Accepting Payment Through Your Website

If you're doing business on the Internet, accepting payment
through your website is an absolute must. If you're not
processing orders online, you're losing a great deal of
money in lost sales. Studies have shown, you can increase
your online sales up to 400% simply by accepting credit
cards. With today's advanced technology, processing orders
online can be as simple as pasting a code within your web
page HTML.

Preparing your website to process orders online isn't as
difficult as you may think. There are basically two options.
The first option is to set up a merchant account. This
entails either making arrangements with your bank or using
an online company. The second option is to use a third party
credit card processor. This option requires no merchant
account and usually entails setting up a form or placing a
link on your order page.

Don't let this process intimidate you, as it is much easier
than you may think. There are many professional companies on
the Internet that will assist you.

Merchant Accounts

If you decide to get your own merchant account, you will
also need access to a secure server and a shopping cart
system. A secure server will protect your customers'
information. A shopping cart system will provide your
customer with a running total of what they've ordered and
the total cost.

The following website can provide you with a merchant
account:

Total Merchant Services (TMS)
http://www.marketingtips.com/creditcards/index.html

This outstanding company comes highly recommended by Corey
Rudl -- author of the #1 selling online marketing course,
"Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the
Internet."

The TMS Merchant account, for Internet transactions, will
enable you to accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and
Discover. They offer two merchant processing software
packages to choose from. The first package is the TotalPay
powered by Authorize.Net