How to Avoid Downgrades
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
Whether you are currently accepting credit cards, or plan on doing so, it is important to know how to save money by avoiding downgrades whenever possible. A downgrade simply means that you are being charged a rate increase because the type of card your customer is using has a...
Online Credit Card Processing - Lower Your Costs Today
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
Online Credit Card ProcessingIf you have an Internet store or own a retail e-commerce website, you will need online credit card processing. With the help of an online merchant account and credit card payment gateway, you can give your customers the option to purchase goods...
Defining the Different Types of Merchant Accounts
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
In the payment processing industry, every merchant is classified into a specific “merchant account type” category, based on how they collect card information and conduct transactions. To learn which category your business is classified under, we have defined the...
Selecting an Online Payment Gateway
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
While many online payment gateway options are feature rich you still want to spend some time comparing them. This article explains how to go about determining the best online payment gateway option for your business. Some may prove better in different environments and the...
Selecting the Right Credit Card Processing Software
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
More and more merchants are taking advantage of the powerful credit card processing software products available to them. These are systems for virtually any type of processing environment from retail stores to websites. All have their advantages, but selecting the right...
Payment Gateway Service Provider
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December 10, 2010
A Payment Gateway Service Provider is the entity or group that provides online businesses the figurative gateway or throughway for sales transaction information to pass from a merchant’s online sales hub to the credit cardprocessing company. Once that information is...
Payment Gateway
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
December 10, 2010
A Payment Gateway is service provided by an e-commerce application service provider which facilitates the authorization process between the merchant, processor, and issuing bank. The payment gateway is essentially like an in-store physical POS – or point of sale – terminal...
Gateway
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December 10, 2010
A gateway is a company that provides the connection between a website, a terminal or any other credit card processing device and the credit card companies. It is structurally similar to an ISP that provides access to the Internet, except that gateways are involved only...
Advice on Selecting an Online Payment Gateway
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
December 7, 2010
Even though many online payment gateways are pretty rich in their feature list, you will still want to spend some time comparing them to other gateways. In this article we explain how to go about determining the best online payment gateways and options for your business....