June 18, 2012
B.J. Kharrazi
It’s no secret that taking your business online can really help you increase your profits and exposure. However, you cannot accept cash for items or services online, so you need a merchant processing company to help you take credit and debit cards. With one of the many types of merchant accounts, you can accept the more »
With the Internet at your fingertips in today’s digital age, making payment(s) by means of credit card is becoming more popular than ever before. It is the most requested method of payment. When you purchase something on Amazon, eBay, Shop.com or any e-commerce site, you’ll notice they accept credit cards. Another term for it would more »
May 3, 2012
B.J. Kharrazi
Credit card processing allows you to do more with your online business. It can be very difficult to accept payments online if you don’t have a way to accept credit cards. This means you need to use some type of merchant account. The decision to use one of many different types of merchant accounts depends more »
Recently we added the new ShopKeep iPad-powered POS and Cash Register system to our service wares. Is it a hot commodity? Read more about it on our Powered By ShopKeep page. Report from WCBS New York — One Brooklyn wine shop and grocery store is uncorking the wave of the future. “We never anticipated that more »
When you make a credit card purchase for $100, it costs the merchant about $1.00 in processing fees. It’s unclear why card issuers think they deserve a 2% cut. Most of the attention in recent months has been focused on fees for processing debit cards. However, in early July, the Federal Reserve limitedd the base more »
A Los Angeles merchant credit card processing account is critically important to your business’s success. In addition to being able to accept cash and checks for payment, it enables you accept debit and credit card payments. However, while there’s many great benefits in accepting credit cards, there are also potential pitfalls. A few things that more »
1. Know your Business Type Visa/Mastercard use pricing indicators or business types to apply discounts toyour rates. In the beginning, Visa/Mastercard used to charge one rate for everyindustry. Some industries refused to accept credit cards because they thoughtthe rates were to high and cut into too much profit margin. Supermarkets wereone of the biggest holdouts. more »
While online video marketing is one of the world’s most effective online advertising formats, the Internet is the fastest growing segment in Online Marketing; when you put Video Marketing and the Internet together you have the most powerful combination today for small business advertising. The Internet Video Marketing trend is growing exponentially. The longer your more »
Source: Catalyst QuickBooks Accounting The “Cloud” is comprised of many different solutions and all of the providers that deliver Cloud products are experts on their own product or service. Our Cloud provider – Cloud9 Real Time – has assembled the leading Cloud solution providers to come together and provide an opportunity to learn much at more »
Small business owners excel in a DIY mode: Do anything and everything you can do yourself and don’t pay for anything new until you absolutely must. It’s especially tough to rationalize hiring financial help like a full-time or even an outsourced accountant or bookkeeper. With so-called “user-friendly” financial software like QuickBooks available, many business owners more »