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How Credit Card Processing Can Benefit Your Small-to-Medium Size Business
For a typical business owner, the focal point of business is to make as much money as possible. So when starting out, many business owners rightly dwell on sales. They might not worry about things like taxes or expenses until later. Sometimes, that’s a mistake, because the cash that goes out has a big effect…
Read MoreAccept Credit Card Payments Anywhere, Anytime
As a small business owner, your efforts probably often focus on expanding your customer base. Whether you have an online e-commerce business, a brick and mortar store, or both, the survival, growth and health of your business depends on sales, revenue, and brand value. That’s why giving your customers more payment options provides some immediate…
Read MoreAccepting Credit Cards for Your Small Gardening Business
The only reasons for a small gardening business to accept credit card payments are that they want to stay in business and they want to grow their business. Research suggests that about 80% of the potential buying public is not buying from you because you don’t accept credit cards for payment. That means that your…
Read MoreCredit Card Processing for Startup Catering Businesses
Some jobs are sometimes taken for granted, because they involve everyday skills. Catering can be one of them. After all, we’re willing to cough up cash and dress up for a fancy restaurant. But when you tell loved ones you want to start a catering business, they may be skeptical. At least until they try…
Read MorePCI Compliance is Essential for All Size Businesses
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) has set Data Security Standards (DSS) designed to make sure any company that accepts, processes, stores or transmits credit cards does so in a secure environment designed to protect cardholders’ personal data. PCI DSS is a global set of standards, and all merchants must be in compliance for the protection…
Read MoreHow to Accept Credit Cards Online
Cash and check payments belong to the past, and it’s doubtful whether any given member of today’s digital-native generation carries any significant amount of cash in their wallet–let alone a checkbook–when they go out shopping. As a business owner, if you’re considering accepting non-cash payment options for virtual or physical locations in your business, it…
Read MoreHow Do Mobile Payments Work?
As a small business owner, you’ve probably already come to terms with the idea that mobile payments are the future of commerce. Today, mobile payments have grown from just online-shopping to paying for restaurant delivery, ride-sharing, coffee-shop purchases, public transportation and more. An Accenture Consulting report reveals that 23% of millennial-borns make at least one…
Read MoreManual Credit Card Imprinters are Becoming Obsolete
Depending on how long you’ve been using credit cards, you may or may not be familiar with manual card imprinters. Remember making etchings as a kid? You placed a coin or stencil beneath a piece of paper, then used a pencil or crayon to lightly shade the paper above the coin. Within seconds, an identical…
Read MoreCharge.com vs. PaySimple
If you’ve been on the hunt for a merchant account provider for your business, it’s likely that you’ve run across these two names. Choosing a credit card processing system is a big decision for your company. This is why the team at Charge.com wants to walk you through the differences between these two merchant account…
Read MoreYour Home Business Can Accept Credit Card Payments. Here’s How:
Thanks to the Internet, many businesses of all types are now being managed from home. Home-based businesses are a great boost to the quality of life for todays’ entrepreneurs. Running a business from home does not mean limiting your access to customers. After all, a web-based retailer reaches the world instead of just their local…
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