Too many merhant account options for newbie

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I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop selling presentation materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like Verisign and BB? are the two I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or bad) choice?

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2co.com is nice. it integrates nicely with shopping carts and other
scripts/ carts that reside on your site. I've hooked it up with a couple of
carts and it's nice. it's a step up from paypal in "obviousness" but not
that much worse than getting your own merchant account. I've got a regular
merchant account and it works but there's more "paperwork" etc. with that,
plus you'll NEED at least an SSL certificate if you process your own
payments "offline".

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GM said:
I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop
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selling presentation materials. I need a direct merchant account (not
PayPal). it seems like Verisign and BB? are the two I see the most. Can
someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or bad) choice?
 
How come you don't like Paypal...it's real easy to use. Just curious.

Rob


| I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop selling presentation materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like Verisign and BB? are the two I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or bad) choice?
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| Thanks
 
And PayPal no longer requires buyers to sign up first.

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How come you don't like Paypal...it's real easy to use. Just curious.

Rob


| I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop selling presentation
materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like Verisign and BB? are the two
I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or bad) choice?
|
| Thanks
 
I like paypal, especially if you just incorp their buttons onto your own site...it's painless and they take care of all the credik kard stuff...and it ends up being very inexpensive...no hassle way of taking cards. Actually it works out cheaper than when I had my own merchant accounts.

My philosopy...let someone else deal with the headaches KISR (keep it simple robo)

:-)


| And PayPal no longer requires buyers to sign up first.
|
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| | How come you don't like Paypal...it's real easy to use. Just curious.
|
| Rob
|
|
| | | I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop selling presentation
| materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like Verisign and BB? are the two
| I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or bad) choice?
| |
| | Thanks
|
|
 
there is a certain satisfaction and "image" of having a regular merchant
account. I guess people believe you're "legit", rather than someone who was
only able to open a paypal account. perhaps the new paypal thing that skips
sign-up will put it on par with 2co.com but that's a pretty nice system. a
little less "hokey" IMHO.

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I like paypal, especially if you just incorp their buttons onto your own
site...it's painless and they take care of all the credik kard stuff...and
it ends up being very inexpensive...no hassle way of taking cards. Actually
it works out cheaper than when I had my own merchant accounts.

My philosopy...let someone else deal with the headaches KISR (keep it simple
robo)

:-)


| And PayPal no longer requires buyers to sign up first.
|
| --
| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
|
| FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| ==============================================
| To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
|
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| | How come you don't like Paypal...it's real easy to use. Just curious.
|
| Rob
|
|
| | | I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop
selling presentation
| materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like
Verisign and BB? are the two
| I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or
bad) choice?
| |
| | Thanks
|
|
 
Chris hit it. There is a certain feeling of being "legit" if you have a regular merchant account (for those that haven't spent as much time online as us...which is 1/2 my clientele). I personally love and use PayPal all the time. But, I need that non-PayPal option. I will look at 2co.com. So does everyone stay away from the Verisign's of the world?
 
For regular Merchant Accounts, my clients use Cardservices international's LinkPoint.

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GM said:
Chris hit it. There is a certain feeling of being "legit" if you have a regular merchant account
Click to expand...
(for those that haven't spent as much time online as us...which is 1/2 my clientele). I personally
love and use PayPal all the time. But, I need that non-PayPal option. I will look at 2co.com. So
does everyone stay away from the Verisign's of the world?
 
there's lots of stuff about verisign that lots of people don't like. I'm
not a social-political animal so I just hate them because of their high
prices. ;-) for instance their ssl is like $300, I've got them to sell to
my clients starting at $60. there is no reason for this to be, I mean, who
the hell am I compared to an organization like verisign?

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GM said:
Chris hit it. There is a certain feeling of being "legit" if you have a
Click to expand...
regular merchant account (for those that haven't spent as much time online
as us...which is 1/2 my clientele). I personally love and use PayPal all
the time. But, I need that non-PayPal option. I will look at 2co.com. So
does everyone stay away from the Verisign's of the world?
 
I guess. But I kinda got tired of paying minimum fees everymonth even if no one bought anything! Pxssed me off...then try to cancel a merchant account !...I took me over a year to get them to cancel and stop taking money out of my account...no thanks!

If you have high volume I guess you'd need one. But, for me the ordering notifications and other convienient services that PP provide are just the ticket.


| there is a certain satisfaction and "image" of having a regular merchant
| account. I guess people believe you're "legit", rather than someone who was
| only able to open a paypal account. perhaps the new paypal thing that skips
| sign-up will put it on par with 2co.com but that's a pretty nice system. a
| little less "hokey" IMHO.
|
| --
| The email address on this posting is a "black hole". I got tired of all the
| spam.
| Please feel free to contact me here:
| http://nedp.net/contact/
| --
|
|
| | I like paypal, especially if you just incorp their buttons onto your own
| site...it's painless and they take care of all the credik kard stuff...and
| it ends up being very inexpensive...no hassle way of taking cards. Actually
| it works out cheaper than when I had my own merchant accounts.
|
| My philosopy...let someone else deal with the headaches KISR (keep it simple
| robo)
|
| :-)
|
|
| | | And PayPal no longer requires buyers to sign up first.
| |
| | --
| | ==============================================
| | Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| | WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| |
| | FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| | ==============================================
| | To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| | http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| |
| message
| | | | How come you don't like Paypal...it's real easy to use. Just curious.
| |
| | Rob
| |
| |
| | | | | I should be doing 1-10k a month in sales online at $10-$20 buck a pop
| selling presentation
| | materials. I need a direct merchant account (not PayPal). it seems like
| Verisign and BB? are the two
| | I see the most. Can someone give me a suggestion on what is a good (or
| bad) choice?
| | |
| | | Thanks
| |
| |
|
|
 
Yah but check out 2co.com's pricing! Sheesh you'd be better off with PP (if you can make it work for you) OR set up your own merchant account with your business banker. 2co.com pricing is at least twice what I usually paid with my bank's merchant accounts. 5.5 % is more than double normal merch accounts and .45 for each transaction? The only consulation is that you don't have to buy your own ssl cert. - I dunno maybe it makes sense to pay double for image...guess it depends on your business plan.


| Chris hit it. There is a certain feeling of being "legit" if you have a regular merchant account (for those that haven't spent as much time online as us...which is 1/2 my clientele). I personally love and use PayPal all the time. But, I need that non-PayPal option. I will look at 2co.com. So does everyone stay away from the Verisign's of the world?
|
 
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