{"id":1855,"date":"2017-07-20T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2020-06-28T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T10:30:52","slug":"why-you-should-collect-online-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payu.in\/blog\/why-you-should-collect-online-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Collect Online Payments?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is no new news that serious businesses are rapidly accelerating by strongly making their presence felt online. The world is moving online. Online payments have reached a completely new level with the introduction of credit\/debit cards, net banking, e-wallets,\u00a0UPI, and so on. If you own an offline business and are still contemplating on adding the \u201cwww\u201d to your business, or collect online payments then, it\u2019s time to consider a good read below.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\">Benefits of Online Selling<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to scale up your business and give your customers the best benefit then its apt to move in the direction of your customer: Online with a wide range of online payments options. The benefits of selling products and services online include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Higher Reach:<\/strong> Building a successful online business means you are reaching out to a wide variety and number of audiences. It has a higher potential for increasing sales.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy Analysis:<\/strong> By hosting an online store, you are eligible to analyze data and gain insights: which type of people are visiting your site, for how long are they surfing, at which phase do they step back (payment, quality, product selection, etc..), how much are your average daily transactions and so on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple Accessibility:<\/strong> You as a merchant and customers can access your site or account from any device &#8211; \u00a0desktop, mobile, tablet, iPad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spend Less:<\/strong> It is an economical way than a physical store. You save on a space, electricity and other bills, human resources and other sundry budgets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/eNg77KKg4v1Vbs\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-=\"\" g=\"\" class=\"gr_ gr_106 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"106\" data-gr-id=\"106\">mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;<\/span> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\">Important Website Settings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four important settings you would need to consider while setting up your website are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Domain Registration &amp; Web Hosting:<\/strong> Selecting a memorable and relevant domain name is important so that it becomes easy for your customers to remember your brand easily. Web hosting is basically selecting the best server to host your site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> A website is the face of your business. Website template, look and feel needs to simple, user-friendly and refreshing. This will also help to keep customers frequenting your website often.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shopping Cart:<\/strong> Imbibing a prompt and reliable shopping carts is essential for smooth product deliveries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Payment Gateway:<\/strong> A payment gateway(PG) is like a bridge between you and your customer. It pops into the picture after the customer hits \u201cPay now\u201d or \u201cbuy now\u201d. It is the most convenient way of making online payments. Get well versed on<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/how-to-select-the-best-payment-gateway-for-your-online-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> how to select the best payment gateway<\/a> for your website for easy and faster transaction process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\">How does your Customer Pay Online?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have considered the above-mentioned benefits, it calls for knowing the complete online payment process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For instance, if you host an eCommerce website catering to fashion and lifestyle. Your customers will most likely follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Website Surfing:<\/strong> Once your customer lands on your website, he will go through your products and know what different you have to offer him. After going through all your products and services the consumer narrows down onto the desired product\/s he adds them to cart and proceeds to the payment stage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Payment Gateway (PG) Redirection:<\/strong> When he hits on \u201cproceed to checkout\u201d or \u201cpay now\u201d, he will be redirected to the payment page of Payment solution provider like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.payumoney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PayUmoney<\/a>. Here:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>He is required to select this preferred online payment mode:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Credit Card<\/li>\n<li>Debit Card<\/li>\n<li>Net Banking<\/li>\n<li>Wallets<\/li>\n<li>Cash on Delivery (COD)<\/li>\n<li>Gift Cards (only if applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter Cards\/Net banking details clicks on Pay<\/li>\n<li>Enters the correct One Time Password (OTP) received on his phone, the transaction is successfully complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\"><b>Why you should collect payments online?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have already set up your business online, one important question is accepting payments online. What does it bring to your customers? What will it make a difference to the customers?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Faster Process:<\/strong> Fund transfer using online methods is faster. The usual cheque or bank transfers take longer to get cleared.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Convenience:<\/strong> Your customers can pay from anywhere and anytime. It comes with a 24\/7 ability to collect payments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple payment options:<\/strong> Your customers can choose their preferred payment options like debit &amp; credit cards, net banking, wallets etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy Setup:<\/strong> Setting up online payments options can be as easy as copy-pasting a single line of code. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/introducing-pay-by-payumoney-button-the-fastest-way-to-collect-payments\/\">PayUmoney button here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explore<a href=\"https:\/\/bitly.com\/2jTsRE2\"> PayUmoney<\/a> and discover why more than 3 Lakh merchants trust us!<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no new news that serious businesses are rapidly accelerating by strongly making their presence felt online. The world is moving online. 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