E-Commerce Checkout & Integration Options
Wida Group offer integration with a wide range of checkouts, we also have three popular checkouts and baskets that we recommend using. We are an official SagePay partner but we also give our opinions on other payment gateways which are based solely on our own commercial experience over the last 11 years.
Secure Trading
ST (Secure Trading) have been offering payment gateway solutions since 1997 and are recently in the midst of a mini renaissance with significant investment in the infrastructure and developments. We have offered Secure Trading since we began trading back in 1999 and believe them to a more personal, customer friendly option within the marketplace.
Features
- Customer orientated and personal service.
- Accepts wide range of cards including Electron.
- Paypal and Ukash optional.
- Customised levels of fraud control.
- Requires a merchant account.
- MOTO (mail order, telephone order) interface available.
SagePay
SagePay, formerly Protx is the payment gateway solution offered by Sage - the popular accounting and merchant software provider. SagePay has recently carried out a rebranding exercise and improved the customer interface when checking out which has increased customer confidence when using SagePay as a checkout option. SagePay offers good email support services.
Features
- Customisation of payment pages.
- Low fees - from as little as £20pm (for up to 1,000 transactions).
- Accepts wide range of cards including Electron.
- Paypal optional.
- MOTO (mail order, telephone order) interface available.
- Multi-Currency.
- Requires a Merchant Account.
Google Checkout
Released back in 2007, Google Checkout offers a one-stop solution for merchants with no set-up fees and no need for a separate merchant account from your bank. Google Checkout fees are very competitive and a fly-by express checkout is due to be rolled out to the UK in the near future. Using Google Checkout in tandem with other Google Products such as Google Adwords and Google Merchant Centre also offers rewards for the merchant. Note, Google Checkout does not offer Paypal or Maestro cards as a payment option.
Features
- Low cost set-up.
- Easy account system for returning customers.
- Excellent merchant interface to handle orders.
- Further Benefits for Adwords and Merchant Centre customers.
- Lots of online forum support for merchants.
- No need for a separate Merchant Account from your bank.
We also offer full integration of WorldPay and other payment providers however we believe the above three options to be most useful for our e-commerce customers.
For more help or if you have any integration questions then please call us on 01159 214 797.