httpwebwitch - 1:56 am on Sep 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

the credit card information is a little bit more secure

safe assumption. In order to store credit cards yourself, you need to meet some very strict security standards, both digital, physical, and personal.

If you're using a home-made shopping cart that stores credit cards in a database, and you haven't heard of these strict guidelines (required by the credit card companies), then you're probably doing it wrong and you're asking for trouble.