Payments Questions


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Is charging 20% - 30% a standard, accepted practice for acting as a service provider?

I am in the early stages of planning an online business which will bring together those who want X, and those who can provide X. Looking at Apple's App store model and Amazon's Publisher model,...

asked Apr 1 '12 at 04:11
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Ted
1 point

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.28K Views
How should I accept payments from clients for my online business?

I will be offering services virtually through my online business. What options are there for accepting payment electronically? There is the obvious one PayPal, but are there any others worth...

asked Mar 12 '12 at 12:32
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User16817
63 points

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2 Answers
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How do the deals websites operate in terms of profit & find partners?

For starting a deals website, I would like to start by knowing how the deals websites operate( Example: Groupon.com ) in terms of profits. Let me put it in a clear way. I noticed this. I went to...

asked Feb 23 '12 at 08:49
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Devner
108 points

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2 Answers
1.93K Views
How to pay commissions internationally?

I am looking for a way to handle payouts to authors living both in and outside of the USA. I heard about Paypal Mass payments but are there any other better alternatives to pay commissions...

asked Mar 1 '12 at 20:47
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Jonathan Clark
151 points

6 Votes
1 Answers
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How do I handle large payments (over $15,000)?

As a side-project to my IT Consultancy business, I have developed a software product which I intend to sell. The URL for the new product is at http://www.scichart.com I am partnering with...

asked Feb 19 '12 at 08:21
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Andrew Burnett Thompson
193 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
1.91K Views
What do you do about known payment fraud?

As someone that's sold services and webapp subscriptions online for about 8 years now, I've seen a lot of payment fraud, mostly in the form of signing up with stolen credit card numbers. I've...

asked Feb 6 '12 at 01:25
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Dan Grossman
303 points

1 Votes
7 Answers
3.75K Views
Looking for a UK online payment solution that only takes a percentage or a flat fee

I'm currently looking for an online payment solution for a business website I'm working on and it turns out it's a bit more complex than I'd first though. I'd like to run at a very small download...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 01:15
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Space Beers
168 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
1.93K Views
eCommerce Bootcamp ( focused on eBay and PayPal )

Have a client that's asked me if I'd be able to clear tens of thousands of dollars of existing inventory via eBay. While it seems like a stretch, figured I'd look into it for them just to give them...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 07:43
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Blunders .
899 points

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3 Answers
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Contracting for the first time, constructing a contract

An old employer of mine has approached me to do some freelance work to which I have said I am interested. I explained that since leaving I have never done any freelance work so I would have to set...

asked Jan 26 '12 at 02:46
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Mike
6 points

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Who pays the bank's transfer fee when receiving payment

If I sell a product for, say, £1000, and a buyer in another country pays me via a bank transfer, should I expect them to pay the bank charges? Is it something that should be explicit on the invoice...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 23:42
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Swisstony
108 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
5.56K Views
Can I use a business name to accept Paypal donations (for free software) before legally forming a business?

I would like to give away some software I have developed for free on a website as donationware, but rather than see my name when people donate, I would like them to see something more official like...

asked Jan 24 '12 at 17:03
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Fentoooon
113 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.68K Views
How to accept payments from companies in India?

Our business accepts payments via credit cards (Google Checkout + PayPal) and also via PayPal directly. We've had several requests from companies in India, stating that they cannot pay with a...

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:33
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Romkyns
118 points

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1 Answers
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Cross-platform Payment System in South Korea

I am planning to have an online business targeting South Korea. It seems that most Korean payment gateways only support Internet Explorer and Windows. It is severely limited for other browser and...

asked Jan 12 '12 at 08:07
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Ryan Rho
53 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
1.86K Views
Low price merchant friendly payment gateway

Without getting into too much detail, we need to lot of transfer of large amounts upto $1000. However that's not our revenue. We need a payment gateway which offers low fees ACH transfers,...

asked Jan 14 '12 at 12:45
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Iam
16 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
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Business owner, how does he/she get paid?

Business owner, how does he/she get paid? Withdrawals vs Salary (Guaranteed payments) I've been thinking of registering a Ltd company (UK) as I'm a freelancer; and want limited liability. Also to...

asked Jan 8 '12 at 05:58
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Klj613
36 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
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Suggest best way to process payments?

We are from NJ. Our start up consists of 2 people. Previously, all of our clients were through our contacts, so we just accepted cheques for payment and deposited them in our Bank of America small...

asked Dec 18 '11 at 11:25
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Varchar1
33 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
5.3K Views
Bookkeeping practices for a website using electronic payments (e.g. Paypal)

I am in the process of setting up an accounting "system" (well set of procedures etc). For most businesses, the books of original entry include: Sales Day Book Sales Return Day Book As I...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 04:23
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Morpheous
23 points

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1 Answers
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Paypal automated pay/receive and success notice with business account? (what if I don't have a business?)

I would like to know if is possible to create a system that pay/receive automatically based on what is happening in the site. I would like to know after a payment that it has succeeded or not in...

asked Dec 11 '11 at 09:58
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Totty
108 points

6 Votes
1 Answers
2.38K Views
Automated recurring billing systems Paypal vs others

We have today paypal integration, which was very simple, one time purchase. Now we want to into recurring payment model and charge users on monthly or yearly basis. We would also allow users to...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 07:50
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Jewelthief
151 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.98K Views
Main reasons why people opt for Self hosted vs 3rd party payment processing?

We have been using PayPal and FastSpring hosted payment processing for a long time now without any issues. Just wondering, why do small businesses opt for self hosted payment processing given that...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 16:05
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Ankur Jain
566 points