| To increase sales on your website, you must | | | | would like to pay your affiliates.2. has no initial |
| accept credit | | | | fees. For just 2.9% of sales |
| cards. To process credit cards, you could apply | | | | and $ .30 per transaction (and sometimes less), |
| for a | | | | you can |
| merchant account through your bank or other | | | | receive money from anyone.Also, you can pay |
| financial | | | | others by credit card or chequing account |
| institution.Sometimes, though, you would be | | | | without supplying your personal credit information |
| further ahead to use the | | | | to the |
| services of a credit card processor. This is | | | | payee. PayPal can be used to collect money |
| especially | | | | from your |
| true when you are first starting out and have | | | | auctions, website sales, or even from friends or |
| more | | | | clients.3. can handle either intangible (downloadable) |
| limited resources. In this way, you may process | | | | |
| credit | | | | or tangible (shippable) products. For an initial fee |
| card transactions without the high front-end | | | | of |
| costs and | | | | $49.00, you can accept all major credit cards as |
| requirements of a merchant account.Here, then, | | | | well as |
| are just a few ways of accepting credit cards | | | | online checks. Fees are just 3.95% of sales and |
| without a merchant account. I personally use all | | | | $1.00 per |
| of these | | | | transaction. Alternatively, you may pay 5.5% of |
| vendors and can recommend them | | | | sales and |
| wholeheartedly.1. ClickbankIf your product is | | | | $ .35 per transaction.For this, you receive |
| downloadable (such as electronic books | | | | shopping cart, integration with |
| or software), you might consider . For a | | | | third-party affiliate programs (such as ), |
| $49.95 initial fee, you can process credit cards | | | | fraud screening, multi-currency transactions, |
| and | | | | toll-free |
| on-line cheques for $1.00 per transaction plus | | | | support, marketing tools, and more.For more |
| 7.5% of | | | | information on how to accept credit cards without |
| sales.You receive additional exposure through | | | | |
| free listing on | | | | a merchant account, visit: |
| their website and through the search facilities of | | | | |
| other | | | | RESOURCE BOX:J. Stephen Pope, President of |
| websites, such as .As an added bonus, you have | | | | Pope Consulting Inc., |
| your own built-in affiliate | | | | has been helping clients |
| program. You decide what commission (from 1% | | | | to earn maximum business profits for over |
| to 75%) you | | | | twenty-five years. |