William & Susan Schran User on tue 13 jun 06
I have searched the archives and have gathered information from postings
going back to 1996 on accepting credit cards for sales at shows.
I have registered my business name (will be building a web site),
established a home based business, dealt with sales taxes, have gotten a
free business checking account with my bank and now plan to explore credit
card transactions.
I would like to hear from folks who have been doing shows and processing
credit card sales.
Did you find a company online that has met your needs, or did you go with
your local bank?
Do you get support when you need it?
I'm looking towards the future, when I retire from full-time teaching and
move to part-time teaching, full-time pottery making & selling.
FYI - Dick White - my retirement is not eminent, so don't start spreading
any rumors!
My thoughts are low set-up and monthly fees, without as much concern with
transaction rates for now.
I'm interested in the experiences of others who have been in business, doing
shows and accepting credit cards for some period of time.
Thanks, Bill
-- William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
Richard White on tue 13 jun 06
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:21:35 -0400, William & Susan Schran User
wrote:
>FYI - Dick White - my retirement is not eminent, so don't start spreading
>any rumors!
>
>Thanks, Bill
>
Well, my retirement IS imminent. The countdown clock on my desk reads 105
days!!! So who has a part time teaching job for me?
dw
Cindy Gatto on tue 13 jun 06
Bill,
The one thing that is really important about credit cards at shows is having
a cellular machine With that you get the approval immediately. If you don't
have a cellular model you store the acct. numbers then you get the approval
codes when you get home and hook it up to a phone line-which means if you took
a bad card your screwed keep in mind a bad card doesn't have to be stolen If
someone is over their credit line and they use the card not knowing that you
could lose that way as well. The company that is with the potters council
seems like a pretty decent deal
Cindy Gatto & Mark Petrin
The Mudpit
228 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-218-9424
_www.mudpitnyc.com_ (http://www.mudpitnyc.com/)
mudpitnyc@aol.com
Norman Aufrichtig on tue 13 jun 06
hi bill,
we use merchant anywhere, am very happy with them, it works through our cell
phone, a treo 600 with there printer it is the most reasonable service i
could find, and there support is excellent. we also use verison, because of
there broad coverage.
http://www.merchantanywhere.com/
hope this helps.
norman
----- Original Message -----
From: "William & Susan Schran User"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:21 AM
Subject: [CLAYART] Accepting credit cards at shows
> I have searched the archives and have gathered information from postings
> going back to 1996 on accepting credit cards for sales at shows.
>
> I have registered my business name (will be building a web site),
> established a home based business, dealt with sales taxes, have gotten a
> free business checking account with my bank and now plan to explore credit
> card transactions.
>
> I would like to hear from folks who have been doing shows and processing
> credit card sales.
>
> Did you find a company online that has met your needs, or did you go with
> your local bank?
> Do you get support when you need it?
>
> I'm looking towards the future, when I retire from full-time teaching and
> move to part-time teaching, full-time pottery making & selling.
>
> FYI - Dick White - my retirement is not eminent, so don't start spreading
> any rumors!
>
> My thoughts are low set-up and monthly fees, without as much concern with
> transaction rates for now.
> I'm interested in the experiences of others who have been in business,
doing
> shows and accepting credit cards for some period of time.
>
> Thanks, Bill
>
>
> -- William "Bill" Schran
> Fredericksburg, Virginia
> wschran@cox.net
> wschran@nvcc.edu
>
>
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je motzkin on wed 14 jun 06
Bill.
The Potters Council has an arrangement with Paymentech, which has suited my needs and may suit yours.
Monthly fee is $3.50.
I bought a used Tranz330 on ebay (under $50) that we reprogrammed over the phone. You really don't need more than that to get going.
judy
617-547-5513
jmotzkin at yahoo.com
http://www.motzkin.com
http://spiritkeeperurns.com
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