Essential Steps for Getting a Merchant Account

The following is a guest post by Nisha Sandhu. A merchant account is a necessary business service for a seller who wants to accept electronic transactions. If you want to set up an online business, you will probably need to accept payments electronically, and this is how you can do that. It can all be a bit confusing though; there is a lot to learn. So here’s a quick guide to setting up a merchant... read more

How To Customize and Brand Paypal Checkout For Your Site

Do you use Paypal to take donations or sell products? Did you know that you can customize the Paypal checkout process with your own logo(s) for a more consistent, branded experience for your customers? You can, and here’s how to do it. Create Your Logos The first thing you’ll want to do is create 2 logos. One should be no larger than 190×60 pixels and one should be no larger than... read more

Revolution Money Is Possible PayPal Replacement That Has Real Merit

UPDATE: Forget what I said below. Later, much later, it’s obvious that this never took off, and in fact it’s being sold to American Express. It won’t exist in this form at all soon. So…never mind. A new payment network, called Revolution Money, is poised to take PayPal’s place. I personally have never had a problem with PayPal but because they are not a bank, and can’t... read more

How To Accept Payments For Downloadable Digital Goods

You’ve decided to sell something. Maybe it’s an ebook or a script or some other downloadable product. Maybe you wrote or programmed the product yourself. Maybe you paid for the rights to sell something someone else programmed or wrote. In any case, you have a product to sell. Now how do you take payment and deliver the goods? The first time I sold a digital product, I signed up with... read more