I need HELP! Building an ecommerce site…?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

I know there have to be some folks out there who can help me.
Jeez, I have looked for two days (literally) for a reasonable commerce hosting website that offers a shopping cart where your buyers can check out without me having to sign up for a very expensive merchant account. I hate Paypal, too (they’re crooks). I’ve read some really bad reviews about Yahoo’s services so I’m on the fence about them, and they’re not cheap either. Any advice on hosting websites that are reliable and offer checkout without asking for your first-born? Thanks in advance!

Take a look at: http://threehosts.atspace.com/business There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the E-commerce web hosting industry.

Web service that can create web site that allows visitors to purchase product using a credit card?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

Who knows of a web service that can set up a site for that does something like what I have described below?

Im looking for a web service (that can create a web site for me) that will allow people to purchase a product from me by accessing the web site and using a credit card.

The logic on the site needs to do something similar to the steps below.
1 User enters information needed to process a credit card purchase
2 Validate credit card info is correct
3 User submits an email address to web site.
4 Web site sends conformation code to email address.
5 User retrieves code from email and enters code into web site, validates email address
5 Email address is stored in some sort of database on web site
6 Web site allows user to download file (after email address is confirmed)
8 After successful download of product credit card payment is accepted and deposited into merchant account

I can handle that for you as my company offer hosting servicing and management. what you re talking about is an E-commerce application enable site. lets talk by droping a mail at ‘mobolaji23401@gmail.com’

regards

What is the best criterion to look for in a high risk merchant provider?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

I have a high risk business (pharmaceuticals) and I’m currently looking for a high risk merchant account provider to assist me with payments and billing. I am not too savvy about picking the best provider. Moreover, I heard there are so few of them providers out there so I don’t know where to begin!

You should talk to your bank..

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Do credit card companies require a merchant to sell a product to submit a charge?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

For example, do online cash advance companies just charge a credit card for cash, pay the transaction fee to the credit card company and charge their own fee to the customer; thus, a cash advance company would take no risk? Then, could a person create a site to do the same and just undercut the margins in this business?

I’m not sure of if you can get a merchant account without a product. What I do know is that my bank’s ATM network is already undercutting YOUR cost for cash advances.

career in merchant services?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

I am looking at an inside sales position with a Card Processor. They have a ENDLESS supply of leads…and the preference is phone vs. face to face. They are looking for their superstars to get up to 30 or more new accounts per month. I am told that the average merchant is approx $10,000 per month in volume…but of course there will be larger ones.

My question here is whether or not this is reasonable? Can a superstar sales person really do well?

I am currently in a sales position, medical recruiting, and I do very well there, but do not enjoy the work.

Please respond if you HAVE done this kind of work

Hi, I worked for a registered ISO/MSP for Visa and MasterCard (six years) and have done sales so I speak from experience. The company I worked for operated in the same manner as the company you are describing.

You can make good money but it won’t happen right away. The real money comes from residual income on the merchants you acquire. Although you can make money from selling credit card terminals that will only be enough to put food on your plate while you build up your portfolio.

As you build your portfolio your monthly income will grow accordingly. On average a typical merchant will make you about $25 per month. So when you are first starting off the residual income won’t be enough to support you. But as your portfolio grows to about 100 merchants that residual income will now be $2500 a month or more which, when combined with your terminal sales, is enough to make a living. The average sales agent brings in 5 – 8 merchants per month.

Of course, your goal is to have as many merchants as possible in your portfolio and to land as many "big fish" as you can. Landing high volume merchants will make you much more money then landing start-up ecommerce websites as they tend to perform poorly. You also need to make sure you bring on enough new merchants to help offset the ones that leave you. Just like you will be stealing merchants from other sales agents, they will be doing the same to you.

If you plan on soliciting merchants directly a work week is never less then 40 hours if you hope to keep generating leads. You’ll be spending half of your time generating leads and the other half making your sales pitch to the leads you have generated. Competition is fierce and merchants are reluctant to switch so don’t be surprised to be turned down frequently.

I run the site below if you need to verify my knowledge.

What do you think about this story?

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by admin

My brother found that he LOVES to write so we wanted to get some others opinions, please let me know what you think. I’m sure he would like to get some of your opinions. If you would like to read more let me know and I will send you some more :D Thanks for your time.

Robert Salvatore woke up to what felt like a normal day in Xenon city. A cold, dark city made completely of steel and computer technology. During a Xenon winter, the temperature could drastically change from fifty degrees below zero, to one hundred and eighty above.

He awoke to the crisp, cold, metallic air beginning to cycle through his estates oxygen filters, but he did not mind the metallic air; he had been exposed to it since he was a very young boy about the age of three. Robert tapped a flat-screened button on a panel in front of him. The bed, a sleeping capsule, slowly ejected from the wall and tilted forward for him to step out.

