Payment methods
Earlier in this book, during Chapter 1, Setting Up WooCommerce, we skipped the areas about handling the payment and shipping methods. These are both important subjects for your online store that deserve additional attention. Let's start with the payment methods that you'll offer to your customers.
Payment methods around the world
Which payment methods should you offer in your store? First of all, there's no best answer to this question. Looking at the payment solutions that are available worldwide, you might be surprised. There are literally hundreds of possibilities.
When speaking of payment methods, we distinguish between the following types:
Online or onsite methods: the transaction is done online immediately at moment of creating the order by your customer. Payment by credit card or PayPal are examples of online payment methods.
Offline or offsite methods: these payment methods do not authorize or capture the order amount online. In this scenario the user will pay in a different...
