This document discusses accepting payments on an ecommerce website. It recommends using an open source ecommerce script like osCommerce or ZenCart to set up an online store. It then explains that payments can either be accepted directly on the website or by routing customers to a payment gateway, and mentions services like 2Checkout, PayPal, and VeriSign. It also suggests signing up with a web host that offers merchant account services to have them handle payment integration.