Merchant Services

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I just opened my own cell phone store and I have acquired LinkPoint as my POS merchant service. Has anyone ever used them before?

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LinkPoint is owned by First Data Corporation which is the largest merchant account provider in the US. LinkPoint is the brand they sell their equipment and software under. They usually sign up merchants under their CardService International brand which does not have a great reputation because not too few of their sales agents are not very honest and CardService does not do a good job of controlling them. That aside, they don't stand out as being better then average but do have some things you need to watch out for: 1) They do require that you sign a contract to stay with them for at least three years. That means if you are unhappy with them if you try to leave before the contract has run its course you have to pay a cancellation fee. Their cancellation fee is very high. 2) They charge a monthly minimum fee. This means if your business does not process enough credit cards they will charge you an extra fee for being to small. 3) LinkPoint terminals only work on the First Data platform. There are several processing platforms that credit card terminals can use to process credit cards. By being limited to only that one you are forced to find a provider that has access to it. That means less choice for you and it will be more difficult to get a great plan. It also means if you try to leave your processor that supports it you'll have a harder time finding a new company. Be sure to shop around and see if you can find a provider who can connect to the First Data platform for you without locking you into a contract or charging you a monthly minimum fee.

Does anyone know how much a Merchant Services (credit card processing) Call Center Outbound Sales Manager makes???(Base plus commission) Team is 20 reps... I would like to hear real examples not from salary.com please. location: Chicago,IL THANKS.......... I want to know the salary of a Sales Manager(boss) not Sales Rep...

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In this industry it all depends on the size and business model of the Merchant Service Company. Most of them pay a real low salary $300 / week draw against commission.

what's the good, the bad and the ugly about TransTech Merchant Services? Please only respond if you have been in contact with this company.

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Rip Off Report Report: #215230 Report: Transtech Merchant Group http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/215/ RipOff0215230.htm Simple Payment Systems is truly the absolute best for credit card and electronic check processing. The electronic check processes the check like a credit card. The check is deposited into your account ASAP from your business. If it is bad you know right away. I have done research for a long time. They give you free equipment, free training, free software- with a check out cart! (if you have a web site also that you want to sell items on.) They beat discount rate quotes that you give them too. They have 24 hour live help, which is handy. FDIC insured. Make sure you tell them you want the free program. We switched from another company over to them. And have never been happier. Go to their web site and call them or fill out the form and they can contact you. I did countless hours of research! Trust me they are the BEST. Best wishes!

where is located merchant lynx services? can someone tell me?

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looking for the best and most reasonable merchant account services for a start-up website of adult content with audio download products

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CardService International used to do this. Not sure if they still do. It is very hard to get a merchant account if you are doing recurring billing (bill the account every month). One processor that I think still does adult is ccbill.com Not sure of their rates and fees.