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Ecommerce: Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts Unless you’re willing to have customers send you checks through the mail (perish the thought!), your Web site needs to process credit card transactions if you want to sell people anything. Taking credit card payments is a complicated affair. Credit cards need to be authenticated, the payment needs to [...]
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Posted in Ecommerce: Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts
Posted on 20 June 2010. Tags: banking accounts, banking solution, bricks and mortar, business expenses, Citi, citibank, cred, credit card transactions, many compelling reasons, merchant account, merchant accounts, personal bank account, personal banking, risk web, small business owners, virtual banking, web payment, Web sales
One of the most common mistakes new small business owners make is to use their personal banking accounts for their business. There are many compelling reasons to do this: it’s less hassle, it’s cheaper, it’s easier. However, it’s actually more hassle, more expensive in the long run, and harder. Why? Taxes―the government lets you deduct [...]
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