Of all payment and money transfer services online, PayPal ranks as absolute lowest in cost and easiest to set up.

PayPal allows merchants to sell physical and downloadable products along with personal services.

~ ClickBank.com ~

For a $50 one-time fee ClickBank enables online ebook, software and other electronic information sellers to not only accept credit cards, but provide instant delivery of their products to online purchasers.

ClickBank allows any merchant to accept virtually every major credit card on planet.

The online merchant simply adds a purchase link to their site, customer clicks link, fills in their payment information and credit card gets authorized on spot.

Once card gets approved ClickBank redirects buyer to a page that enables them to download ebook, software, or other product they have just purchased.

ClickBank also operates a fully integrated affiliate program that automatically pays affiliates who sell your products for you.

ClickBank heavily restricts what merchants may sell through service and does not allow sale of physical goods.

~ PaySystems.com ~

Of three, Paysystems behaves most like a traditional credit card merchant account.

The service allows merchant to integrate with a number of third-party shopping carts as well as use PaySystems shopping cart system.

Merchants pay a small transaction fee and a percentage of sale, but don't sign up for any long-term service contracts or equipment leases.

List Building: Monitoring information from traffic metric services over a period of time will also prove useful when expanding your business. Companies utilizing affiliate programs know at a glance if a company is worth investing their time with. Webmasters seeking out reciprocal links can use data to determine which web site should be contacted. Sales staff can use information when prospecting. Since many of these services provide contact information, you can even contact from convenience of metric companies sites'.

Who's Big Winner? There are not too many online services that provide their data for free. Since many small and medium sized businesses can't afford several thousand dollar reports available from larger companies, sites such as Ranking.com offer important insights into business landscape your site is operating within.

About Author: Pete Prestipino represents Ranking.com; a popularity metrics provider offering insights and information about top 900,000 sites on Web. For information on Ranking.com or to see where you rank, visit http://www.Ranking.com.

Keywords: marketing, promotions, ranking, SEO, metrics, traffic