Marketing studies show that e-tailers will lose 60 percent to 80 percent of potential orders if there is no option to pay by credit card; the studies also show that by offering credit card payments, not only will an e-tailer receive more orders, but those orders will be substantially larger.

Okay, so it's clear that you simply must offer online payment. How do you decide which vendor to use?

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