[Hidden-tech] Solution Needed - Specialized Acceptance of Credit Cards

[Seth Fischer]

Thanks for the suggestions (so far).

I'll checkout those options..

The main points for me are:

1) Email invoices that can be clicked and paid through some sort of gateway.
2) Potentially Reduce Fees

I don't make money on the shipping and am hesitant to raise my prices. I
just want to make my sliver of profit from the pellets.

Thanks,

Seth


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Noah Smith <noah.smith at commonmediainc.com>wrote:

> The hot new payment service right now is https://stripe.com/ but it needs
> to be integrated in your website by a developer. Fees are just part of the
> game, and PayPal's are not out of line - regardless of payment gateway
> you'll be paying a similar percentage, so you need to account for that in
> your pricing.
>
> Best of luck, ~Noah
>
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> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Seth Fischer <seth at woodpelletprice.com>wrote:
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>> Good morning all,
>>
>> I have a growing online business selling BBQ Wood Pellets used in BBQ
>> pellet grills across the U.S.. The size of the orders is quarter, half, and
>> full-ton increments, which means that the shipping portion of each order is
>> custom and potentially very pricey (in the hundreds of dollars). Total
>> customer invoices are generally between $500-$900. After finalizing the
>> pricing with the customer, I email PayPal Invoices, which is incredibly
>> easy, but the fees are really eating away at the profit.
>>
>> I have spoken with a few credit card processors and they haven't been
>> able to come up with an equivalent solution.
>>
>> As an aside, I actually like that the customer does not process payment
>> directly on my web-site.
>>
>> Does anyone out there have any suggestions on a way to email invoices
>> that can be easily paid via credit card. Total sales were about $35-$40,000
>> in 2012 and i could see that tripling this year.
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> Seth Fischer
>> BBQPelletsOnline.com
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