There are a few steps to setting up a seller account and linking it to a merchant account for eBay, but these steps are manageable for any new seller, even those with low credit scores. Before setting up a merchant account, create a seller account on eBay. This does not cost anything, but requires confirming [...]
Online Fraud – What It Is and How To Prevent It
While there are definitely a lot of benefits to being an eCommerce merchant… the ease of starting up, no need for retail space, no need for hiring sales reps… one of the biggest downfalls is the potential to become a online fraud target. Fraudsters will typically target eCommerce merchants because the lack of checks and [...]
High Risk Merchant Account
Does Your Business Require a High Risk Merchant Account? In order to obtain a merchant account, every application must go through an adjudication process with the Acquirer. But not all merchant accounts are equal. Depending on your type of business and the method by which you plan on accepting your payments, you could be classified [...]
How to Process Secure Online Transactions
Online transactions continue to grow at an exponential rate every year and as a merchant, you need an online presence to ensure you are reaching all your customer demographics. But by adding an online store you will need a internet merchant account, however with online processing there also comes the threat of fraud. In an [...]
E-commerce Fraud Checklist
Online payment solutions have grown so much in such a short amount of time, that the system is not impervious to fraud. Sad to say for every one creator there are two destroyers in life. There are people out there who take the easy road even if it requires criminal activity. Due to the nature [...]
What Does Credit Card Processor Look For On a Website Before Issuing an Approval?
E-commerce is perhaps the newest product/method for businesses to accept payment for goods and services. Simply put, E commerce allows a merchant to accept payment transactions directly from their website. For these online businesses who sell from a website, they require e commerce activation to do so. Visa and Master card always look upon providing [...]
What to Look For in a Shopping Cart Software
There are many different Internet Shopping Cart software and services available to e-commerce businesses, but how do you know if you are choosing the right software platform for your website business…? Below we will cover some questions you may want to ask yourself before getting set-up a specific shopping cart software. 3 common innocent mistakes [...]
Gateway
Very simple post today. Some folks have asked, “What a Gateway is?” It’s when a computer server serves as a Gateway node, the gateway node also operates as a firewall and a proxy server. A firewall is a system created to prevent unauthorized admission into a private network. A proxy server is located right between [...]
Send Payments with Twitter
These days I have am watching closely mobile payments and I also have been following Twitter too. This led me to find Twitpay. Twitpay is a new way to send funds using Twitter which is a messaging system that allows people to communicate in 140 characters or less. They announced yesterday that they are “out [...]
