Choncé Maddox — July 1, 2019 — July 1, 2019 When you go into business for yourself, there are so many things to consider and set up. You need to get a website, outline your services, create products, determine how you’ll deliver goods, etc. The one obvious thing that’s easy to forget is figuring out … Continue reading Setting Up Your Business to Receive Payments (What You Need to Know)
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Why You Should Accept Credit Card Payments Despite Processing Fees
Choncé Maddox — June 17, 2019 — June 17, 2019 No matter what type of business you run, accepting credit card payments is strongly recommended. When I was 18, I used to work at a minimum wage telemarketing job where I’d call small business owners to persuade them to buy our company’s credit card processing … Continue reading Why You Should Accept Credit Card Payments Despite Processing Fees
How to Receive Payments from Clients Securely
Taylor Gordon — June 12, 2019 — June 12, 2019 You’ve done the job and now you’re itching to get paid—not so fast. In the scurry to get paid it’s important that you still remember some basics about secure payment. Fraud is rampant online and it pays to be safer than sorry. Here are a … Continue reading How to Receive Payments from Clients Securely
How to Send Payments Quickly to Keep Your Contractors Happy
Taylor Gordon — June 10, 2019 — June 10, 2019 One way to guarantee a positive relationship with your contractors is paying on time. Paying on time shows that you appreciate their work. If you want contractors to continue working with you, you should offer a competitive rate and send payments before the invoice deadline. … Continue reading How to Send Payments Quickly to Keep Your Contractors Happy
How to Start Getting Automatic Payments More Often
Choncé Maddox — June 10, 2019 — June 10, 2019 It’s no secret that recurring payments can help you get paid faster. Plus, they’re automatic so that means less work on your plate when it comes to invoicing and following up. One of the biggest downsides of freelancing or having a business is the idea … Continue reading How to Start Getting Automatic Payments More Often
How Conversational Commerce is Transforming Customer Service – and Payments
Jared Ronski — August 15, 2018 Follow @jaredronski — August 15, 2018 The stats on e-commerce are telling a promising story. According to a recent survey by Square and Mercury Analytics, 51 percent of Americans prefer to shop online. In fact, 67 percent of Millennials like to shop online over in-store, and both Millennials and … Continue reading How Conversational Commerce is Transforming Customer Service – and Payments
How AI & Machine Learning Are Transforming the Payments Landscape
Jared Ronski — July 16, 2018 Follow @jaredronski — July 16, 2018 Machine learning As technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning become more widely available and ubiquitous, they are having a real effect on payment processes. In less than two decades, the public has both become more aware and more comfortable with using technologies … Continue reading How AI & Machine Learning Are Transforming the Payments Landscape
Accepting Credit Card Payments: A Small Business Owners Guide
Peter Daisyme — July 6, 2018 — July 6, 2018 jarmoluk / Pixabay If you hope to be competitive in the current marketplace, you have no choice but to start accepting credit card payments. However, many small businesses aren’t as prepared as they ought to be in order to manage this function. Is that your … Continue reading Accepting Credit Card Payments: A Small Business Owners Guide
Payments Are Coming to Instagram
Dunja Lazic — May 25, 2018 — May 25, 2018 Great news for commerce brands: Instagram is rolling out a brand new native payment feature for its users. Instagram users will now be able to save their credit card information with Instagram, set up a pin for payments and shop directly in the app. The … Continue reading Payments Are Coming to Instagram
Report: Product discovery, not payments, the real m-commerce bottleneck
Product discovery and browsing cited by consumers as the main barriers to buying on smartphones. Greg Sterling on March 22, 2018 Conventional wisdom argues that despite mobile traffic growth, the main reason smartphone commerce lags the desktop is friction at the bottom of the funnel (i.e., payments). However, a new report from Qubit asserts … Continue reading Report: Product discovery, not payments, the real m-commerce bottleneck