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ShopSite, Humboldt Merchant Services, and VeriSign

Are you just about ready to build your ShopSite store, but you still have questions about accepting credit cards online? ShopSite and Humboldt Merchant Services (HMS), have teamed up to provide merchants with a safe and secure way to accept real-time payments for their E-business through VeriSign.

For an online business to be successful, a store must be able to accommodate its customers and process their payments. Through the ShopSite and Humboldt Merchant Services packages, merchants can accept all major credit cards, government purchasing cards and checks. These packages provide automated payment acceptance and also allow merchants the ability to manually transact phone, mail and fax orders.

How Does It Work?

The components required to accept and process payments on the Internet are:

This diagram illustrates the relationships and roles of the components. Hold your mouse over each component to learn more.

Payment Flow Diagram

How Much Does It Cost?

Humboldt Merchant Services offers special rates for ShopSite merchants!

Merchant Account Setup WAIVED
VeriSign Setup $149 (one-time cost)
Discount Rate 2.35% for Visa/MasterCard transactions
Per Item Fee $0.25 (includes AVS)
Monthly Minimum $25.00
Statement Fee $10.00
Monthly Gateway Fee $15.00

How do I Sign Up?

Signing up is easy!

  1. If you don't already have a ShopSite store with one of our ShopSite Partners, look at our partner list to find one that meets your needs.

  2. Type in your e-mail address and then click on the link below to fill out an application with Humboldt Merchant Services for a merchant account. You'll find out if you're approved within 24 hours. Once you're approved for a merchant account, HMS will set up your VeriSign account for you and then send you the information about your account by e-mail.

    Your e-mail address:      
  3. Log into your ShopSite store and go to the Commerce Setup > Payment screen. Toward the bottom of the screen, select VeriSign as your payment gateway, then click the Configure Processor button. On the next screen, enter the information sent to you by HMS, such as your VeriSign Login ID and password.


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