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Rocco Strange · 12-10-2002, 11:54 AM

I need some advice on billing customers by credit card.

First, although I create adult websites/TGP's, I also have some side business's that are completely mainstream.

I understand I need a payment gateway (such as Authorize.net), and a merchant account in order to be able to accept a credit card, and bill the customer.

My problem is that I live in Canada. Canadian banks want quite a large ($50K) deposit for me to be a merchant doing business over the internet.

Other companies (insta merchants, authorize.net, etc) require that I am a US citizen, which I am not.

I am not interested in paypal at this time.

Can anyone (especially a fellow Canadian who has already figured this out) point me to a simple, fast, and less expensive way to get a merchant account/payment gateway?

12-10-2002, 11:54 AM
Rocco Strange Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 105	Credit Card Processing & Merchant Accounts I need some advice on billing customers by credit card. First, although I create adult websites/TGP's, I also have some side business's that are completely mainstream. I understand I need a payment gateway (such as Authorize.net), and a merchant account in order to be able to accept a credit card, and bill the customer. My problem is that I live in Canada. Canadian banks want quite a large ($50K) deposit for me to be a merchant doing business over the internet. Other companies (insta merchants, authorize.net, etc) require that I am a US citizen, which I am not. I am not interested in paypal at this time. Can anyone (especially a fellow Canadian who has already figured this out) point me to a simple, fast, and less expensive way to get a merchant account/payment gateway?