His home didn’t seem like it normally was. There was no smell of the androids, which every morning cooked him his food and brought it up to his room. It was hard to come by “real” food in Xenon anymore; it was all simulations and meal capsules now. Robert was rich. He had shimmering, wavy black hair with which he combed to the right. He had pale, silky white skin which seemed to glow like the moon in the dark night sky, and deep sky blue eyes, which were cold and seemed full of hate, As if he had been through much pain and suffering, causing his soul to be numb.

Robert Salvatore used to be a police officer in Xenon, a high-ranking police captain. He resigned due to cruel laws being passed that sickened him, and that would sicken anyone to see what the XCPD had done. The police officers were trained to their breaking point. They had no emotions anymore; they would arrest people within 15 feet of the police department prison stairs, they would murder someone whom was “too close” to them, or the chief. The chief, a tall, slender man about the age of 29, whom went by the title “lord” Arcus, was a cruel, harsh man. He was once a friend of Robert’s but a tragic incident happened in the marketplace one day, about two years before Robert’s resignation, where his parents, siblings, and friends were all killed during an invasion including two of Xenon’s biggest gangs. That is why Lord Arcus was such a cold, cruel, hateful man.

Upon Robert’s resignation, he solemnly swore to oppose the Xenon police. He smuggled out 150 cargo crates of high-ranking police equipment to bring to the rebel bases in the lower levels of Xenon. He sold most of the materials. He sold what ever he had in the stock market, supplies he no longer needed, and pieces of furniture and weapons he had crafted and produced himself. He paid for many years of education with the money he had earned. He learned advanced medical procedures, carpentry, programming, gunsmithing, merchanting, mechanics, and many more skills such as advanced math, etc. and quickly became the richest, most intelligent man in Xenon city.

Although he was extremely rich, he wanted more in life; much, much more.
He knew of a mine full of gold, possibly billions of dollars worth just past the police station and down the road next to it. Was he going to risk being caught near the mine and possibly get arrested? Or would he sneak out after the ten o’clock curfew set by police? The most dangerous time of the day; night, in Xenon was full of bandits, assassins, other rebels, and animals even the most powerful of police could not come to capture.
Robert decided to go and attempt to get into the mine during night. Despite the risk of being mugged, or possibly killed during pitch black of night, He knew that during an Xenon winter, nobody would ever want to go out during night anyway. The temperature on a Xenon winter’s night could reach two hundred degrees below zero. Everybody stayed inside with the nuclear heating to keep warm, and if someone did not have a home, they would go into the Xenon subway tunnels and bundle up next to a barrel they would build a fire in. Robert also knew that he could keep warm with his white silk suit with thermal plates build into it would keep him alive in the cold night air and also help him blend into the snow.

Robert just had to figure out how he was going to get into that mine. Two weeks after the first tunnel had been dug, leading to a big underground cavern, the walls covered in ice and the miners had to leave until it heated up. That night however, a rock slide appeared in front of the mine and blocked anyone from getting in. The police would not assist either, because the excuse that they were “protecting” the citizens of Xenon.
Robert knew that this was even more of a bonus. Nobody was able to get into the mine, so nobody else would be at the mine to risk meeting. That meant that there was also generators and heaters in the mine and he could keep himself warm for a long time with them. That is, if they have any fuel in the

Y!A isn’t letting me answer this.
FINALLY!!!

Do you mind if I do some editing?

Robert Salvatore woke up to what felt like a normal day in Xenon city, a cold, dark city made completely of steel and computer technology. During a Xenon winter, the temperature could drastically change from fifty degrees below zero, to one hundred and eighty above.

He woke to the crisp, cold, metallic air beginning to cycle through his estates oxygen filters, but he did not mind the metallic air; he had been exposed to it since he was a very young boy about the age of three. Robert tapped a flat-screened button on a panel in front of him. The bed, a sleeping capsule, slowly ejected from the wall and tilted forward for him to step out.

His home didn’t seem like it normally was. There was no smell of androids, which every morning cooked him his food and brought it up to his room. It was hard to come by “real” food in Xenon anymore; it was all simulations and meal capsules now. Robert was rich. He had shimmering, wavy black hair which he combed to the right. Pale, silky white skin that seemed to glow like the moon in the dark night sky, and deep sky blue eyes, which were cold and seemed full of hate, As if he had been through such pain and suffering, that his soul had become (or gone) numb.

Robert Salvatore used to be a police officer in Xenon, a high-ranking police captain (either a high ranking police officer or just a police captain- you can’t say that he was a high ranking police captain, because captain is only one type of rank, neither high or low). He resigned due to harsh laws being passed that sickened him, and that would sicken anyone that saw what the XCPD had done. The police officers were trained to their breaking point. They had no emotions anymore; they would arrest people within 15 feet of the police department prison stairs, they would murder someone who was “too close” to them, or the chief. The chief, a tall, slender man of about 29, who went by the title “lord” Arcus, was a cruel, harsh man. He was once a friend of Robert’s but a tragic incident happened in the marketplace one day, about two years before Robert’s resignation, where his parents, siblings, and friends were all killed during an invasion perpetrated by two of Xenon’s biggest gangs. That is why Lord Arcus was such a cold, cruel, hateful man.

