Gravitate partner with DPS Payment Express to provide e-commerce solutions

31 July 09
Our world is becoming more and more reliant on technology, and the internet has taken a central role in our daily lives. An article in the Ecommerce Journal in March indicates the number of internet users in NZ is rising steadily from 51.2% of the population using the internet in 2003 to 78% of kiwis by the end of 2007. Not only has the internet revolutionised how we communicate and connect with others, it has also had profound effects on the way we do business as an increasing number of people buy and sell online.

One recent study by eMarketer.com reports that 86% of Internet users are online shoppers; browsing, comparing and researching products and services online before buying. Of those online shoppers 80% will make the purchase online too. These stats highlight the importance for all businesses to have a website and moreover any company selling a product or service should definitely be considering incorporating e-commerce options into their website.

So what exactly is e-commerce? E-commerce consists of buying and selling products or services electronically, however in recent years the term has been more widely used to refer to the purchase and sale of products and services on the internet via a website or online shopping cart.

Gravitate has been building e-commerce websites since 2003 and we have worked with a number of different Payment Gateway providers and e-commerce systems to provide solutions for our clients over the years. Whilst we are happy to discuss a variety of e-commerce solutions with clients to determine what best suits the need of the website, DPS (Direct Payment Services) has remained our strong favourite as a Payment Gateway provider and has therefore always been our first recommendation to clients.

DPS has been developing and providing innovative and robust payment solutions for the Australian and New Zealand markets since 1997.  It is now a leading provider within New Zealand having a acquired a large number of well-known corporate clients. DPS provide a PCI DSS compliant Visa and MasterCard certified payments solution called Payment Express. Payment Express facilitates electronic payments seamlessly from websites and online shopping carts among other multiple access points and as DPS is certified with banks in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Singapore, South Africa, USA and the United Kingdom they can offer processing in multiple currencies. The Payment Express System offers a number of different transaction options including 'authorisation and complete' and 'recurring billing', along with transaction reporting and customisation options.

We have developed a close working relationship with DPS and a well-developed library of shopping cart code to draw from when building custom solutions for clients using the Payment Express system, therefore as of February this year we officially became DPS partners, enabling Gravitate to re-sell the DPS Payment Express service direct to our clients. For our clients this means that they can deal with one provider, Gravitate, for all their website needs, from branding, to website development, to domain, email and website hosting, and e-commerce.

We have worked on E-commerce solutions for a number of different industries, here are a few examples of websites we have built using the DPS Payment Express system:
Please feel free to contact the Gravitate team to discuss an e-commerce solution for your website.