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Credit Card Processing: 7 Risk Factors Facing Online Merchants

by Trisha Echols     Putting up an online store entails some risks, especially when merchants decide to accept credit card payments. These risks could jeopardize your business. If you are not careful, you could lose your funds and incur heavy debts. In some cases, you end up bankrupt and with a ruined reputation. Knowing these threats and implementing a good risk-management program will go a long way in protecting your business.     Listed below are some credit card processing risks facing online merchants. <ol><li>CREDIT CARD PROCESSING PROVIDER Choosing a processor is no easy task. It has many pitfalls. These processing companies engage in a fierce competition to do business with you. Unfortunately, some resort to dirty tactics like making false promises and giving attractive offers just to make money out of you. Many of them employ high-pressured selling strategies in order for you to sign up with them. You end up losing money if you fall prey to them. So choose your credit card processing provider carefully. Only deal with reputable companies. And before you sign anything, make sure you read and understand the contract. </li><li>HOSTING COMPANY You want your merchant website available on the Net without a hitch. In this regard, you should pick a good hosting company that is stable and could guarantee 24/7 operation. Find out server downtime, if there are any. Remember that you lose important sales every second your hosting company is down and your site is not found in the Internet. Choose a stable server host with years of solid experience in the market. </li><li>PAYMENT GATEWAY Payment gateway software plays a crucial role in the success of online stores. Choose one that implements industry-standard 128bit-SSL protocol for secure transaction. And make sure your preferred payment gateway integrates well with your website. </li><li>SUPPLIERS If you deal with physical products, you need some real good suppliers. Good business sense dictates you get dependable individual or company suppliers who could supply you the needed quality merchandise in less cost and in manageable time schedule. </li><li>PRODUCT QUALITY Business success goes to the merchants dealing with the product quality. The same could be said if you are dealing with services. Make sure your products are free from blemishes or defects. And your services satisfy the most demanding customer. </li><li>CARGO DELIVERY COMPANY Your freight forwarders makes significant impact in the success of your online business. They should be able to secure the merchandise in the best possible condition and provide you with real time monitoring reports while the goods are in transit with them up to the completion of delivery. </li><li>MERCHANT BANK Some merchant banks provide you with a clear guidelines on the chargeback policies. This mean that they will send you notice of any dispute before debiting the contested amount. There are banks, however, that waive this arrangement and immediately debit the chargeback amount from your account. Too many chargebacks could deplete your funds. When the number of chargebacks reaches the set limit, you could then lose your merchant account. It is therefore necessary that you choose a merchant bank which adheres to the policy of sending you notice on every chargebacks. (Trisha Echols currently is a long-time financial consultant with established consultancy offices in Amsterdam, Halifax, Malaysia and other key cities. Her clients belong to the top 500 companies in England and in the United States. Miss Echols serves as business consultant to several credit card processing company, including <a href="http://www.creditcardprocessingexperts.com/">www.creditcardprocessingexperts.com</a>. She does lectures on strategic business practices and also writes for various magazines on business matters.)</li></ol><a href="http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=http://www.creditcardprocessingexperts.com/credit_card_processing_7_risk_factors_facing_online_merchants.html;t=credit%20card%20processing;tags=credit%20card%20processing" target="_blank" title="Add this Article to Onlywire"><img src="http://www.onlywire.com/i/onlywire.ico" alt="" />Add to Onlywire!</a>

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