Different Credit Card Payment Options
Today, it’s almost impossible to predict how your customer’s going to pay. But if you want to prevent them from abandoning their shopping carts, walk out of your store or post a negative review on social media, the it’s wise to give them options. If your small business is to survive, stay relevant, competitive, and…
Read MoreMake Life Easier for your Customers by Accepting Credit Cards
Have you ever spent an hour shopping and found several items you really like only to leave them at the check-out register? Too late you saw the sign behind the register announcing cash only. If the items are more than, say, $50 or even just $20, many people don’t have enough cash in their wallet…
Read MoreYour Small Business can Benefit from Accepting Credit Card Payments
Running a small business can be challenging, but not in the ways you’d expect. Sometimes, business owners may be focusing so much on keeping expenses low that they might put themselves at a disadvantage. For example, you may think that your business volumes don’t warrant credit card acceptance. It may seem expensive or unnecessary, like…
Read MoreShould my Coffee Shop Accept Credit Card Payments?
Coffee shops aren’t always used just for coffee. Instead, they may become social hubs and meet-up spaces that just happen to serve a bit of java. So your regular clientele could be locals that order a single large mug then hang around for a few hours. You probably don’t mind – it’s all part of…
Read MoreCredit Card Processing for Pilates Studios
Pilates is a form of exercise invented by Joseph Pilates, a German fitness enthusiast born to a naturopath mum and a gymnast dad (which explains a lot). He says the focus is in Contrology – slow, calibrated body movements. It is said to be good for strength development, because it tones and stretches your muscles,…
Read MorePaddleboard Designers Benefit from Credit Card Processing
Every few years, a new fitness craze comes along, and while its enthusiasts gush about it, the rest of the world may feel a little puzzled. CrossFit, SoulCycle, recreational boxing, fitness drumming, goat yoga (and now beer yoga) are examples. Criteria for a successful fitness craze can include calories burned, availability of equipment, and celebrity…
Read MorePCI Compliance Gains Your Customers’ Trust
You probably want your business to be successful and attract all possible customers, and so you accept credit card payments. That is now the preferred payment method for buying goods and services, and it continues to expand. Customers use credit cards as payment at unattended vendors such as car washes, vending machines and tollways. Otherwise,…
Read MoreWhat Makes Online Payments Secure?
Some people spend a lot of time worrying about credit card fraud and identity theft. And even when they’ve taken every step to keep themselves secure, they get that flutter of panic whenever they see a strange name on their credit card statement or when they feel that ominous screen vibration that precedes ‘Password or…
Read MoreIs a Payment Gateway Necessary for Credit Card Payments?
A payment gateway is required in order to take credit card payments only if you want to accept credit cards online. This means that payment gateways are essential for not just pure Internet businesses, they’re also important for brick and mortar stores that also want to maintain a website in order to sell to a…
Read MoreI Have a High Risk Business. Can I Set Up a Merchant Account?
When you decide to start a business, you may focus on what seems most obvious. Thus, you might come up with a business model, relying on a particular product or service to get you going. Or you might pick a niche business sector, and then begin working on your business name and logo. At some…
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