Merchant Service Processing Accounts

Archive for December, 2009

In the early stages of launching an online store a decision needs to be made: how will customers’ payments be processed? This needs to be determined before the site is developed as different payment options may require radically different forms of implementation. But how do you choose?

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Integrate the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway with PHP
Authorize.Net® is unquestionably the most popular payment gateway in use today. In fact, it is synonymous with ecommerce and is often confused as a payment processor. Its vast popularity with shopping carts, it is integrated with every major and minor shopping cart available, make it a natural choice for merchants wishing to begin processing sales online.

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Merchant Accounts 101
We all know accepting credit cards is vital for any business hoping to be successful. More so for ecommerce websites. Unfortunately there is more information about shopping carts available then merchant accounts. So what is a business to do? Read the Merchant Accounts 101 article of course! Learn everything from how a merchant account works, to what rates are charged, all the way through how to establish an account.

Ecommerce 101
Starting a website and having it be a success is very challenging in and of itself. Trying to create a successful ecommerce store takes “challenging” to a whole other level. Creating the website is twice as much work (and naturally twice the cost) and you need to make yourself stand out from an ever increasingly crowded marketplace. Your success is literally quantified by your sales and profitability.

New Article: Integrate the Authorize.Net Recurring Billing API with PHP
We are happy to announce a new article has been published today. Integrate the Authorize.Net Recurring Billing API with PHP is a follow up to our article Integrate the Authorize.net Payment Gateway with PHP. This new article expands upon our original article by explaining how the Authorize.Net recurring billing API works and walks developers through [...]

When establishing your merchant account the acquiring bank that is reviewing your application is assessing the risk associated with establishing your account. They factor in many variables including ones associated with the product(s) you are selling. Different products have different risks associated with them. Let’s compare two products: Pencils [...]

Integrate the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway with PHP
Authorize.Net® is unquestionably the most popular payment gateway in use today. In fact, it is synonymous with ecommerce and is often confused as a payment processor. Its vast popularity with shopping carts, it is integrated with every major and minor shopping cart available, make it a natural choice for merchants wishing to begin processing sales online.

What is a Payment Gateway?
A common question in communities around the Web is, “what exactly is a payment gateway”? According to Wikipedia: A payment gateway is an e-commerce application service provider service that authorizes payments for e-businesses, online retailers, bricks and clicks, or traditional brick and mortar. It is the equivalent of a physical POS (Point-of-sale) terminal located in most [...]

Amazon Launches Payment System Amazon Flexible Payments Service
Amazon.com recently announced that they are entering the merchant services arena by offering their own in house payment system. Called Amazon Flexible Payments Service, or Amazon FPS for short, it is designed to be a direct competitor of Paypal and Google Checkout. An advantage it potentially offers over Google Checkout is through Amazon.com’s huge database [...]

Authorize.Net Releases New Customer Information Manager API
Recently Authorize.Net released their API for their new Customer Information Manager (CIM) feature of their payment gateway. This feature is a boon for merchants who wish to store credit card information or do recurring billing in different amounts or varied schedules. The main features of this new service are: PCI Compliance [...]

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Hacker pleads guilty to giant ID theft; learn how to protect yourself
Ehud Tenenbaum, also known as “The Analyzer,” recently pleaded guilty to a single count of credit card fraud that stemmed from a more than $10 million theft of credit card numbers.

Visa releases data encryption best practices
Securing credit card data is crucial. Visa has published a list of best practice recommendations in an effort to help merchants with that big task.

The Most Famous 1913 Nickel: The Olsen Specimen. A profile and History
The following is from the 2009 FUN Heritage Auction Catalog and is perhaps the most informative summary of the history of the Olsen Specimen 1913 Nickel and the Modern Provenance Period. 1913 5C Liberty PR64 NGC. – The Olsen Specimen Recently dubbed “The Mona Lisa of Rare Coins,” the Olsen specimen is the second finest [...]

More states adding data breach notification laws
New data breach notification laws make merchants and vendors responsible for notifying customers when their private data is illegally accessed. More and more states are jumping on board.

Will Congress curb merchant fees?
With all of the reforms in the credit card industry to ensure fairer interest rate charges and more responsible lending, will the tables soon turn to offer businesses relief from credit card processing fees?

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Unusual Items: Remarkable Double Denomination Mule 1993-D Cent with Dime Reverse
U.S. coins struck with dies of different denominations are extremely rare. Until recent years, none were known. The most famous among those are the Sacagawea dollar reverse, paired with a statehood quarter obverse, of which ten examples are known, per Fred Weinberg. In Heritage’s April 2006 Central States Signature, a 1999 cent with a dime [...]

Handling Authorize.Net ARB Subscription Failures
One common complaint about the Authorize.Net Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) system is that there is no way to handle subscriptions that are declined when processing a future scheduled payment. As it turns out there is a way to handle this failures programmatically and automate your response to them. Authorize.Net has a little known, and poorly documented [...]

Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, With Motto, 1908-1933
Photos used with permission and courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries Description: The first Saint-Gaudens double eagles, acclaimed as one of the most beautiful and artistic U.S. coin designs, did not display the motto IN GOD WE TRUST anywhere on the coin. Even though the Coinage Act of 1890 did not [...]

The Most Famous 1913 Nickel: The Olsen Specimen. A profile and History
The following is from the 2009 FUN Heritage Auction Catalog and is perhaps the most informative summary of the history of the Olsen Specimen 1913 Nickel and the Modern Provenance Period. 1913 5C Liberty PR64 NGC. – The Olsen Specimen Recently dubbed “The Mona Lisa of Rare Coins,” the Olsen specimen is the second finest [...]

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Merchant Account Chargebacks
10 Ways To Prevent Chargebacks With today’s economic pressures on people and businesses, it is vital to minimize potential problems that could lead to account closures. One way to do this is by educating your merchants on how to prevent chargebacks. Below are 9 ways to do this with MO/TO and Internet based accounts. Refund Policy Disclosure for Mail Order Merchants: [...]

Gold leaf helps bring piece of Poland to Pennsylvania
Gold leaf has been used in the creation of a traditional Krakow szopka to help Pennsylvania’s Polish-Americans celebrate Christmas. Reading Eagle reports Pittsburgh-based artist David Motak built the four-foot high model using methods he observed during visits to the Krakow Ethnographic Museum and the Krakow History Museum in Poland’s ancient capital. The news [...]

Authorize.Net Removes Three Year Limit on Recurring Subscriptions
One this that bothered me about the Authorize.Net ARB subscription functionality is that there was a three year limit on subscriptions. In other words, all subscriptions would expire at most three years and you could not set it to be longer. This was true whether you used their ARB API or set the subscription up [...]

What is a Payment Gateway?
A common question in communities around the Web is, “what exactly is a payment gateway”? According to Wikipedia: A payment gateway is an e-commerce application service provider service that authorizes payments for e-businesses, online retailers, bricks and clicks, or traditional brick and mortar. It is the equivalent of a physical POS (Point-of-sale) terminal located in most [...]

One common complaint about the Authorize.Net Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) system is that there is no way to handle subscriptions that are declined when processing a future scheduled payment. As it turns out there is a way to handle this failures programmatically and automate your response to them. Authorize.Net has a little known, and poorly documented [...]

The AMS Merchant Account Satisfaction Guarantee Explained
Advanced Merchant Services Guarantees that all merchants will be satisfied with the credit card processing services offered through AMS.

Merchants are troubled by recent news of credit card tricksters using merchant accounts for their latest series of fraudulent activities.

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Study: Businesses lack policies for tackling cybercrime
Small businesses are lagging in the quest for cybersecurity, a new study reveals. This can be costly for merchants who accept credit cards, for they may be in violation of PCI security standards.

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This is an amazing tool for saving space, but when it comes to storing seasonal items over a long period of time, the product simply cannot be beat. And shelves just don t quite get the job done. But grab an accessory hanger, and your organization struggles are over. It becomes increasingly difficult to [...]

Visa releases data encryption best practices
Securing credit card data is crucial. Visa has published a list of best practice recommendations in an effort to help merchants with that big task.

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AMS offers mail order merchant accounts without merchant account contract or cancellation fees and with no account minimums.

PCGS US Coins Price Guide
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My Wedding Coin
A few months ago, I came across a beautiful pair of 20 Crown coins from Turks and Caicos (proof and UNC). These coins are large…slightly larger than our Silver Eagles and containing 1.15oz of silver. Knowing nothing about these at the time, but enamored with their beauty, I bought the two for a… [...]

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La Espiga De Oro, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Whey in Flour Tortillas
La Espiga de Oro, Inc. of Houston, Texas is recalling Fiesta brand Flour Burrito Tortillas in 12 count packages, because they may contain undeclared whey (milk allergen). People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk allergens run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. [...]

LARGE GROUP OF 28 HISTORIC COINS WITH HOLDERS – GROUP 2
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Arizona men s basketball escapes against Lipscomb in overtime
For whatever the Arizona Wildcats lack in success this season, they are making up for in drama. Protesters: County Attorney abusing power with intimidation, harassment Some Valley lawyers say Maricopa County’s top attorney is abusing his power and is using intimidation and harassment. [...]

The AMS Merchant Account Satisfaction Guarantee Explained
Advanced Merchant Services Guarantees that all merchants will be satisfied with the credit card processing services offered through AMS.

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Merchant Account Comparison
In the early stages of launching an online store a decision needs to be made: how will customers’ payments be processed? This needs to be determined before the site is developed as different payment options may require radically different forms of implementation. But how do you choose?

Integrate the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway with PHP
Authorize.Net® is unquestionably the most popular payment gateway in use today. In fact, it is synonymous with ecommerce and is often confused as a payment processor. Its vast popularity with shopping carts, it is integrated with every major and minor shopping cart available, make it a natural choice for merchants wishing to begin processing sales online.

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