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Building E-Commerce Solutions with WooCommerce, Second Edition

You're reading from   Building E-Commerce Solutions with WooCommerce, Second Edition Transform your WordPress website into a fully-featured e-commerce store with the power of WooCommerce

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785881565
Length 194 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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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...
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