Comments on: My Monthly Subscriptions (Paid ones) http://www.nimaheydarian.com/2010/02/my-monthly-subscriptions-paid-ones/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nima http://www.nimaheydarian.com/2010/02/my-monthly-subscriptions-paid-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-11539 Nima Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:13:13 +0000 http://www.nimaheydarian.com/?p=1103#comment-11539 Hey David, Thanks for your comment. I do believe there are a lot of engineer online entrepreneurs out there. Where do you live? I live in Ohio at the moment. Regarding your question, to process credit cards you need a merchant account provider and a gateway. You can get both of those from Authorize.Net for about $70 a month or so I believe. However I have mine separate. PayPal is great if you are dealing with webmaster and younger people, however when you start selling items online or getting companies as your clients, you will need to be able to process credit cards which you will need the merchant account for. To get a merchant account you'd have to have a business name established and have a tax ID as well. Let me know if you have any other questions. Best of luck Hey David,

Thanks for your comment. I do believe there are a lot of engineer online entrepreneurs out there. Where do you live? I live in Ohio at the moment.

Regarding your question, to process credit cards you need a merchant account provider and a gateway. You can get both of those from Authorize.Net for about $70 a month or so I believe. However I have mine separate. PayPal is great if you are dealing with webmaster and younger people, however when you start selling items online or getting companies as your clients, you will need to be able to process credit cards which you will need the merchant account for.

To get a merchant account you’d have to have a business name established and have a tax ID as well. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Best of luck

]]> By: david http://www.nimaheydarian.com/2010/02/my-monthly-subscriptions-paid-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-11534 david Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:45:32 +0000 http://www.nimaheydarian.com/?p=1103#comment-11534 hey nima, i found your site through your comment on neil patel's site (quicksprout). your bio intrigued me because i too am a full time employee in the corporate world but am creating businesses online and doing web consulting/development on the side. i am a software developer for Xerox Corporation. i think there might be a niche for people like us, those who balance being an engineer and an entrepreneur. anyway, i had a question about some of your subscriptions, what's the difference between your merchant account and the authorize.net? I thought authorize.net provided all you needed for a merchant account. what does the $35/mo authorize.net cover vs. the $30/mo merchant account? i've been using paypal exclusively for payments and have been wanting to use something else for a while now. hey nima, i found your site through your comment on neil patel’s site (quicksprout). your bio intrigued me because i too am a full time employee in the corporate world but am creating businesses online and doing web consulting/development on the side. i am a software developer for Xerox Corporation. i think there might be a niche for people like us, those who balance being an engineer and an entrepreneur. anyway, i had a question about some of your subscriptions, what’s the difference between your merchant account and the authorize.net? I thought authorize.net provided all you needed for a merchant account. what does the $35/mo authorize.net cover vs. the $30/mo merchant account? i’ve been using paypal exclusively for payments and have been wanting to use something else for a while now.

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