You can investigate the following list of third party payment processors and online payment gateways, by no means complete, to find an online payment solution for your business. For most of them you do not need your own credit card merchant account.

Please note that we provide the list payment providers for your information and not as an endorsement of these companies. You need to investigate them yourself.

http://alertpay.com/
http://www.paypal.com/ (Well accepted in USA, UK, Europe, Australia. Allows merchants from a limited number of countries.Not for South African businesses)
http://www.clickbank.com/(Digital products - very popular
http://www.authorizenet.com/
http://www.2checkout.com/
https://www.onlinedatacorp.com/
http://www.verisign.com/
http://www.ibill.com/
http://innovativegateway.com/
http://www.linkpoint.com/
http://www.plugnpay.com/
http://www.qenta.at/en/payment/index.html (German site)
http://www.skipjack.com/
http://www.worldpay.com/
http://www.auctionpay.com/ (Auction & fundraising solutions)
http://www.propay.com/
http://www.earthport.com/earthport/index.jsp (International 'Bank-2-Bank' payments and collection service)
http://www.nochex.com/ (UK based online payment company)
http://www.interac.ca/ (Canadian merchants)
http://www.itransact.com
http://www.regsoft.com/(E-Commerce Payment Processing Services for publishers and authors of PC and Macintosh software, shareware, electronic art, information and dat)
http://totalprocessing.net(USA Only QuickBooks Merchant Account Services for Businesses)
http://www.multicards.com
http://www.shareit.com (For software publishers)
http://www.verotel.com
http://www.UseMyBank.com (Austria, Canada, China, Netherlands, Poland, and UK.)
http://www.ccbill.com
http://www.Plimus.com
http://www.regnet.com(Software publishers)
http://regnow.com(Software publishers)
http://www.trustcommerce.com
http://www.setcom.co.za(South African Paypal style service)
http://www.vcs.co.za/(Need a merchant account with a South African bank)
http://www.moneybookers.com/
http://www.paypay.com/(Paypal style service)
http://www.netcash.co.za/(South African processing service - IPN set up only
http://solidtrustpay.com/
http://www.safepaysolutions.com/
http://www.powerpay.biz/