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This article breaks down what’s actually needed and how the money moves. (It doesn’t cover mobile payments, peer-to-peer payments, or marketplace systems — those are worth researching separately if your business needs them.)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Csection id=\"the-pieces-needed-for-ecommerce\" data-title=\"The pieces needed for ecommerce\" data-title-node=\"H2\">\u003Chr class=\"my-8\" style=\"margin-left: -48px; margin-right: -40vw\">\u003Ch2 data-anchor-id=\"the-pieces-needed-for-ecommerce\">The pieces needed for ecommerce\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>To accept credit card payments online, a merchant typically needs all of the following:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A website.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Small sites can be static and hand-coded, or larger and dynamic, built on a CMS like WordPress, Squarespace, Webflow, Drupal, or similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>An ecommerce platform.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Foxy is an example. Most ecommerce platforms bundle in their own CMS — Foxy is different in that it doesn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A payment gateway.\u003C\u002Fstrong> The ecommerce platform’s checkout page collects payment information from the customer and sends it to the gateway to authorize the transaction. The gateway responds with success or failure (and an error code on failure). Most gateways charge a monthly fee plus a small per-transaction fee (around $0.05 USD), and typically batch transactions to the merchant account once a day. Common gateways include \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002FAuthorize.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"\">Authorize.net\u003C\u002Fa>, Stripe, Braintree, and Chase Paymentech.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A merchant account.\u003C\u002Fstrong> This is what actually captures the money from transactions the gateway processes — it’s where the 2-4% credit card processing fee comes from, along with per-transaction and sometimes other fees. Once a day, the merchant account deposits its batched funds into your bank account. Depending on the provider, fees may come out with each daily batch or all at once monthly. Some gateways are provided directly by the merchant account provider (SecureNet, Stripe, Braintree, PayPal Payments Pro, and others).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A bank account.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Where the money finally lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Accounting, inventory, marketing, and similar systems.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Important for running the business, but they don’t factor into the transaction flow itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Foxy offers two merchant + gateway options for US-based merchants, and supports 100+ gateways more broadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"combined-gateway-and-merchant-account-systems\" data-title=\"Combined gateway and merchant account systems\" data-title-node=\"H2\">\u003Chr class=\"my-8\" style=\"margin-left: -48px; margin-right: -40vw\">\u003Ch2 data-anchor-id=\"combined-gateway-and-merchant-account-systems\">Combined gateway and merchant account systems\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Some providers combine two or three of the pieces above:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>PayPal Payments Pro\u003C\u002Fstrong> rolls the gateway and merchant account together effectively, and can even act somewhat like a bank account (though it isn’t regulated as one). 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Once you finish pumping and the actual total is known ($45.03, say), the system captures that amount. The first step is an “auth-only” transaction; the second is the capture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A more common pattern is doing both at once — an “auth+capture” — the way a grocery store checkout works: the total is known immediately, so the card is authorized and captured in a single step.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Auth-only is sometimes used for pre-orders or trial billing periods, but it comes with tradeoffs:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Authorizations hold funds.\u003C\u002Fstrong> If you authorize $300, that amount becomes unavailable to the customer even before you capture it. 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The gateway responds with success or failure (and an error code on failure). Most gateways charge a monthly fee plus a small per-transaction fee (around $0.05 USD), and typically batch transactions to the merchant account once a day. Common gateways include \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002FAuthorize.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"\">Authorize.net\u003C\u002Fa>, Stripe, Braintree, and Chase Paymentech.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A merchant account.\u003C\u002Fstrong> This is what actually captures the money from transactions the gateway processes — it’s where the 2-4% credit card processing fee comes from, along with per-transaction and sometimes other fees. Once a day, the merchant account deposits its batched funds into your bank account. Depending on the provider, fees may come out with each daily batch or all at once monthly. Some gateways are provided directly by the merchant account provider (SecureNet, Stripe, Braintree, PayPal Payments Pro, and others).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>A bank account.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Where the money finally lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Accounting, inventory, marketing, and similar systems.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Important for running the business, but they don’t factor into the transaction flow itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Foxy offers two merchant + gateway options for US-based merchants, and supports 100+ gateways more broadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Combined gateway and merchant account systems\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Some providers combine two or three of the pieces above:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>PayPal Payments Pro\u003C\u002Fstrong> rolls the gateway and merchant account together effectively, and can even act somewhat like a bank account (though it isn’t regulated as one). 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