Chargeback Defense

Guide to Online Payment Solutions

Being able to collect payments from your customers is vital to your success – that’s simple enough to see. However, just how you go about doing that has become a bit more complicated in this new virtual world. No longer is money exchanging hands or being written onto a check. ...

Understanding E-commerce

E-commerce or electronic commerce is truly a revolution of technology. Though the wonders of the internet, businesses from around the world are able to sell, buy, market, and service their products and assist their customers with questions and concerns. In short, the virtual environment that the internet provides has become ...

How Can I Reduce the Number of My Chargebacks?

In the beginning stages of an e-commerce business, everything seems to be simple. As you begin to realize that you’re handling complex financial transactions in a virtual environment, you start to become worried about whether or not you can trust the information that you’re receiving. Are you getting legitimate charges ...

Adult & High Risk Merchant Accounts

Be it security, loyalty or plain convenience people prefer to pay with plastic and it has evolved as the most comfortable and convenient mode of payment especially for online businesses. The benefits of accepting credit card payments far outweigh the minor costs involved in getting a Merchant Account and setting ...

What is a Shopping Cart and How Does it Work?

An e-commerce business needs several things in order to be successful: traffic, traffic and more traffic. In short, you need customers in order to start making money. And when you’re customers are shopping on your site, they want to be able to manage the purchases that they are willing to ...

Merchant Accounts Exposed

There are several types of merchant accounts depending upon the type of business environment and products offered by the merchant. It’s important to be accurate and complete in filling out the merchant account application form so that the correct type of merchant account can be provided. INTERNET MERCHANT ACCOUNT The internet merchant ...

What Is A Payment Gateway?

When you’re a business with a presence online, you need to be sure that you’re aware of how to keep your customers’ information secure. In this time of identity theft and missing records, you can not afford to be anything less. In order to assure your customers (and yourself) that ...

Doing Business Internationally

The more you expand your business, the more customers you can reach – that is true. However, when you open your market up to potential new customers, you can also begin a whole new set of programs as well. If you’re looking to start an international portion of your business, ...

Qualifying for a Merchant Account

Just as with anything to do with your business, you need to do more than just sign up for a merchant account. Because the merchant account bank will want to make sure that you aren’t a fraudulent business, they will be asking you a lot of questions about your business ...

What is AVS or Address Verification Service?

When you want to add another layer of security to your online business, you should consider adding AVS to your arsenal against fraud. AVS, or address verification service, allows you to verify the personal address and even the billing information of the customer that wants to make a purchase on ...