What is Authorize.Net?
Authorize.Net is you as the Merchants Payment Gateway, the actual
entity that processes your customers payment transactions and makes
sure you get your money. It is of course the second most important
piece of the transaction process. Along with payAWS, which processes
the information prior to sending to Authorize.Net, and your Merchants
Account provider, all three are necessary cogs in the machine.
Authorize.Net manages the routing of transactions just like a
traditional credit card swipe machine you find in the physical retail
world, however, Authorize.Net uses the Internet instead of a phone line.
Connecting a website to the payment processing networks is exceptionally
difficult and typically beyond the expertise and technical resources of
most online merchants. Instead, merchants can easily connect to the
Authorize.Net Payment Gateway through payAWS, an Authorize.Net reseller,
which provides the complex infrastructure and security necessary to
ensure fast, reliable and secure transmission of transaction data.
The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway is available 24/7 for processing
transactions. We also offer a number of value-adding services to assist
merchants in managing their businesses and protecting themselves from
fraud. Additionally, the free, Authorize.Net Verified Merchant Seal
can be added to a merchant's website to help build consumer confidence.