Setting Up Payment Methods For Purchases Made Through the Shopping Cart

Tutorial

Different credit card types can be selected to accept for purchases made in the shopping cart. Follow these step by step instructions to set up the correct cards for your site. The credit card types that you can accept are based on your payment gateway account settings. 

Adding Payment Methods

1. From under 'Commerce' choose 'Shopping Cart'

Shopping Cart

2. From the main shopping cart menu choose 'Add/Edit Payment Methods'

Setting Up Payment Methods For Purchases Made Through the Shopping Cart

3. Choose to 'edit' an existing payment method or click the 'Add New Payment Method' button

Setting Up Payment Methods For Purchases Made Through the Shopping Cart

4. Update the fields:

  • Payment Method Code - This is the code that will be sent to the merchant account payment gateway for processing. Most of the time the codes will be amex, mastercard, visa, discover
  • Payment Method Description - This description will be shown on the checkout form. The purchaser will select the payment method from the drop down menu.
  • Payment Method Status - Select 'active' from the drop down menu to use this payment method, or select 'inactive' and the payment method will not be included on the checkout form.

Setting Up Payment Methods For Purchases Made Through the Shopping Cart

5. Click the 'Add Payment Method' Button

Setting Up Payment Methods For Purchases Made Through the Shopping Cart