Installing payment system plugin into Opencart ecommerce

Installing payment gateways into your opencart webshop is the last step that you need to take to actually be able to receive money from your customers.
Because Opencart is a well known platform there are thousands of plugins available.
But be carefull of picking just one of the opencart forum, because you might pay for something that is available for free.

Why you shouldn’t pay for a payment plugin.

If you are using a payment provider like sisow , ogone, multisafepay or any other payment provider than you should never pay for your payment plugins.
Not only are payment providers the best solution for receiving payments, they also never charge you to use the payment plugins they provide. (of course you will pay them a for your account, otherwise they couldn’t make any money.)

Why should you use a payment provider.

Using a payment provider has some advantages like:

You get your payment plugins for free and they will be up to date all the time.
You have one portal for your payments, this helps structure your bank account and it will be easier to overlook.
You get payed on daily , weekly or montly basis , you can select your preferences. ‘
Your payment provider costs will be deducted automatically after every sale. So no hassle
You can refund money with one mouseclick , this beats wiring the money from your own bank account.
Paypall transactions will be paid to this account also.
Multiple webshops are possible under one account
Make paying possible for foreign customers, from china, europe , VS or anywhere. They will always have a fitting payment option

So you see that it does cost a little bit of money to have a payment provider but it helps in keeping an overview of your income.

Installing Ideal Payment plugin into opencart webshop (for dutch webshops).

Download the payment plugin
Upload the extracted files
Go to the opencart admin –> extensions –> payments