetrading.com.

Integrate

You can now choose which integration method you wish to use. This all depends on your requirements. You can let SecureTrading handle your PCI requirement and host your payment page for you or if want more freedom to develop or integrate your own functionality you can choose the SecureTrading API or SecureTrading Web Services. Alternatively you can use a combination of our Payment Pages and API/Web Services solutions.

Once you have signed up with SecureTrading we will send you a "Welcome" email with all your account details and further instructions on how to integrate to SecureTrading. Once you have received this information you can start integrating to SecureTrading!

Remember - if you want these details to be sent to your web developer you will need to include them as a Technical contact when applying.

Go live

When integration is complete and you're happy with everything you will need to email support@securetrading.com to be switched live. Once you have received confirmation you will be able to start putting payments through SecureTrading!

Why SecureTrading?

For a summary of why you should choose SecureTrading as your payment processor click here.

More information

If you would like to speak to a member of our Sales team you can contact them on +44 (0)333 240 6000 or request further information here.

Checklist of what you need to trade online

• ✓ Website
• ✓ Web developer
• ✓ Shopping cart
• ✓ Internet Merchant ID
• ✓ Payment Gateway/PSP