Originally Posted by Struggle4Bucks (Post 19726520)

So you can't have your own merchant account if not US based? Or is that only for startups?



That $2000... how is that build? What amount of that is for processing fees and what amount for the NetBilling customer service and what exactly is that service and can you choose to use or not use that service?



Well... the saving of $1750 is not much if you consider you have to take care yourself of
handling nats, nats montly fee (which increases when your volume increases) paying affiliates yourself (the time it takes to do so), etc... I'm not sure if i can see the profit... Not trying to break your balls here... I'm very interested in knowing more about this... but i just don't see the big advantage yet.

Thanks a lot for your time and input informing us!

Originally Posted by Socks (Post 19726545)

I would love to use Epoch, but I'm Canadian and they can't work with Canadians.

CCBill added support for Canadians some years ago, I hope that Epoch is also working towards a solution soon.

Does NetBilling process for companies in Canada?

Originally Posted by beaner (Post 19726563)

Here is a chart, one of my sites. Months were from March of 2010 to January of 2012. I didn't keep the chart going because the site leveled out to this day. This was a site billing on a third party biller, switching to merchant account, using whatever techniques I thought appropriate. Notice the few months downward spiral prior to merchant account, this was a dying site.

http://www.judoporn.com/images/merchantchart.jpg

Now if you think your site might be stuck in stages 7 through 11 and want to step it up, I will certainly, at the very least, give some pointers.

I am at a stage where I have seen the power of billing, and when setup properly, it can literally change your business and your life. Please keep in mind... it is not as simple as setting up a merchant account. It is every facet of billing, re-billing, emailing, what your are selling, how you are selling, what your pages look like, where those pages are located, etc. etc.

I am focusing on everything that relates to those final steps to making the sale. Just wanted to provide a graph of what *YOUR* site sales could look like when done right.

p.s. I'm not talking directly at *YOU*... you as, in general. You are just asking the questions ;)

Originally Posted by NETbilling (Post 19724966)

Unless you are very small volume, why would you not get your own merchant account?

Originally Posted by HelmutKohl (Post 19727565)

To avoid having my Credit History destroyed if things go bad, does TMF sound familiar to anybody? Risk it too high and the record will stay with your name for LOOONG TIME! :helpme

Originally Posted by HelmutKohl (Post 19727565)

To avoid having my Credit History destroyed if things go bad, does TMF sound familiar to anybody? Risk it too high and the record will stay with your name for LOOONG TIME! :helpme

Originally Posted by ********** (Post 19727579)

CCBill, Epoch, Netbilling, Segpay etc are all excellent. We're lucky enough to work with all of them and the reps of each company are not only professional but have gone out of their way to help us.

Regardless of who you move to, never burn any bridges.

Originally Posted by deltav (Post 19725597)

Yeah, then you add another company, another system, another product to deal with. There's something to be said for minimizing the # of external companies you rely on to do something as essential as processing payments.