Should Merchants Surcharge? In many states merchants have had a decision to make. Recent developments allow merchants that accept credit cards to pass card processing charges on to their customers. So should merchants surcharge their customers? First of all, in at least ten states there are laws that prevent merchants from assessing their customers a […]
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If your website runs an online store so that it can sell merchandise to customers, there are several methods that you can use to sell your product to the customer. However, the most efficient method of getting customers to buy your products easily is to use a shopping cart. There are many benefits to shopping
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Visa’s New Zero Dollar Authorization Helps Merchants Keep Consumers Happy Many merchants that offer free trials and accept credit cards via the Internet, phone and fax, perform what is commonly referred to as a one dollar authorization on Visa credit cards and debit cards with the Visa logo before approving a customer for a free
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Mobile Payment Processing In modern business, those businesses without a mobile device card reader are missing out on substantial income. Anyone who sells merchandise or services on site will benefit from mobile payment processing through a card reader attachment. Customers are currently paying via mobile devices at a rate of $240 billion annually, and this
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The Official Merchant Services Blog would like to announce that Host Merchant Services has now added next-day funding to their already impressive line of services. Merchant services customers appreciate getting their deposits the next business day, as this is critical for funding payroll and inventory purchases for the week. Merchants can now expect funding for MasterCard,
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MasterCard Fees MasterCard is also debuting new fees, but they won’t take effect until July 2012. One of those new fees MasterCard will introduce is a new Annual License and Registration Fee. MasterCard has also announced a new annual Type III Third Party Processor (TPP) Registration Fee to be collected beginning in July 2012. These
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Today the Official Merchant Services Blog brings you another update on the ongoing Interchange lawsuit settlement. We began talking about the possibility of ‘The Big Cash Comeback’ back when the settlement was first announced in July, and later we discussed the opposition to the settlement. Last week a federal appellate court denied a retailer’s appeal to review part of the controversial settlement
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog will focus on an exclusive deal offered to merchants by Host Merchant Services, a second year of the Discover “On Us” plan, formerly the Add Discover On Discover promotion. This plan comes at just the right time for merchants as holiday shopping will increase their traffic and sales. This offer from Discover, through
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Today’s edition of the Official Merchant Services Blog will discuss the best way for merchants to save money on fees when accepting credit or debit cards for smaller transactions. Host Merchant Services is committed to bringing its clients the lowest fees in the industry. Our Small Ticket Program is a feature that helps us do
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Certified Hosting, a leading web hosting services company, announced today a new partnership with Host Merchant Services that will enable webmasters to use merchant services with their web hosting plans. All Certified Hosting customers, including those on shared web hosting, virtual private servers (VPS hosting), and dedicated server hosting plans, are now able to apply
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Today’s Official Merchant Services Blog post will wrap up our on-going series comparing Host Merchant Services and Square. In part 1 of our series, we reviewed how the two companies differ in how they set up merchant accounts. In part 2, the different pricing schemes offered were analyzed, as well as the time differences between
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Today the Official Merchant Services Blog will begin the second segment in our three-part HMS versus Square matchup. Yesterday we briefly reviewed aspects of both companies, as well as delved into the differences between the merchant accounts they set up. If you missed Part 1 of this series, check it out here. In part 2,
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This week, the Official Merchant Services Blog will delve into a three-part comparison of the services offered by Host Merchant Services and Square. We will begin by giving a basic overview of both and then compare how the two companies set up a merchant account. We will then move on to a comprehensive look at
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Today the Official Merchant Services Blog is focused on the Delaware Auto Show. The exhibit is back again this year, kicking off today at the Chase Center on the Riverfront (815 Justison St., Wilmington). Delaware’s show is the first in the region to preview 2013 models, and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Saturday
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I’m back to once again speak about Mobile Payments and their presence in Delaware. In case you missed my last blog, it’s here. It’s really finally here. Barclaycard Mobile Wallet is an active program that participating merchants at the waterfront in Wilmington, DE, and along Main Street in Newark, are using. Right now you can use your
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It’s here. It’s really finally here. Mobile Payments are available in Delaware. Barclaycard Mobile Wallet is an active program that participating merchants at the waterfront in Wilmington, DE, and along Main Street in Newark, are using. Right now you can use your phone to buy stuff! For Me, This is Big Normally I try to
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The Official Merchant Services Blog wants to alert its readers to a new fraudulent phishing e-mail scam that is going around the internet. Authorize.net, one of the leading providers of payment gateway services, has received reports that an e-mail is being sent to merchants. The e-mail claims to be from Authorize.net, but is actually a
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Today the Official Merchant Services Blog is bringing you a breaking news update for a program we hyped and ballyhooed back in 2011: The Add Discover on Discover Plan. Merchants who were enrolled in the program will begin to come off of it starting on September 1, 2012, forcing them to once again pay interchange
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