We received a call today regarding our A2 Hosting merchant accounts. I thought today’s post would be an explanation of what a merchant account is.

A merchant account is a type of bank account obtained from a merchant processing bank that gives a business the ability to accept and process credit cards from customers for payment for their products and services. In short, merchant accounts are necessary for online credit card processing and payment. Obviously the merchant account for a normal store differs from an online store. Online stores use a payment gateway for their e-commerce sites.

The features of the A2 Hosting Merchant Account are:

* 24/7 Tech Support from E-Onlinedata

*All major credit cards are accepted

* Receive instant activation for your Internet Certified Merchant Account

* Offers real time processing Payment Gateway

* Virtual Terminal (API) for Mail Order and Phone Order key entered sales

* Easy integration for hundreds of shopping carts and software systems

* Capable of eCheck processing

* Real time online reporting as well as transaction management

*All of the funds received are deposited into a checking account that you choose

* Processing of American Express and Discover cards by request

To sweeten the pot, you will receive 250 individual transactions for free each month and it costs merely $.05 for each additional individual transaction.