Usefulness of discussion groups can be found at these discussion groups…
Mountain West Communications, Inc.
9800-642-9378
Give these people a call. If you contract with them to handler your inbound order asking and order fulfillment work, they may also process credit car transactions for your –depending on your product. They’ve been burned by some “paper product” companies before.
Internet Billing Company
Though their transaction fee is higher than some of the others, this is one of the few companies with no setup or monthly/yearly service charges. They chge 15% off the order as their commission, ad hold back and additional 10% for six months in order to cue rainy horsebacks than might occur.
Milliards
multicards.com
This company charges $150/year up to $700/year depending on which commission percentage you choose- the percentage ranges from 6% to 10% Checks are sent two weeks after the Monday following an order.
Octagon Technology Group, Inc.
otginc.com/
Rather than acting as a reseller, octagon becomes your advocate with the credit card companies and banks. They set up a merchant account in Yor Company’s name, and act as a guarantor of that account which is similar to cosigning a loan.
All orders are placed through their web server. One big advantage with octagon: if you have offline customers and orders, you can manually enter those orders one special page signed just for your use. The other companies can’t allow this, as it would violate the reseller relationship.
Octagon charges $650 to set up your account (includes last month fee), $50 Monthly minimum, $050 per transaction + 5-6% of retail amount depending on volume. They also have 1-800 inbound order taking services to augment the web-based ordering system, t additional cost.
Money In
moneyin.com
This company charges $150 for sidestep, and 10% commission on all orders.
Secures
securecc.com/price.html
Secures has no setup fee, but they do have a $100/month minimum on a 10% commission rate.
Secure 800
secure800.com/overview.html
This company’s service is unique. When your customer decides to place an order, they fill out an online form and hit the “send” button. They are then given a 10 digit code and an 800 number to call. They call the 800 number, enter the code when prompted, and then enter their credit card information. This completes the transaction. Secure800 has a $99.00 setup fee, and a preorder charge of 5.5%+$3.50 minimum total).
