Accept Credit Cards And Grow Your Business
Experts agree that one of the best ways for any small or
home based business to increase sales is to accept credit
cards. Studies show that accepting credit cards can boost
your sales revenue from 20% to 80%. However, for many small
business owners, especially those that operate on the
internet only, being able to process credit cards is cost
prohibitive and sometimes difficult or impossible. Many
banks don't like to work with small businesses, and most
credit card companies charge merchant fees that are quite
high. However, there are companies that do work with the
small business owner who wants to accept credit cards. Here
is more about one of them:
Charge.com
Charge.com is a traditional merchant account provider. A
merchant account allows you to process credit cards and
deposit the funds into your bank account. Getting an
account with them will allow you to process credit cards
yourself. Charge.com works with small business owners by
offering many services for free that other merchant account
providers charge for. They have no application fee, setup
fee, shopping cart fee, or American Express set-up fee.
They charge a monthly Internet Processing Software Gateway
Fee of $29.95 and a monthly Statement/Customer Service Fee
of $10.00. Internet, mail, and phone transactions incur a
fee of 2.39% + 25 cents per transaction. Retail
transactions incur a fee of 1.66% + 25 cents per
transaction. For more information, visit Charge.com