How to accept payments on your Zen Store

Zen Cart supports a wide number of merchant payment gateways including WorldPay, NoChex, HSBC and SecureTrading. However two other key gateways that we highly recommend are PayPal and Sage Pay.

Zen Cart and Sage Pay - Ideal for bank integration service (small-medium-large)

SAGEPAY (also know as Protx) provides payment solutions for e-commerce solutions such as Zen Cart, mail order, call centers micro-payments, e-wallets and customised payment systems. Sage Payare also able to offer a virtual terminal that can substitute for a traditional electronic swipe terminal in the event that the swipe terminal fails. All of the Sage Pay payment solutions can process credit and debit card payments in real-time or batch and offer merchants the most competitive processing rate in the UK. If you need help setting up Zen then feel free to email a member of our zen support team

As of June 2007, the merchant accounts supported by Sage Pay include those provided by the following companies:

+ Royal Bank Of Scotland
+ Barclaycard
+ Streamline
+ Lloyds TSB
+ HSBC
+ euroConex
+ American Express
+ Diners Club International
+ JCB Cards

To start taking payments on your Zen Cart web site using Sage Pay you need to take the following steps:

1. Set up your Zen store by installing the Sage Pay module for Zen Cart (email a member of our zen support team)
   
2. Obtain an internet merchant account from your bank (e.g. Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC) so that they can process your payments. Please see MerchantBanks for details of the banks that Sage Pay work with and their contact details. Simply ask your chosen bank for an "Internet Merchant ID/Number"
   
   Note: Some banks will try and get you to sign up for their own solution; for example Barclays will tell you about the ePDQ which is not currently supported by Zen Cart.
   
3. Next, select which SagePay payment system is most suitable for your needs: VSP Form = A customer will be taken to the Sage Pay site for payment Vs the, Sage Pay VSP Direct which will keep the customer within your Zen cart process.
   
4. Apply to use Sage Pay services through our online application form below:

or give a member of the team a call on +44 (0)845 86 200 12 / +353 (0) 1 52 62 72 1

Pricing

If you are processing less than 1,000 transactions per quarter you will be allocated to Sage Pay's Small Business Service where you will be charged a £20 flat fee per month with no additional transaction charges.

If you process 1,000 transactions or more, you will be allocated to Sage Pay's Corporate Payment Service where you will be charged 10 pence per transaction with no additional charges.

There are no set up fees, no annual fees and no extra charges for features such as multi currency or AVS and CV2 fraud screening.

or give a member of the team a call on on +44 (0)845 86 200 12 / +353 (0) 1 52 62 72 1

How about Paypal

Zen Cart and PayPal - Ideal for start up businesses (small-medium)

With over 86.6million users this is a great payment gateway for your Zen Cart, and what's more, your customers now don't need to open a Paypal account before they make a purchase! The Paypal module comes as standard with Zen Cart which makes it veryeasy to get going. If you have yet to open a Paypal account please click the banner below. If you need help setting up Zen then feel free to email a member of our zen support team