Short answer: There's no free lunch here. Whoever processes credit cards for you will take a small cut. Long answer: See the following discussions http://new

Short answer: There's no free lunch here. Whoever processes credit cards for you will take a small cut. Long answer: See the following discussions http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=389692 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=389692 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=115723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=115723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12010 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12010 Also, if you store your customers' credit card information, you have to do implement all sorts of access & privacy controls, a ritual otherwise known as PCI compliance. You probably don't want to go through all that trouble.