[TheForge] credit card accounts

[Steve Bloom]

At 02:04 PM 1/13/2003 -0600, Terry wrote:
>given what you have written, i personally would adopt
>the old saying "in god we trust all others pay cash.".

Did that for years -- then added credit card acceptance and
sold 2x to 3x the 'usual'.  While not a controlled test, it sure
impressed me.

Steve
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>On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Steve Bloom wrote:
>steve> I expect to do just that - the real question is what's
>steve> the best source to get a merchant account. A net search
>steve> shows ~2.5% discount rate/~$0.30 per transaction/$10
>steve. monthly fee is pretty standard. Some want you to fork over
>steve> $350 for software. Others require a $25/month min. etc.
>steve. Some require the swiper, others don't.  The best I've
>steve> found so far is free software with a bit more per transaction.
>steve> Off to check out Verisign.....

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