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Enable growth with Merchant Accounts
By: Jack Chevalier, Wed Aug 16th, 2006
A merchant account allows having the business freedom of
accepting all types of payments. It helps to become
self-efficient in profitable opportunities. A merchant account
is the authorization to credit card processing granted by a
financial institution. Such financial institution has to be a
member and certified by the Visa and MasterCard Associations to
provide with the merchant account and all of the services
related to merchant account.
MORE SALES Studies have shown that having a merchant account may
increase sales by as much as 50% or more. Many direct marketing
businesses produce 90 to 100% of their sales by credit card
BIGGER SALES The average credit card user spends 2.5 times as
much as cash buyers.
CASH FLOW When clients pays with credit cards or ATM cards,
money is received faster than if you had to wait for them to
send a check or money order.
IMPULSE BUYERS With credit cards, buyers feel more freedom to
make unplanned purchases.
ENHANCED CREDIBILITY The ability to accept credit card payments
gives you valuable credibility in the eyes of prospective and
current clients.
HIGHER PROFIT MARGINS Credit card customers are typically less
conscious of price differences than buyers that pay by check or
cash.
COMPETITIVE EDGE Credit card and ATM card users tend to seek out
businesses that accept credit card and ATM card payments over
those that do not.
INTERNET STRATEGY It is clear that credit cards are the
predominant and safest method of moving currency over the
Internet.Accept them or loose customers.
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