The service that automates the payment transaction between the shopper and merchant. It is usually a third-party service that is actually a system of computer processes that process, verify, and accept or decline credit card transactions on behalf of the merchant through secure Internet connections. The payment gateway is the infrastructure that allows a merchant (website owner) to accept credit card and other forms of electronic payments. When referring to payment gateways used for Internet transactions, it may also be called an IP payment gateway.

Payment Gateway holds the essence of any ecommerce site. One cannot think of making or receiving on-line payments without a Payment Gateway. It in a way represents a physical Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal located in most retail outlets.

A Payment Gateway is needed to be acquired by the owner of the site and the integration of the same in to the web site is performed by us. There are various providers of Payment Gateways, each having there own terms and charges. Since there is varying amount of effort in integrating the various payment gateways to the website; the charges for integration of each Payment Gateway to the website varies accordingly.