Overview

When you sell through PhotoShelter, you receive payment directly from your customer at the point of sale making you the merchant of record. In order to receive funds, you need a payment processor. PhotoShelter supports Stripe, PayPal and merchant accounts.

• Stripe is an "integrated" solution, which means your customers do not have to leave your site in order to remit payment. This provides a better user experience, and does not require you to have a merchant account or gateway.
• Paypal is a "redirected" payment option whereby your customers must go to the PayPal site to complete the transaction.
• Merchant accounts are an "integrated" solution, which means your customers do not have to leave your site in order to remit payment. This provides a better user experience, but merchant accounts carry a monthly fee.

» Learn more about receiving payments via Stripe
» Learn more about receiving payments via PayPal
» Learn more about receiving payments via merchant account

Setting up your payment settings

Once you've selected your payment processor, you need to configure your account.

Click Sell -> Sales Settings Click the "Get Started" button

Enter your payment processor information

Please note that if you choose to use a merchant account in lieu of PayPal or Stripe, you will be given the option to select which types of credit cards you wish to accept (as indicated below).

You can optionally enter a physical address which will appear on your invoices. We recommend doing so.

The Sales Preferences area will allow you to choose the currency in which you wish to transact (this currency will be displayed to your buyers), set a minimum order amount for all purchases made from your site, and upload your own personal licensing terms, which can override or supplement PhotoShelter's generic licensing agreement. Further, if you have granted specific clients/buyers Invoiced Client permission, which would enable them to checkout from your website but remit payment offline, you can choose to include "Invoice Payment Instructions" in this area. Those instructions would be displayed to your Invoiced Clients during the checkout phase.

Click "Activate Now" to agree to the terms and conditions and start selling.

You'll see the following once you've set up your account for sales.

You can update or make changes to your settings at any time.

Next step: Pricing Profiles