Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance is the industry’s gold standard for secure transactions and grabs the attention of merchants worldwide. With consequences ranging from non-compliance fees, data breaches, loss of reputation and brand compromise, merchants can’t afford not to be PCI-compliant. Regardless of the size of your business, it’s critical you both understand and adhere to these requirements, to ensure growth and continued success.

Parallels Payment Network partners can help your small and medium business (SMB) customers establish a PCI-compliant ecommerce shopping experience as part of their overall web presence. The solution is secure, easy to use, and — best of all — allows SMBs to get started with no cost and no risk, while also enabling you to generate a new up-sell revenue stream as your customers grow their online ecommerce catalog!

PCI Compliance for your SMB Customers

Do you know what your SMB customers need to achieve and maintain PCI compliance as online merchants? Parallels Payment Network partners certainly do! They can help you create an ecommerce service offering that helps your customers attain and maintain PCI compliance — enabling you to generate a high-quality, sticky revenue stream. Enable your customers to become ecommerce merchants today with a solution that easy, has no risk or cost to get started, and is secure!

Parallels makes it easier and more cost-effective for your SMB customers to create a PCI compliant ecommerce environment. There are 4 components to the solution. First is Chase Paymentech Merchant Services, the Parallels partner for SMB market-trusted compliant payment processing, who understands the importance of helping small businesses in today’s online environment. Second is setting up a Chase Paymentech Merchant Account with a compatible Payment Application-Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) certified shopping cart such as Pinnacle Cart, a critical step towards becoming a PCI compliant merchant. Third is including an SSL Certificate from enom or OpenSRS in your ecommerce offering. And fourth is offering compliance scanning services from Trustwave. With the possibility of fines or disruption to your SMBs’ businesses, this is one area you need to ensure that your SMB customers provide a secure shopping environment.

Helping your SMBs establish secure, compliant online selling starts with:

1) Chase Paymentech Merchant Account

• Chase Paymentech Merchant Services is PCI-compliant and a leader in card-not-present payment processing, with approximately 50 percent market share of all e-commerce transactions in the U.S.
• As a partner of the Parallels Payment Network, Chase Paymentech Merchant Services is offering your customers a risk-free opportunity to obtain a merchant account with no sign-up fee or annual fees
• Include this link in your ecommerce enablement campaign to enable your SMB customers to start accepting debit and credit cards, or have them call Chase Paymentech Merchant Services directly at 888.843.0894 and refer to Parallels (All merchants are subject to credit approval by Chase Paymentech Merchant Services).

2) OpenSRS or enom SSL Certificates

• As a small hoster, save more than $1,000 on Enom and Tucows reseller accounts when you become a Parallels DNN Reseller. By joining our Domain Name Network, you’ll also get access to very competitive pricing on the most popular SSL Certificate brands such as GeoTrust and Symantec.

3) Pinnacle Cart PA-DSS certified shopping cart

• Pinnacle Cart is fully PA-DSS certified and available for SMBs to install at no charge from within Parallels Plesk Panel, once you enroll in the Parallels Partner Storefront.
• When your customer grows their catalog, you can up-sell them to expanded Pinnacle Cart features that generate monthly recurring revenues.

4) TrustWave TrustKeeper PCI Manager

• TrustKeeper PCI Manager, which is also available in the Parallels Partner Storefront, helps merchants complete the components required for compliance certification, which includes a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and Network Vulnerability Scanning, if applicable. The TrustKeeper Agent, Trustwave’s powerful compliance monitoring tool, also helps ensure compliance is maintained over time. These optional validation services help merchants of all sizes achieve and maintain PCI compliance.