Accepting Credit Cards - Merchant Account Fees and Practices Exposed

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 21, 2010 -- Yisroel Goodman, President of ccs-digital.com , an Internet Marketing consulting and website design firm, has produced a series of articles detailing the fees and practices of merchant account providers. These free reports can help anyone looking to accept credit cards avoid falling for the unscrupulous practices of many merchant account providers. Reading these free reports can save you thousands of dollars. Mr. Goodman is not affiliated with any merchant account provider.

"Merchant account providers have become sleazier than used car salesmen," says Yisroel Goodman. "They typically list those fees which are lower than the competition, while neglecting to mention others. Sometimes they omit certain fees entirely on the face of the contract and bury them in the small print on the back. The merchant is hit with unexpected charges which can add thousands to the cost of processing credit cards."

In a series of articles for www.auctionbytes.com and ccs-digital.com , Yisroel Goodman detailed the shocking truth about the unregulated online payment services and even exposed one which was entirely fraudulent ( http://www.ccs-digital.com/payments.asp ). He then decided to accept credit cards directly and investigated numerous merchant account provides. That is when he discovered that they were little better than the unregulated online payment services. From fees which were much higher than stated to others buried in small print on the back of the contract or missing entirely, what he was charged for his account was much more than what he calculated. After years of research, during which he opened eight merchant accounts, he wrote these articles and posted them on his site as a warning to others.

There are currently three articles in the series. 1) Why (despite the availability of Paypal and Google Checkout) you need a merchant account http://www.ccs-digital.com/merchantact.asp 2) Merchant account fees and charges explained http://www.ccs-digital.com/merchantfees.asp 3) His experiences with different merchant account providers http://www.ccs-digital.com/merchantexp.asp

For more articles on e-commerce and protecting yourself from online fraud, visit www.ccs-digital.com

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