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• Article Title: Having a Merchant Account is No Longer an Option!
• Author: Pat A. McDavitt.
• Word Count: 1447

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Having a Merchant Account is No Longer an Option!

Setting up a merchant account makes it easy and affordable for your business to accept credit cards.
• Setting up merchant account services offers you:

• Improved customer satisfaction
• Larger customer base with more payment options
• Increased credibility for your business
With a merchant account you can offer your customers several payment options:
• Point of sale processing—Using physical terminals to process your sales
• Virtual terminal processing—To process telephone, fax, or Internet sales made at a web site
• Software—to make sales using your computer to process orders

Your company cannot afford to ignore the need to accept credit cards. Setting up a merchant account solves this problem. Any good merchant account representative can give you the information you need on how you can either add credit card acceptance to, or improve credit card processing for, your business.

Even if your company is considered high risk, (adult sales, gambling sites and other similar high risk business categories) a merchant account can be set up for you! Most US banks will not set up high risk merchant accounts. However, if your credit is good, offshore merchant accounts provide the perfect solution for your business needs.

When a customer says: "I would like to buy your widget. Do you accept credit cards?" A yes answer results in a sale. A no answer results in a no sale. Which answer is best for your business health? Well, that is pretty obvious!

Your merchant account services should offer a comprehensive line of payment solutions for your business—credit card acceptance, debit cards, and check acceptance—for all types of businesses including retail storefronts, restaurants, hotels, service companies, wireless merchants and mail, telephone or Internet order businesses.

Additionally, your merchant account should provide customer service 24/7/365 to provide the following information:

• Transfers of money into your designated checking account, monthly statements, chargeback and retrieval requests, and other issues that face merchant account holders very day

• Provide answers about your point of sale credit card terminal, need to schedules telephone training for you or your employees, need to replace broken equipment, or need additional supplies
Some important definitions:
What is a merchant account?
A merchant account is a special account that allows your business to accept credit cards as payment in person, over the telephone, by mail order, or over the Internet. You must have a merchant account if you want to be able to accept credit cards from your customers.

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