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what is a relatively cheap service on gunbroker for accepting credit card payments? i am not a frequent seller.
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I had retail business for 34 years. To me, I never charged an extra whatever percentage to the bill. Figured it was just of cost for doing business. Charging extra for a CC i s just greed.
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Well, no, it's not just greed. The company which processes the credit card charges somewhere in the 3 to 4.5% range. Dependent on how much volume the merchant does and what kind of deal they can negotiate. If you have a seller operating on a 20% margin or less and they take a 3.5% slice out of it it could mean the difference in a business staying open or closing it's doors. I'm not sure about everyone else but I want as many firearm oriented business open as possible.
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Well, no, it's not just greed. The company which processes the credit card charges somewhere in the 3 to 4.5% range. Dependent on how much volume the merchant does and what kind of deal they can negotiate. If you have a seller operating on a 20% margin or less and they take a 3.5% slice out of it it could mean the difference in a business staying open or closing it's doors. I'm not sure about everyone else but I want as many firearm oriented business open as possible.
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I certainly appreciate the retailer who gives me a 3% discount for paying by cash or check.
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Well, no, it's not just greed. The company which processes the credit card charges somewhere in the 3 to 4.5% range. Dependent on how much volume the merchant does and what kind of deal they can negotiate. If you have a seller operating on a 20% margin or less and they take a 3.5% slice out of it it could mean the difference in a business staying open or closing it's doors. I'm not sure about everyone else but I want as many firearm oriented business open as possible.
Rick If it is a problem just don't take credit cards, or pay with a check. Problem, if there is one solved!
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I had retail business for 34 years. To me, I never charged an extra whatever percentage to the bill. Figured it was just of cost for doing business. Charging extra for a CC i s just greed. Jeez, how did you manage to stay in business for 34 years with that attitude? 
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I had retail business for 34 years. To me, I never charged an extra whatever percentage to the bill. Figured it was just of cost for doing business. Charging extra for a CC i s just greed. I don't charge extra for a card but I do give a discount for cash.
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Not a lot of readers here OP, Let me try for you; OK , my question is : how to accept credit card on GB?
(Think "service, APP, Platform,company etc"}
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Not a lot of readers here OP, Let me try for you; OK , my question is : how to accept credit card on GB?
(Think "service, APP, Platform,company etc"} thanks
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Stripe is good, if you are doing this as a business with a merchant account.
If it is just you, something like Intuit Go would work. Better than Square anyway.
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I use square. It’s decent. Better than a lot as far as expenses. But I don’t like their interface. I can’t get what I want out of it so I am always looking for an option.
But if it’s just the occasional transaction, I think square would be perfect
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[url=https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-credit-card-processing-services][/url]
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Did you read the question?
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some people feel safer by paying by credit card , if they are not happy they can dispute the charge. also a seller who offers payment by CC appears to be running a business .
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I like square. couple higher percent charged on each transaction but there's no monthly or subscription fees so it works out cheaper if you're only doing a few credit card transactions a month.
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I probably do less than 20 transactions per year on site, and Square works just fine. For the online store we use stripe. Not enough experience there to have an opinion.
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