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Give yourself permission to be prosperous
By Penny | July 24, 2007
In my 15 years of running a new age and healing centre, I have seen many, many people start up a business with enthusiasm, but lack of business acumen and a ‘poverty consciousness’ ends the honeymoon pretty quickly.
Anyone thinking of starting a business in the healing or creative fields needs to have a good business plan and to approach it like a business. You are doing it to make money. You have to pay your rent or mortgage, your bills, feed your children etc. If you don’t want to do it for the money - keep your day job. Seriously.
You need to be open to receiving money for what you do. presumable you have trained and studied hard and at considerable expense. YOu will be continuing to develop as a professional in your field and as a business person. Aside from offering hands-on services, you will want to offer products or affiliate services that don’t require your input, such as selling books or products on y our website, taking payment for workshops and coures on your website and offering affiliate deals such as when someone signs up for life coaching through a recommendation on your website, you are rewarded with a fee from the life coaching organisation. Thre are many, many ways to create income if you have a good website and can accept credit card payments online, as well as in person.
Whether you are starting up a new business or expanding the businesses you already have, First Data have everything you need to make credit card sales easier.
First Data lets you accept Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Diners Club, JCB, Discover, as well as debit cards, EBT, Levels II and III gift cards and purchsing cards, TeleCheck, Warranty and ECA (Electronic Check Acceptance) as well as web-based e-commerce transactions through their secure payment gateway, LinkPoint(LSPG). It’s your online payment solution.
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A merchant account with First Data Independent Sales will ensure you can accept most types of payment from your customers. Accounts are generally approved in two days, with the capacity to process payments live by the following day.
A rep from First Data will train you and your staff on how to use the credit card terminal. There is a toll-free customer service number you can call 7 days a week, 24 hours a day so help is always available.
LinkPoint API is easy to integrate with your existing website. If you are manually processing credit card transactions you don’t need additional integration. You just log into a website and complete the credit card transaction via your LinkPoint Virtual Terminal.
You will be supplied with an API script for your website so your customers can purchase online, 24 hours a day.
The transaction process is very simple. Once the card is swiped or the card number entered into an e-commerce form, the card is verified as active and that the sale is within the approved spending limit. Then FDIS transmits the sales data to the customer’s credit card provider and the provider approves or declines the sale. Then the card holder’s account is debited and FDIS is credited. Then FDIS will credit your merchant account within two business days.
Topics: your own business |
July 27th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Excellent article. I think it’s admirable to want to serve your fellow man, but one needs to make a living too!
July 27th, 2007 at 6:11 am
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