A Visual Guide To Credit Card Processing Fees & Rates [Infographic]
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Credit card processing fees are hard to understand, but we don’t think they should be, so we set out with the goal of creating the most easy to digest and visually appealing infographic on the subject. You be the judge. 😉
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Amad Ebrahimi
Founder at Merchant Maverick
Amad has worked in the eCommerce and online marketing world since 2002. He started as an eBay seller, then slowly graduated to building & marketing his own websites and consulting others to do the same. He founded Merchant Maverick out of frustration with all the misinformation and shady tactics that he encountered when trying to find a merchant account for his and his client's businesses. He's the man behind most of the merchant account reviews, and articles posted on MerchantMaverick.com. Have any questions related to credit card processing? Talk to him.
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Hi! The link to the infographic is broken — thought you’d like to know! Thanks!
Thanks so much for catching that Rachel! All fixed now.
Hi Amad: Why can I not use Stripe to get a POS terminal which should create a merchant account and processes all my payments and links it to my bank account.
Why do merchant account providers exists separate from payment gateways in this day and age? Am I missing something?
Thanks.
Hi Niti,
Thanks for your questions! Stripe opted to focus more on internet commerce. It didn’t see a need to add an in-person payment option until recently, and it’s only for developers who are building their own POS apps.
As for merchant account providers and gateway providers existing separately — sometimes its easier for a processor to add a feature that merchants want by partnering with an existing, established gateway than trying to build that feature out from scratch on their own proprietary platform. It’s fairly common for merchant account providers to work with partner service providers, but some opt for a proprietary approach because they want control over the whole experience and have the resources to invest in maintaining it.
Hello,
We are a non-profit organization and do fund raising activities to benefit the kids in a public school. Lot of our donors have asked if we take credit cards for donations. We are in the process of exploring and figuring out if there is any way we could do this without paying any huge transaction fees. Any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreicated.
Thanks,
Kris
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Hi Kris,
We actually have an article about non-profit processing discounts!
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Just starting on line looking at affiliate marketing but the problem I’m seeing with gateways, merchant accounts and various sites or offers they do not integrate together very well. I did some selling on Ebay so have Pay Pal set up already some can work with that some need to go through 1 or 2 other gateways with their own set up monthly and fees thats another bite out of the cookie. I realize there is a cost to doing business but there needs to be some profit left. Authorize Net seem to be most prevalent. But isn’t there a one size fits all. May not be your area but from your Bio may have some thoughts. Are auto responders going to be the same way? Thanks for any input.
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Hi Bill,
I’d suggest Paypal. They have a quite broad compatibility due to their popularity, so that may be what you are looking for. Best of luck!
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