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Merchant Services Basics

Authorize.net now offers a free invoicing service for our clients

As of today any of our clients who use Authorize.net ( This includes existing and new clients moving forward) will be able to send an invoice to card holders and collect payment from them remotely.

December 15, 2017

Merchant Services Basics

Is flat fee credit card processing at 2.75% a good deal?

We have been asked this question hundreds of time since Square introduced its flat rate credit card processing system. The answer is: It depends.

January 27, 2017

Merchant Services Basics

How To Reprogram Your Point Of Sale System

Reprogramming Point of Sale systems may seem intimidating at first but it is actually easier than programming a stand along machine such as a VX510 or a Hypercom T7Plus.

September 19, 2012

Merchant Services Basics

How to calculate your monthly Visa FANF fee

We have had many clients ask how they can figure out how much their monthly FANF fee is going to be. Calculating your cost is fairly easy if you ONLY swipe cards or ONLY run non swiped cards. (IE: you run all your credit card processing over the phone or internet)...

May 25, 2012

Merchant Services Basics

3 Reasons your free credit card terminal is not really free

3 Things to watch out for when you accept a free credit card terminal at your business.

May 08, 2012

Residual Income and Career Development

From Zero to Six Figures

Learn how one ISO agent found success with Beacon Payments and explore the tools and opportunities our program offers for long-term financial stability.

November 14, 2011

Sales Strategies

3 Reasons NOT to sell merchant services using pre-set leads

I know it's crazy. I'm about to tell you why you DON'T want to take a sales job with a company that provides pre-set appointments.

October 27, 2011

Sales Strategies

How to sell merchant services - and succeed!

Sell merchant services as an outside sales job and succeed. It takes more than just getting hired to make it in the credit card processing industry than just getting hired.

October 15, 2011

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