Merchants will be able to securely sell their goods or services online using Mercantec's PowerCommerce suite of Web site building and storefront solutions.

Lightbridge, Inc., an analytics, decisioning and e-commerce company and the parent company of Authorize.Net, yesterday announced a partnership with Mercantec, Inc., a provider of e-commerce solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, to integrate Mercantec's PowerCommerce 2005 to the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway.

As part of the agreement, Mercantec has been certified through Authorize.Net's Shopping Cart Certification Program, which provides that the company's solutions meet Authorize.Net's highest integration, performance and security standards. Merchants will be able to sell their goods or services over the Internet using Mercantec's PowerCommerce suite of Web site building and storefront solutions together with the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway to process secure customer orders online.

"Mercantec is widely recognized as an e-commerce pioneer and leader," said Roy Banks, president, Lightbridge's Authorize.Net Business Unit. "We are pleased to have them as an Authorize.Net certified shopping cart and look forward to providing their merchants with an industry leading Internet Protocol (IP) transaction processing solutions."

"Authorize.Net is an important enhancement to our platform," added Bill Tait, founder and chief executive officer, Mercantec. "We recently began offering merchant accounts through e-onlinedata, Inc. and the addition of Authorize.Net really completes our package, creating a product that will be enthusiastically embraced by our merchants and resellers."