diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 01bd5af1..e9ad0901 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ gem 'faker'
 # for seeds
 gem 'factory_girl_rails'
 
+# for online payments
+gem 'activemerchant'
+
 # Use guard and spring for testing in development
 group :development do
   # to launch specs when files are modified
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4647f23c..43245d31 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ GEM
     activejob (4.2.5.2)
       activesupport (= 4.2.5.2)
       globalid (>= 0.3.0)
+    activemerchant (1.59.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.2.14, < 5.1)
+      builder (>= 2.1.2, < 4.0.0)
+      i18n (>= 0.6.9)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.4)
     activemodel (4.2.5.2)
       activesupport (= 4.2.5.2)
       builder (~> 3.1)
@@ -529,6 +534,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   active_model_serializers
+  activemerchant
   activeuuid
   acts_as_commentable_with_threading
   acts_as_list
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160606040848_create_payments.rb b/db/migrate/20160606040848_create_payments.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a86fc303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160606040848_create_payments.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class CreatePayments < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :payments do |t|
+      t.string :first_name
+      t.string :last_name
+      t.string :last4
+      t.decimal :amount, precision: 12, scale: 3
+      t.string :authorization_code
+      t.integer :status, default: 0
+      t.integer :user_id
+      t.integer :conference_id
+      t.datetime :created_at
+      t.datetime :updated_at
+
+      t.timestamps null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160610073948_add_payment_id_to_ticket_purchases.rb b/db/migrate/20160610073948_add_payment_id_to_ticket_purchases.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..133a047b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160610073948_add_payment_id_to_ticket_purchases.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddPaymentIdToTicketPurchases < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :ticket_purchases, :payment_id, :integer
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index aa8021c8..57b7a211 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -250,6 +250,17 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160624151257) do
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
 
+  create_table "payments", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string   "first_name"
+    t.string   "last_name"
+    t.string   "last4"
+    t.decimal  "amount",             precision: 12, scale: 3
+    t.string   "authorization_code"
+    t.integer  "status",                                      default: 0
+    t.datetime "created_at",                                              null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",                                              null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "programs", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "conference_id"
     t.integer  "rating",          default: 0
@@ -396,6 +407,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160624151257) do
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.integer  "quantity",      default: 1
     t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.integer  "payment_id"
   end
 
   create_table "tickets", force: :cascade do |t|