Accepting Payment Through Your Website

Written by Shelley Lowery


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A reserve fee is withheld to cover and charge backs you may have. If you have no charge backs within a period of time, your reserve will be refunded to you. Each company has their own guidelines in regard to reserves.

The following websites will process credit cards for you:

iBill (Highly Recommended) http://www.ibill.com

This outstanding company is a complete ecommerce solution that will enable you to process transactions through your website via credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB), online checks, or through their telephone billing service (900 toll phone number). There are no setup fees. They charge 12% -- 15% per transaction fee for credit card and check purchases and 20% -- 30% per transaction fee for phone purchases. Non-US merchants are welcome.

PayPal (Highly Recommended) https://www.paypal.com

Another outstanding company that enables any business or consumer with an email address to securely, conveniently, and cost-effectively send and receive payments online. You can sell with PayPal through an online auction, on your own website, or as part of an online marketplace. There are no setup fees. They charge 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction.

ClickBank (Highly Recommended) http://www.clickbank.com

ClickBank is another outstanding company that will enable you to accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Eurocard, Visa-Debit, MasterCard-Debit and Novus cards. No merchant account is required.

They charge a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees. The great thing about this company is that over 60,000 affiliates can choose to sell your products for you. ClickBank enables any web seller to automatically pay sales commissions to affiliates. They will bill your customers, pay you, and pay your affiliates a commission. In other words, they'll run your entire affiliate program for you. In addition, their services are available for non-US merchants.

ClickBank is intended to be used for electronic merchandise only. If you ship a physical product, you may want to consider using iBill to process your orders.

If you're just starting out, you may want to use one ofrepparttar third party credit card processors, as this isrepparttar 108980 easiest route. Each company provides you with step by step instructions to assist you in getting your website set up to accept credit cards. The great thing about third party credit card processors is that they handle everything for you. You don't have to hassle with processing your credit card payments or charge backs, as everything is taken care of for you.

In order to be successful onrepparttar 108981 Internet, you must accept credit cards. In addition, you must makerepparttar 108982 ordering process as simple as possible. With today's technology, evenrepparttar 108983 smallest homebased business can now accept credit credits almost instantly. Visit one ofrepparttar 108984 websites mentioned above and get your website set up today. Your success depends on it.

Shelley Lowery is the author of Ebook Starter - A complete ebook design kit. Subscribe to Etips, for a wealth of quality information to assist you in Web Design, Internet Marketing & Ecommerce. All new subscribers receive a free copy of the highly acclaimed ebook, "Killer Internet Marketing Strategies." http://www.web-source.net/cgi-bin/t.cgi?l=bl1


How Your Business Can Prosper In Uncertain Economic Times

Written by Paula Morrow


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Write articles, and submit them to ezines and article directories (including a resource box advertising your ezine).

Explore pumping up your linking strategy with other high-traffic web sites.

*Don't Forget The Customer!

Now isrepparttar time to reinforcerepparttar 108979 customer relationship. Send them valuable, free information. Build that bond, establish trust.

This will make them more inclined to stay with you and not jump ship when your competition launches a price war.

*Don't Shut Down Your Advertising Efforts

It always amazes me howrepparttar 108980 first thing corporate America does when presented with an economic bump is to shut down their advertising and public relations efforts. In an effort to control costs.

What they forget is that now, more than ever, it is important to keep a high presence. People are holding back on buying - when they finally decide to make a purchase, wouldn't you want to berepparttar 108981 one they think of first?

During this time, when advertising budgets plunge, media outlets offer sales. Take advantage of these opportunities, choosing those that have performed well for you inrepparttar 108982 past.

*Think Outside Your Niche

Perhaps your product or service can be repositioned successfully in new markets.

As you can tell, it's not really that hard to prosper if you're willing to step outsiderepparttar 108983 box a bit.

See what's going on around you, apply your own unique point of view, and you'll be amazed atrepparttar 108984 many ways you can build your business, and bottom line, during these crazy economic times.

Paula Morrow heads Ideal Marketing Corporation, specializing in information products and training for newbie netpreneurs. Subscribe to IDEALProfits, now read in 12 countries, and receive 5 bonus ebooks! http://www.idealmarketingcorp.com/subscribe.html


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