Do I need to pay extra to Miva if I'm using the eCommerce plan?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

Your eCommerce plan includes all licensing fees for the MIVA shopping cart product. You do not need to pay MIVA any extra licensing fees.

However, in order for you to be able to process credit cards online, you need two more things, which both cost extra money.

1.     Merchant account - In order to receive payments online via credit cards, you will need to establish a Merchant Account with your bank. You will need a U.S business address and bank account. There are fees associated with a Merchant Account, such as a setup fee in most cases, as well as a Discount Rate and Transaction Fee. If you have purchased an eCommerce Unix plan, the setup for a Merchant Account is included in your monthly hosting fee, and you can sign up for your Merchant Account by going to http://hosting.aplus.net/epro_merchjump.html.

2.     Payment gateway - The Payment Gateway will pick up your transactions online over a secure Internet connection and will process the transactions. Aplus.Net is proud to operate its own payment gateway, called RPG (Rodopi Payment Gateway). It is certified by MIVA as well as by 95% of the US Banks. Gateway service prices vary depending on the number of transactions per month and Aplus.Net is one of the most competitive vendors in the market. Please ask your account representative about RPG - Rodopi Payment Gateway by Aplus.Net by calling (858) 410-6929 or toll free (877) APLUS-NET.

Once you have established your Merchant Account, if you want to use the Rodopi Payment Gateway to process credit cards, please fill out the RPG Setup Information Sheet so that we can set up the RPG for your eCommerce hosting plan.