[Hidden-tech] Credit Card Payments

[Clarity Data Services]

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Thanks for all the (fast) responses. PayPal and Squareup are both good
alternatives, and it's especially nice to hear from people who are actually
using them.

Thanks again,
Graham

Graham Ridley
Clarity Data Services




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Hello Hidden-Tech,

After ten years of freelance work, I've encountered my first client who must
pay with a credit card. Ironically, I've set up several payment gateways for
my own clients who wanted to accept online credit card payments, but I've
never encountered a situation where I needed to process a credit card
payment myself. My bank representative said "welcome to the real world".

The problem is that the work will amount to just a few thousand dollars over
a period of less than a year, and the system is geared toward businesses
with consistent volume over extended periods of time. Fees and penalties
associated with setting up a merchant account and processing terminal would
consume over a third of the money I expect to make.

Does anyone out there have any advice?

Thanks,
Graham

Graham Ridley
Clarity Data Services
graham at claritydataservices.com





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