4 Questions to Ask Yourself When Selecting a Credit Card Processor As a business owner, it’s important to provide your customers with multiple payment options so you don’t have to worry about turning anyone away simply because you don’t offer the payment method they prefer. With the rise of today’s forward-thinking payment methods like digital […]
5 Things Your Payment Processor Isn’t Telling You Credit card processing is a confusing subject at the best of times, and it doesn’t help if your processor doesn’t tell you key information. Here are a few of the most important things that your payment processor isn’t telling you. Prices are Different for You than Other […]
Should You Lease a Credit Card Terminal? The short, definitive answer to this question is NO. You should never lease your credit card machines because doing so will cost you a lot more money in the long run. If a provider or agent is encouraging you to lease your terminals, they’re not looking out for your […]
Is PayPal Right for Your Business? Decoding PayPal’s Merchant Fees By Jasmine Glasheen PayPal is one of the few payment processing platforms that has become a household name, and it is the most popular digital payment platform on the market. This may lead you to think that PayPal is also the most effective platform for […]
Home Care Services Company Reduces Monthly Credit Card Fees by $1,000 Fact: Consumers in the United States are increasingly using credit cards to pay for medical expenses. According to MSN Money, up to 27 million American are putting medical expenses on credit cards, costing consumers an average of $471 a year. A big part of this is due […]
8 Ways to Attract More Patients to Your Medical Practice Marketing is essential to the success of any business, and that even holds true when it comes to medical practices. While it’s important to maintain a good relationship with the patients you already have, it’s just as important to grow your practice and add new patients. […]
Credit Card Processing Dictionary: 57 Terms to Know When Dealing with Payments The world of credit card processing can be confusing. The processes can be complex, there are several players and entities involved, and the terminology isn’t exactly self-explanatory. For this reason, any business dealing with payment process should educate themselves on the ins and […]
8 Ways To Improve Your Dental Practice’s Productivity A dental office is unique in that the most successful ones find a way for operations and office management to work together, running on efficiency, enhanced workflow management, systems, and synchronized product integration. But things can still fall through the cracks. According to Dentistry IQ, the average […]
6 Tips on How to Get the Cheapest Credit Card Processing Rates for Your Business Depending on your business, the amount you pay in credit card processing can add up to hundreds, if not thousands of dollars per month. That’s why it’s critical that you select a payments provider that offers the most cost-effective rates […]
7 Checkout Trends: How Consumers Are Paying Now and in the Future By: Alexandra Sheehan Although online commerce is going nowhere, in-person customer experiences still prevail. Time and time again, consumers are proving that prefer the experience of shopping. And brands get to make authentic connections — that lead to lifelong customer loyalty. But the […]
Cost Reduction Methods for Merchants: 8 Ideas to Reduce Expenses in Your Business It’s a question that has plagued business owners since the beginning of time: How can you reduce your expenses and cut costs without sacrificing quality? With small businesses being constantly squeezed by increases in expenses, controlling costs is always an important issue. […]
8 Things Retailers Can Learn from Costco (and One Thing NOT to Follow) Image credit: Nicholas Eckhart on Flickr By Meaghan Brophy Costco has a pristine reputation. In addition to being the fourth largest retailer in the world, they regularly top employee and customer satisfaction charts. Much of Costco’s success can be attributed to their […]
How to Find a Credit Card Processor: A Quick-Start Guide to Choosing the Best Merchant Services By Francesca Nicasio No matter what type of business you’re running, we’re willing to bet that getting paid is a top priority. After all, the more funds you have in the bank, the more money you have to serve your […]
7 Marketing Lessons You Can Learn from Costco — and How You Can Use Them to Drive Loyalty and Sales By: Alexandra Sheehan It’s no surprise that Costco’s direct-to-consumer business model is successful. With its paid membership, the brand generates revenue BEFORE even generating a sale. But their success lies in more than just a healthy […]
Restaurant Credit Card Processing: What You Need to Know to Ensure Smooth Payments in Your Business Fact: People like to use their credit and debit cards when they eat out. Research shows that 75% of consumers use their debit or credit cards when dining it at a restaurant. Credit and debit cards are clearly an […]
Where Costco’s Membership Model Falls Short for Merchants By Jasmine Glasheen Costco has an impeccable reputation. The company’s image for great customer service at low prices is so good, in fact, that many business-owners are stoked to realize that Costco has a Merchant Services Program dedicated to credit card processing–– after all, who doesn’t want […]
How Credit Card Processing Works: The Key Entities Involved in Processing Payments for Businesses The act of swiping, inserting, or a tapping a credit card takes less than a minute, but there’s actually a lot going on behind the scenes whenever a business accepts a credit card as a form of payment. The fact is, […]
11 Habits for Running a More Successful Business in 2019 By Rich Kizer & Georganne Bender 10 seconds is all the time it takes for a customer to make a value judgment about your business; it takes just 5 seconds to make that same judgment about your people. In those seconds customers are unconsciously determining […]
What Are the Average Credit Card Processing Fees That Merchants Pay? It goes without saying that every modern company needs to accept credit card payments. As the Wall Street Journal recently pointed out, credit cards capture the majority share of consumer dollars. In 2017, card payments accounted for 62.3% of consumer payments by dollars spent, […]
How to Fight and Prevent Credit Card Chargebacks in Your Small Business by Alexandra Sheehan A credit card chargeback is when a merchant charges a credit card for a transaction, and the cardholder later disputes the charge. This might happen because the cardholder is truly a victim of fraud. In other cases, merchants are the ones […]