Upon Robert’s resignation, he solemnly swore to oppose the Xenon police. He smuggled out 150 cargo crates of high-ranking police equipment to bring to the rebel bases in the lower levels of Xenon. He sold most of the materials. He sold whatever he had in the stock market, supplies he no longer needed, and pieces of furniture and weapons he had crafted and produced himself. He paid for many years of education with the money he had earned. He learned advanced medical procedures, carpentry, programming, gunsmithing, merchanting, mechanics, and many more skills such as advanced math, etc. and quickly became the richest, most intelligent man in Xenon city.

Although he was extremely rich, he wanted more in life; much, much more.
He knew of a mine full of gold, possibly billions of dollars worth just past the police station and down the road next to it. Was he going to risk being caught near the mine and possibly get arrested? Or would he sneak out after the ten o’clock curfew set by police? The most dangerous time of the day; night, in Xenon was full of bandits, assassins, other rebels, and animals even the most powerful of police could not come to capture.
Robert decided to go and attempt to get into the mine during night. Despite the risk of being mugged, or possibly killed during pitch black of night, He knew that during a Xenon winter, nobody would ever want to go out during night anyway. The temperature on a Xenon winter’s night could reach two hundred degrees below zero. Everybody stayed inside with the nuclear heating to keep warm, and if someone did not have a home, they would go into the Xenon subway tunnels and bundle up next to a barrel they would build a fire in. Robert also knew that he could keep warm with his white silk suit with thermal plates build into it that would keep him alive in the cold night air and also help him blend into the snow.

Robert just had to figure out how he was going to get into that mine. Two weeks after the first tunnel had been dug, leading to a big underground cavern, the walls covered in ice and the miners had to leave until it heated up. That night however, a rock slide appeared in front of the mine and blocked anyone from getting in. The police would not assist either, because the excuse that they were “protecting” the citizens of Xenon.
Robert knew that this was even more of a bonus. Nobody was able to get into the mine, so nobody else would be at the mine to risk meeting. That meant that there was also generators and heaters in the mine and he could keep himself warm for a long time with them. That is, if they have any fuel in the

The story seems interesting, although the jump from describing Robert to the mine is way too fast. I think some more background should be added, for that jump not to be so noticeable. Also, the suit shouldn’t be silk, it’s one of the coldest fibers known to man, and it’s a natural fiber. If there isn’t any REAL food, there shouldn’t be any REAL natural fiber either. It needs work, and a little more maturity in my opinion. Right now it sounds like a teenage action story, and the characters so far seem to be much too young to be real. All in all it’s not a bad reading experience, and with serious professional editing it could be a lot better. Hope I was helpful.

ecommerce shopping cart for free?

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin

i am building a website and i need shopping cart.i have googled it but all i can find it very expensive services and they charge per month.
does anyone know is there any free software for building shopping cart or maybe does any merchant service provides you with the shopping cart?

Magento is the way to go when looking for a free cart. Oscommerce is horrible and I speak from experience. It gets hacked and it is badly designed. That goes for all other flavors and forks of oscommerce as well.

When you are ready for an amazing commercial cart Interspire is awesome but Magento will do fine when working with a tight budget.

If you need help installing magento just use their excellent forums. If you need hosting trymy hosting service: www.henryweismann.com. I will install the store for you if you purchase any web hosting plan. I hope that helps…have a great day.

Merchant Account For Inc Company in Delaware?

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin

Hello,

I have a Site ( i m non U.S ) and For adding More Services like Google Checkout , Authorize.net , payoneer Card , etc I need to Incorporate my Company in U.S . So If i incorporate my Company Using

http://www.bizfilings.com/
and similar sites …

will i be able to Apply for those Merchant Services ? If not what else i need to do ..

Thank you,

You still need to have a social security number and a US business checking account. If you have those combined with a registered US business it will be possible to establish a true US merchant account. Keep in mind credit will be an issue so if you don’t have any, and you probably won’t, you’ll need to find alternative ways to secure your merchant account. Possibilities include getting a US co-signer who has credit, using a reserve or letter of credit.

If someone is starting a store online, how much is the average fee for a credit card processor? Thank you?

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin

I might have the wrong name. When I say card processor, I mean companies like Google checkout, 2Co, Clickbank, e.t.c., people who you need to process your customers credit cards. I think another name for them is merchant account.

I ask this question bcz I heard it can cost thousands just to set up, and yet I’ve heard it’s not that expensive. For example I saw Google is only $50 to set up then couple cents off each item sold. So I want to know is it thousands one time or not. Thanks.

The best offer I’ve found is from Charge:
http://www.charge.com/banners/click.php?a=1010m265
But PayPal is also popular:
https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=L7UGTG34FPGRW

What is the best thing to merchant on Runescape?

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by admin

What is the best thing to merchant in non-members on runescape to make the biggest profit? I have 500k to start out with but i can get more before I start if needed.

rune platebodys it is the best thing to merch in non mem got me 5m in about 3 days :) well i Hope i helped

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