Payment Processing Services:

Now that you have your bank account, you are almost ready to process payments. An on-line transaction can be completed as easy as depositing a check from the buyer and waiting for it to clear, and the ship the item or having the customer picking it up at your location. However, that is not the most convenient way to receive payments. The ideal transaction consist on receiving an instant payment on your bank account and shipping the item right away. Fast payment, fast shipping, that is on of the keys to keep both ends satisfied with the transaction. Since you probably did not incorporate your business yet, getting a merchant account to process credit card payment would not be possible. So, at this point the best way to go is to open an account with a payment processing service. The best well known payment processing service is Paypal. Paypal offer three different accounts types. The Premier account which will allow you to receive payments from your customers is free to open and setup, and it is free to close the account. Off course, Paypal will charge you a small fee for each transaction processed, but that is something that you will never be able to avoid when it comes to electronic payments. These fees varies with your selling volume, but at the beginning you will be charge 2.9%+0.30 USD per transaction.

If you consider yourself a baby when it comes to e-commerce, today you are going to learn your first steps. If you are already an e-commerce player keep following us, we will get into more sophisticated details later on.

Here is what you need to get started in e-commerce:

How many times you have been offered some kind of ‘get rich overnight’ business opportunity? If, like me, you spend sometime surfing the net to see what’s new, I am sure you came across some of these offers, and by now you know they not only do not work but the only one that gets rich is the one offering them.They are usually presented as a way to get lots of money with minimum investment both in terms of money and time.

When you accept that there are not such a thing, you kept wondering what can I do to earn a supplemental income without leaving my actual job (yes, housekeeping is a full time job too), investing just a little, with low or none risk. There is where e-commerce presents itself as a valid alternative. Why? Because you can start selling on-line today, without any financial aid and with very little knowledge about computers or internet. Off course, if you can not invest a lot of time or money you can not expect to earn a fortune. Remember, there are not free lunches. But the reward is not always a function of the money or time invested, because today, creativity is the most valuable commodity to succeed in the e-commerce field. So, as you start thinking what you can sell, or what service you can offer on-line, keep following me. I will give you all the elements you need to cash on your creativity.

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Hi, my name is Walter Martins, I am the owner of Boca Raton E-Commerce LLC. Boca Raton E-Commerce LLC provides e-commerce consulting and services. In this blog I am going to provide information for those who want to start selling on-line, and those who already own or manage and e-commerce business and need tips to improve it. I will provide information about all the components of an e-commerce business, including selling venues and marketplaces, product sourcing, drop shipping, orders fulfillment, accounting, marketing, customer service and many other aspects that are fundamental to succeed in the e-commerce arena. So, stay tuned and do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.