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The “Knuckle Buster” Is a Dinosaur – Let It Be Extinct
Nowadays, there are so many credit card processing options available that are easier to use and compliant with today's PCI security standards. The bottom line is: you should not be using the knuckle buster anymore.
Why Some Merchant Account Providers Charge More
Whether we’re talking about bikes, watches, clothes or any...
What Do You Want From Your Merchant Account Provider?
Your merchant account provider options are plentiful. There’s...
The Top 5 Reasons Underwriting Will Decline Your Merchant Account Application
So your merchant account application got declined? Don’t worry,...
How to Set Up Recurring Credit Card Payments Using NMI Gateway
Protecting your customers’ credit card number and sensitive data...
Getting the Most From Your Merchant Account Provider
Now that you've singled out some possible providers for your...
10 Reasons You Should Start Selling Gift Cards At Your Business
I’m sure you have received and/or given at least one or two gift...
2 Killer Strategies That’ll Get Your Merchant Account Approved In Less Than 24 Hours
Spoiler alert: The strategies shared here are painfully simple -...
How to Properly Craft a Credit Card Authorization Form
Whether you’re accepting an authorization form for a one time payment or for a recurring payment you want to make sure that you have certain fields filled out in order to properly process the transaction.
Common Merchant Account Promises
What makes one merchant account provider better than the next?...
7 Reasons Why Effective Rate Is Important
Knowing why to calculate your effective rate is even more...
Best Shopping Cart Solutions – 5 Options Including WordPress Plugin
We’ve covered some very popular eCommerce shopping cart solutions that have been praised by small and large companies alike. There are plenty of options out there but this list builds on our previous article about the best shopping cart solutions.
Free Credit Card Terminal – the No Brainer Analysis
You gotta love free stuff right? The free mint that comes with...
Best Shopping Cart Solutions To Use With Your Merchant Account
It used to be that true retail shopping cart solutions were very...
How To Stay PCI Compliant
Staying PCI compliant can be frustrating and complicated. But the...
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...