Abstract: Network payment is the essential part of e-commerce, also is the foundation which the electronic commerce can smoothly develop. As a new method, the third-party network payment pattern not only has the transmission function, but also can restrain and supervise both transaction sides. This article embarks from the traditional network payment way, introduces the concept of the third-party network payment and it’s characteristic and process, then discusses the existential questions on the third-party payment pattern. Keywords: network payment, the third-party payment, credit card, electronic commerce