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An eCommerce merchant account is a payment gateway for businesses doing transactions online, primarily using credit cards. The merchant account with the credit card company, such as Visa, is what allows the business to accept credit card payments online and have them processed.
A Merchant Account is an account linked to a business's current account that will accept and provide the credit card transaction process. In order to get a Merchant Account one must apply in a process similar to getting a personal credit card whereby credit worthiness, history of trading and likely spend will be assessed.
A merchants account credit card is a special type of credit card that is issued from a merchant acquiring bank. These credit cards allow a vendor or business to accept payments from customers using a credit card.
To accept credit cards, you need a special service called a merchant account. Merchant accounts basically is a very special bank account which deposits money taken from credit card transactions into your checking account. There are many ways that credit card transactions are submitted, such as online through payment gateways, or in a retail store through a credit card terminal, but at the end of the day, funds go into your merchant account and eventually your business checking account.
In order for one's business to accept credit card payments, one needs to open up a merchant account. A merchant account can be setup either with a bank, PayPal, or an independent sales organization.