How do I accept credit card payments for my business?

If I build my own web site (independent of Fantastico) can I still use your PayPal gateway ?

Yes, of course.

how do I use this gateway - do I just register with paypal and paste the button on my homepage or do I need to configure smth on hostgator as well?

@MM

Yes, just follow the instructions here:
https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=B8H8MUHXKA8MQ

And add the button to your site

Hi,
i want to build a website which will offer digital downloadable items once payment by credit card through 2Checkout is processed and confirmed.How can I add this service in my website?

Either find a script/CMS which offers this feature (like VirtueMart), or hire a web designer to make it from scratch.

How do I post the Paypal button within SiteBuilder?

Please read the article titled "How do I insert custom code into my site design?".

Or simply visit this link... http://support.hostgator.com/articles/how-do-i-insert-custom-code-into-my-site-design

Can I do that within eShop, or should I be creating my own catalog pages?

Yes, eShop will work perfectly.

Please read "Adding an eShop" at
http://hostgator.com/tutorials.shtml#sitebuilder

The "Addiing an eShop" tutorial simply shows me how to enable Paypal, not how to create and add a Paypay button that allows me to accept credit cards. In other words, it looks like enabling Paypal forces the customer to pay via Paypal, rather than using Paypal to pay via credit card. Am I wrong on this?

I have a reseller account and also a Paypal pro acct. So how does whmcs come into the picture? I have signed up, but not able to put the pieces together. If I create a website to sell hosting services, www.hosting.com use my paypal account. Do I manly create a new account after a purchase? Or how does WHMCS fit into the picture? Is there any automation? Could I build the site with Prestashop?

WHMCS is your billing program, PayPal is the payment processor, and WHM is the hosting program.

Your customer will sign up through your WHMCS interface. WHMCS will ask them to pay and process the payment using your PayPal Pro. If the payment is successful WHMCS can communicate with WHM to create the hosting account automatically, or you can just create the account manually next time you are in WHM. (Domain registrations will need to be processed separately or manually.)

Once the account is created in WHM, you can start the web design.

I would recommend using AVP solutions to <a href="http://avpsolutions.com/">accept online payments</a>. They're very helpful and have fairly decent rates.

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