Friday, January 29, 2010

Credit Cards And Busineses

By Bob Greinswilst

We all take the Internet for granted these days, especially when it comes to booking a vacation or ordering a bouquet of flowers for a loved one, but until the facility to accept credit cards online became a reality, none of this was possible. You can't run an online business by taking checks or money orders if you really want to make money.

If you just place another hurdle for them to jump over, they will get fed up and leave your site. If you don't find a way to have the order paid for immediately, customers will just leave your site in droves.

Every top company that sells products over the internet, accepts credit cards and has done since day one. It doesn't matter how new your website is, you will need to arrange online payments this way as soon as possible.

This advice is crucial and will determine how serious you are about your internet business. As it is possible to use more than one method to accept credit cards online, many larger internet businesses use more than one to attract additional customers.

A simple system is just to accept cards in the same way as a regular shopping outlet would, but a good alternative is to use Paypal to accept your credit card payments. Though there are some that are wary of Paypal, I honestly think if you are going to use a credit card this is the way to go.

Because you have your own account with them, payments are very quick. The only way to keep customers is by providing a safe online payment service in a secure environment for them to purchase your products or service.

Any transaction must be in code or encrypted so a thief cannot steal the identity of the card owner. Knowledgeable customers will click away from a site that does not have the obligatory https:// at the start of the domain name as it means the site is not secure and information will not be encrypted. With fraud being one of the top concerns on the internet it is your responsibility to make your customers feel safe and secure when they place an order otherwise they will leave and and order elsewhere. - 29904

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