Carl D Cravens on tue 11 jan 05
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Kim Lindaberry wrote:
> For those that sell their work from the internet, I am just curious,
> how do you arrange for payment? If you are not setup to accept credit
> cards just how do you make sure that you get paid and not ripped off.
I don't sell pottery, but my wife sells sewn items on the net.
There is no reason I can see to not accept credit cards... there are
several reliable and affordable services that will process credit cards
for you.
I've been using PayPal for years and have had no trouble with them as
buyer or seller. As a PayPal seller, you pay only a percentage per
transaction... no signup or monthly fees. PayPal allows those without
credit cards to buy from you also (through instant bank drafts, which is
PayPal's preferred form of payment).
http://www.paypal.com/
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Carl D Cravens (raven@phoenyx.net)
You can tell the nature of a man by the words he chooses.
-Dr. Ed Cole
pottery@GARYRFERGUSON.COM on tue 11 jan 05
I've used PayPal for both my website and eBay auctions, with little to no
problems.
The commissions are reasonable and there are not monthly/annual charges.
PayPal used to force the Payer to join PayPal before they would allow
payment, but I believe now they will allow a Payment from a Payer without
forcing them to join PayPal.
Gary Ferguson
Clay Artist
Nampa, ID 83687
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Kim Lindaberry on tue 11 jan 05
Hello All,
For those that sell their work from the internet, I am just curious,
how do you arrange for payment? If you are not setup to accept credit
cards just how do you make sure that you get paid and not ripped off. I
just recommended to Lynne Kelly to wait for 60 days for an out of
country purchase, but surely there must be a method to insure that you
get paid. The main reason I'm asking this is that I am helping setup a
website for an artist that has very high end work. He isn't expecting
on selling large quantities of his sculptures so it probably wouldn't
be practical to get a charge setup. So what do you do? Certified Check?
Western Union? Just how do you do it?
Kim
Kate Johnson on wed 12 jan 05
Hi Kim...
>
> For those that sell their work from the internet, I am just curious,
> how do you arrange for payment? If you are not setup to accept credit
> cards just how do you make sure that you get paid and not ripped off.
Like many others here, I'm sure, I accept PayPal--I have the business
account, and use it to accept payment on eBay as well as on both my
websites. People who buy my pottery from my Yahoo album also pay by PayPal,
if they wish. I've never had a problem with them, though I understand that
some have.
They do take a percentage, and if your item is expensive it feels a bit
hefty (an off the top of my head example, one of the books I sell costs
$12.95, plus $3 shipping, so on $15.95, PayPal takes 72 cents, IIRC. Maybe
76. On larger items, that can be a little painful.) But I don't want the
monthly fee and hassle of dealing directly with Visa or Mastercharge (or
other), and this allows people to pay through both of those, as well as
Discover and whatever else they may have.
PayPal deposits these earnings into my bank at my request, whenever I think
to ask for a transfer. So far it's worked fine, and I've done that for 4
years.
I also accept personal checks. Should no doubt wait for them to clear the
bank before shipping, but never have and have never been burned...just
lucky, I guess. One friend accepted a cashier's check and discovered it had
been forged!
As I say, I understand there HAVE been a few problems with PayPal, but they
haven't impacted me much...I like the service for its convenience,
especially with international buyers.
Regards,
Kate Johnson
Graphics/Fine Arts
http://www.cathyjohnson.info/
http://www.epsi.net/graphic/
http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_1494_profile.htm
Kim Lindaberry on fri 14 jan 05
My thanks to everyone for their suggestions and experiences on the
subject. - Kim
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