OrderStorm WordPress e-Commerce Offers Numerous Payment Options for End Users

The OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce shopping cart software can be configured to offer end users a variety of convenient ways to pay.  Many people don’t like to use credit cards and are very happy with a check/money order option.

These options are presented during the regular checkout procedure.  The customer selects the most convenient method for them to pay.  In the check and wire transfer instance, the customer receives a page of instructions on where to send the check or wire transfer plus a confirmation email with the same information.

payment options

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sort

payment type

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payment

order

low limit

high limit

update

edit finish page

Credit Cards – manual processing

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Quotes

Wire Transfers

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Credit Cards configure

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Google Checkout configure

Checks/Money Orders

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Merchants also like the convenience of configuring a high and low limit on payment options.  If you are selling a high ticket item, the WordPress e-commerce payment options allow you to set an upper limit on credit cards so that orders above a certain size must be paid for by check or wire.  Alternately, due to the cost of wire transfer, many merchants don’t want a wire if the amount is too small.

To configure the WordPress Shopping cart, go to the Settings tab and then select Payment Options.

OrderStorm WordPress eCommerce adds Google Checkout

Now users of the OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce plugin can offer Google checkout to customers.  Setting up Google Checkout is easy.  The WordPress shopping cart settings allow users to set up multiple payment options including automated credit card processing, manual credit card processing, checks,  wire transfers and Google Checkout.  When a customer goes to the checkout page in the shopping cart, they can select the most convenient form of payment.

add Google Checkout account
All fields are required. Changing this information can cause your Google Checkout processing to fail.
name	*	(max 255 char)
The name is for your reference only.
Google merchant id	*
Google merchant key	*
sandbox	*	Yes No
Set this to YES if this is a Google sandbox or test account. If set to NO then this is a production account.

Using Google Checkout allows buyers to pay using their own account.  This keeps personal information safe and allows shoppers to see purchases from multiple online stores all together in their Google account.  Only one password is needed instead of having to sign up for a different password with every merchant.

OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce continues to add features to make our shopping cart plugin better.  Watch our blog for more updates.

OrderStorm WordPress eCommerce now offers 114 Payment Gateway Options

The robust OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce shopping cart has recently been expanded and now offers customers 114 different payment gateways to choose from.    Using the OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce plugin, customers can easily select the gateway they prefer from a dropdown menu in the settings.   Payment gateways  include authorize.net AIM, ACH Direct Credit Card Service, BlueFin, CollectPay Connect, Elavon Merchant Direct, Fast Transact, IntelliPay ExpertLink, Merchant E-Solutions, Paymentech, PayPal Pro, QuickBooks Merchant Services, Verisign PayFlow Pro ACH and many more.

Go to WordPress shopping cart payment gateways to see the complete list of available payment gateways.

Customers can refer to the OrderStorm WordPress e-Commerce User Manual, Initial Setup page for instructions on configuring credit card payments.

WordPress shopping cart payment gateways

The OrderStorm WordPress ecommerce plugin has been released in beta and is scheduled for release to the public on June 1^st, 2011.  OrderStorm will offer a free version for smaller shopping carts, a small business version and an enterprise version for customers that need the full functionality that OrderStorm can offer.

OrderStorm WordPress e-commerce plugin on track for June 1st release

The new OrderStorm e-commerce plugin for WordPress will be available for download from the http://www.orderstorm.com website starting June 1st.  Several versions of the WordPress shopping cart will be available including a free version.  Annual subscriptions to the shopping cart software will also be available for versions with extended functionality including automated drop shipping and CRM.

The plugin allows users to design their WordPress e-commerce theme any way they want.  Look and feel will be totally customizable.  Data management and credit card processing will be done on the OrderStorm cloud servers to maintain a PCI compliant shopping cart.

Mark your calendars for June 1st!