Let's face it. You’re online to make money, which ultimately means selling from your website. There are a lot of options for accepting online payments, but how do you know which is trustworthy and which isn't?
The first stop should be using the whois directory to see which country they’re based in. If it says Panama, Cayman Islands or anywhere in Africa, it’s probably not a good sign.
Network Solutions WHOIS Lookup allows WHOIS queries to find out who owns and administers an Internet domain.
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
All The Whois is a directory of whois search engines, software, lookups, and registries for different countries and domain name companies.
http://www.allthewhois.com/
Next, check that the contact information is legitimate. Use the online phone books to see if their name is there.
Yellow and White Pages of the world:
http://www.hansaprint.fi/eypeng.html
If it looks like a legitimate business name then check the states business registry to see if it’s really registered, and to make sure that the contact details match up. If names, contact info and addresses aren’t available, then you’ve got to ask yourself the question “If this is a legitimate company, why isn’t there more information available?”
Some widely used payment processors:
http://www.paypal.com
http://www.2checkout.com
http://www.ibill.com
http://www.clickbank.com
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