Yupp! this is a good place to post this info. Do the full shebang and show us your USP's. :)
/Danny On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 15:36 -0800, Preston Garrison wrote: > I wouldn't midn more info on your merchant accounts we are always > looking to set up more. More importantly how long approval process > takes, fees and charges, and does it work with authorize.net > > > Preston Garrison > direct: 877-748-4142 > fax: 310-774-3901 > cell: 623-748-4140 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:25:55 -0800 > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] credit card payment > > Seshu, > > I do not feel that your posting is fair. It infers that my post was > referring to a scam. > > No where did I talk about setup charge, shopping cart fee, gateway fee, > maintenance fee, monthly statement fees. > > Also, a discount rate of 2.25 to 3.00% is standard. As well as > transaction gateway fees of $.05 or more per transaction. > > The reality is that in a high assessed risk category of selling > intangible products such as VoIP service, you'd be very lucky to get > even close to 2.00% in merchant account fees. 3-4% is standard for this > category of services. > > Not to mention, your posting of what constitutes a fraudulent merchant > account is faulty. > > Fraudulent merchant accounts are those that charge abnormally high > rolling reserve rates (anything over 10%), delay payments over a span of > multiple weeks, charge hidden fees such as "cash transfer fee", or those > that don't transfer rolling reserves when they're supposed to. Statement > fees, transaction fees, and percentages are normal for any merchant > account -- it is the cost of doing business with credit cards. You see > these same charges whether you're working through > Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Discover. Anyone who states otherwise > is a) lying to you, or b) doesn't understand merchant accounts. > > We don't do merchant accounts as our primary business. We offer a large > set of business to business services to the telemarketing industry. It > so happens that telemarketers often need to be connected with high risk > merchant accounts, and so we have offered our services to prospective > clients in this respect. > > Any VoIP provider using PayPal as primary form of payment or does not > have a properly classified merchant account is at risk of having their > accounts terminated by PayPal or their processing bank. > > Selling VoIP service via PayPal is strictly prohibited by their terms of > service, and would be classified as fraudulent activity by any > processing bank if it was not properly listed in the correct category > and at the appropriate rate assessed for that level of risk. > > > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 14:42 -0500, Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote: > > Keneth Shaw Wrote: > > ------------------ > > /Snip/ > > > > If you need an <a href="international" > target=_blank>http://www.highriskexperts.com";>international > > merchant account</a> we can help you with that. > > Email me offlist and I can help you get in touch with our merchant > > services department here at ExpiTrans. > > > > /Snip/ > > > > Beware of the Merchant Account Scams around you. > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Merchant Accounts rip you off if your transaction volumes are less > than > > $5000 a Month with fees like > > -Setup charge > > -Shopping cart and Software charge > > -gateway fee > > -Annual Maintennance fees > > -Monthly Rstatement fees > > -Discount rate ( 2.25 to 3%) > > -Per transaction fee ( $0.25 to $0.35 ) > > > > If you are a startup and does not have much business, PayPal is the > best > > from all accounts. > > > > Disclaimer: > > ----------- > > I was one of the original Developers of Paypal when I was working for > > them between 1999 and 2001. My recommendation is not based on my past > > employment with them, but I have also been it's user all the time, > till > > now and am quite happy with it, inspite of the fact that PayPal also > > rips you off if you collect payments from outside US into your US > > account. > > > > Seshu > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. > Sender does > not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > -- > Kenneth Shaw > ExpiTrans, Inc. > 2428 Newport Blvd #8 > Costa Mesa, CA 92627 > tel: 949 278 7288 > fax: 866 494 5043 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
