Which merchant account type is best for my small business?
Different types of merchant accounts allow you to process credit card payments in different ways. These include retail, Internet, wireless, telephone and mail order merchant accounts. Choosing the right type of account will save you money on fees.
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 [...]
Credit Card Processing Software at Wholesale Prices
Purchase credit card processing software such as PC Charge Pro and IcVerify from Advanced Merchant Services at wholesale cost.
New Article: Merchant Accounts 101
A new article has been published today that we are very excited about. Merchant Accounts 101 covers the ins and outs of merchant accounts. Covered in this article are: The Players Find out who’s who in the merchant account business. We start at the [...]
Changing or adding products after establishing a merchant account
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 [...]
Mail Order Merchant Account Rates and Fees
AMS offers mail order merchant accounts without merchant account contract or cancellation fees and with no account minimums.
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 [...]
Blocking High Risk Countries From Using Your Website
A common problem in ecommerce is fraudulent orders from overseas customers. The risk is so high in fact that some merchant account providers will not allow their merchants to accept orders from foreign countries. Even if they did, and you wished to solicit foreign orders, some regions pose such a high risk for fraud that [...]


