I’m looking to start on online business and I would like to get suggestions on the best deals on merchant accounts. What should I look for?

Any input from folks who have or have had offshore merchant accounts would be helpful. Thanks.

okay I am starting an offline business of selling products. I need a merchant account to take orders. some told me paypal would be good to do this with. but dont i need an online business to do this? so confused? if any one can tell me how in details this works please do tell.

I’m doing a paper on merchant accounts for my economics class. any additional ideas will really be useful. Thanks!

I’m going to have a booth at an arts and crafts fair. I’m not sure how to accept credit cards. do i have to go with the manual cordless credit card machine or are there more options. thanks
How do i get the wireless equipment free?

I do not want to use paypal for accepting payment. I want to accept payment directly from customers’ credit cards. How can i set up something for that? Quickest? Easiest? Best?

I recently applied for numerous merchant accounts. I was approved for 3 of them and was left with 3 working merchant accounts. I run one website and only wanted 2. If in furture, I try to apply again, will cancelling the initial account effect any decisions on my second application?

I am looking accept credit card payments online, from your experience what is the best service to have do this. I am looking for reliability, cost and service. What are the fees for these services as well.
Paypal seems like an opt out. If it is the best why, and what are their fees.

I have a merchant account and a payment gateway with Aurthorize.net. I would like to get a second merchant account. I am wondering if I can use the same payment gateway(Authorize.net) for both merchant accounts? Or do I need a new payment gateway for the merchant account? Can I still use Authorize.net?

Please advise.

I am trying to determine if I am covered as an individual under FLSA and I have gone through the DOL’s website and my last option of being covered is if the transactions that I accept are considered interstate commerce. I work for a small business that provides a service locally and our customers sometimes pay with a credit card. Any ideas?