A gateway (authorize.net, Linkpoint, Paypro, AMG, etc.) provides a link from your website or shopping cart to your Merchant Account/Credit Card Processor. It also provides a virtual terminal that can be used to manually enter credit card transactions via the Internet. Your gateway provides 24-hour access to a Virtual Terminal (manual order entry screen), detailed reporting, processing online checks … and more. It can be set up in as little as 2-3 hours.