Old Growth

Tips to Picking a Good Merchant Account

Here’s a pretty noteworthy fact: Businesses that have merchant accounts and so can accept credit cards grow a whopping 30% to 70% faster than those that don’t. If you’ve been thinking about bringing your business to the next level with an on-line business merchant account read on…

Businesses are going global at an eye-popping rate for a good reason – wireless credit card processing.. It’s common sense if you think about it…even for one second. Why sell only 8 hours a day when you can sell 24/7 to every corner of the planet.  In fact online sales are poised to blow through 204 billion in 2008.

Those who don’t accept credit cards  are simply leaving a ton of money on the table.It’s widely known that those businesses that accept credit cards grow faster than those that don’t. Merchant account credit card processing is effective.Here are some stats that I’m sure you’ll find quite interesting…

Trends are constantly shifting but 87% of those who are making their purchases online do so with credit cards.
Internet sales are  up 1200% since 1997. Internet sales grew by a whopping 29.5% in Q4 2007 alone.The internet also ads a mind-blowing 500,000 new users every single month? Yes, you read that right. Every single month. And remember they are all buying from some merchant… that someone should be you. But it all starts with a merchant account.

Isn’t it about time you  grab your slice of the sales action? That’s exactly what you’ll be doing when you start a Fast Transact merchant account. Credit card trends are pointing straight up. In the 60′s no one even had a credit card. Now your average teenager has a bunch of cards in his or her purse or wallet and this trend is even stronger with college undergraduates.

Take a look at this…
The percentage of college undergrads holding at least one card in 2001 rose a hefty 24% since 1998. Collget students double their card debt and triple the number of cards in their purses and wallets – by the time they graduate.

And remember they’re some lucky merchant on the other side of that purchase.

And here’s another tasty stat…
There were 1,645 million bank-issued Visa and MasterCard credit card and debit card accounts in the U.Thus far in 2008. (MasterCard International and Visa: Source).

When you start selling on-line with United Bank Card,
you effectively place yourself and your business right smack in front of these 1,645 million buyers – that’s a lot of buyers.

Just think about that mind-blowing fact for a second or two…
1,645 million buyers – that’s a lot of buyers.  All buying from someone. That someone can be you if you take action.

And UBC makes it a snap to get started

• Super low processing fees
• Absolutley Free readerss and other payment processing equipment
• Most offer same day approval – some within mere hours
• No set up costs
• Accepts all major credit & debit cards

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