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5 Ways To Reduce Your Merchant Account Fees
While it may not always seem like it, it’s possible to pay far...
How To “Qualify” For the Lowest Possible Rate
I’m not talking about qualifying for a merchant account as in...
Merchant Account Setup – 5 Steps To Follow When Selecting a Provider
Running a small business can be a stressful affair. You have...
Merchant Account Essentials – A to Z
Before we rush into anything, let’s take a step back and remember...
How To Read A Merchant Account Statement
Understanding how to read your merchant account statement can be...
Credit Card Processing 101 – and Other Merchant Account Basics
It wasn’t that long ago when businesses only accepted cash and...
7 Benefits of Cell Phone Credit Card Processing
So you want to process credit cards with your smart phone? Great...
A RATE Race To The Bottom – Walmart Pricing Mentality
Walmart’s purchasing department is well known for using forceful...
The Fallacy Of Switching Merchant Account Providers
You may have been caught up in the fallacy of switching merchant...
The 5 Loopholes of the $500 Lowest Rate Guarantee
If you have searched for a merchant account based on “low rates”...
Free Merchant Account – It’s Kind Of Like Bigfoot
No one has ever seen Bigfoot. Is he real? Is there such a thing...
12 Most Common PCI Compliance Questions
Whether you’re setting up a new account or doing research for...
How To Choose The Right Merchant Account Provider
What should you look for in a finding the right merchant account...
7 Merchant Account Questions You Might Want To Ask Your Provider
Asking questions can make a difference. Knowing which questions...
Competitive Merchant Account Pricing vs. Good Service – Can You Have Both?
Receiving proper customer service from a merchant services...
Chargeback Prevention (pt 2) – 15 More Ways to Avoid Chargebacks
This is part 2 of a series on chargeback prevention. In the first...
Chargeback Prevention (pt 1) – 17 Ways to Avoid Chargebacks
Chargeback disputes are part of doing business.
This is part of a chargeback series and purpose of the series is to help you gain a total understanding of what chargebacks are, how they work and how to manage them at your business.
Merchant Account Cash Discount Program – Signage, How it works & Pricing
There are cash discount merchant account programs that now operate like a surcharge program.
CardPointe Tutorial – How to customize the email receipt for Virtual Terminal
When using the CardPointe Virtual Terminal, you have the option to...
Cash Discount Program vs. Merchant Account Surcharge vs. Convenience Fee – What is the difference!
There are distinct differences between cash discount, surcharge, and convenience fee merchant account programs.
They’re often misunderstood and talking about as though they are interchangable so in effort to clear up the differences we’re going to discuss the 3 of them today.
CardPointe Tutorial – How To Open a Support Ticket
If you have a question about your CardPointe account or need support in any way, you have the ability to open a support ticket yourself right from your own account dashboard.
5 Reasons to Stop Using PayPal
Stop using PayPal if you’re an established business. It’s fine to pay a pay a friend or get started in business otherwise it’s risky to use
CardPointe Tutorial – 3 Ways To Store a Credit Card Number On File
Storing a customer card for future use is easy to do with CardPointe. It’s within the Virtual Terminal and it’s PCI Compliant.
Merchant Account Questions – What happens to my data?
We receive lots of questions about merchant accounts and payment...
10 Things Infusionsoft Can Do For You – Infusionsoft Features
#Infusionsoft Features & benefits – 10 things Infusionsoft can do for you and reasonas to use Infusionsoft by Keap as your CRM
Credit Card Authorization Forms – Free Templates [Download]
Using credit a card authorization form to collect payments is an...
CardPointe HPP Tutorial – Add HTML, Text, Terms & Conditions Checkbox
Welcome to another CardPointe training video blog post. The topic...
CardPointe Hosted Payment Page Editor – Introduction & How To Use It
When you set up your CardPointe hosted payment page you get access...
7 Ways To Accept Credit Card Payments Without a Website
The short answer is: No, you don’t need a website to accept credit card payments, and I’m gonna demonstrate that in this video and blog post but you do need access to a software service that is online that is yours to use.
ThriveCart – The Best Payment Page Builder & Design Editor
ThriveCart is one of the best payment page builder & design...