How to Process Your Own Credit Cards
In the early days of merchant credit card banking, only a select few businesses could offer their customers the ability to pay by credit card. Individual banks handled the processing, businesses had to buy expensive credit card terminals, there were high monthly and transaction fees, and it was nearly impossible for a home-based business to accept credit cards for payment. Thanks to the Internet, today anyone with a valid e-mail address can accept payments by credit card through PayPal.