Receiving online payments through your WordPress website often sounds easy but it is not always a walk in the park. However, that is not always the case.
The biggest issue is that most people face is conflicting objectives; you need to make sure that the payment gateway you choose is super secure not only for you but also for your customers. On the other hand, you want the payment process to be easy and quick for your customers to prevent purchase cancellations and cart abandonments.
While there are many payment processing options to choose from out there; however, the best of them all is , and here is why.
Features
- Advanced fraud detection functionality
- Ability to set up recurring billing with ease
- Online payment processing with almost all payment systems including online payments, mobile credit card readers, mobile payments, the virtual point of sale, echeck payments, mail/phone payments, and monthly recurrent billing.
- Ability to sync with Quickbooks
- Virtual terminal and batch upload
- Customer information manager
- Reliable customer support
- Easy API integration: Voted best API integration system for two years in a row
How to integrate with WordPress Website
You can integrate Authorize.net into your WordPress website through different means.
The first method is linking it directly through the WooCommerce plugin. This is best suited for people intending to set up online stores as WooCommerce provides an amazing platform to do so at zero extra cost.
Once you have installed and activated the WooCommerce plugin, all you need to do is go to the WooCommerce settings, select the “Payment Gateways” tab and then click on Authorize.net. You will then need to set up the payment processing as well as install and activate the authorize.net plugin for WooCommerce.
Here is a screenshot to help you find the option.
The second option is using the popular forms builder WpForms.
How to integrate authorize.net with WpForms
There are so many benefits that come from using WpForms. It offers so much flexibility in terms of form building and the best thing is that they make it so easy to integrate third-party apps as addons. If you haven’t already started using WpForms or are stuck deciding which form builder to use, here is a quick review of WpForms, and a reason why you should definitely consider it.
With that said, if you are already using WpForms, you don’t have to add WooCommerce to your WordPress website to integrate Authorize.net. The best thing about using the addon is it allows you to directly accept payments from the forms you create without necessarily having to redirect your customers to another website. And you know how much difference that can make to your conversions. It ensures you create an easy sales flow without any limitations to what kind of payments you can accept.
All you need to do is activate the Authorize.net addon on WpForms, connect your account, and you are ready to go. When creating or editing a form, head over to the payments tab and you will find a ready-made payment form for you to use. All you need to do is make tiny edits and that’s it.
One last thing to mention is that the addon is available only for the elite version of WpForms subscription.