Comments on: Starting a small-business delivery service. How should I accept credit cards? http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm Sat, 19 May 2012 14:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tom G http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2209 Tom G Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:28 +0000 http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm#comment-2209 Most banks offer a credit card processing service. Try: https://www.wellsfargo.com/biz/merchant/options/credit Yahoo small business has this guide: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-2018-m-1-sc-10-credit_card_processing_buyers_guide-i Most banks offer a credit card processing service.

Try: https://www.wellsfargo.com/biz/merchant/options/credit

Yahoo small business has this guide: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-2018-m-1-sc-10-credit_card_processing_buyers_guide-i

]]> By: Yabbadabbadoo http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2210 Yabbadabbadoo Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:28 +0000 http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm#comment-2210 Processing an invoice will simply not work for your kinda business. Paypal now do a virtual terminal where you take all the details much the same as if you had a real terminal but you in put the details on line. Cost are very similar to a regular terminal except you dont have the terminal rental or purchase cost. The down side I see is you would need to be able to log on when mobile to ensure customers cards are authorized before completing deliveries so you'd need a laptop with you at alll times or go for a regular mobile (seriously you can take it in the car with you) card machine from the banks. Processing an invoice will simply not work for your kinda business.
Paypal now do a virtual terminal where you take all the details much the same as if you had a real terminal but you in put the details on line.
Cost are very similar to a regular terminal except you dont have the terminal rental or purchase cost.
The down side I see is you would need to be able to log on when mobile to ensure customers cards are authorized before completing deliveries so you’d need a laptop with you at alll times or go for a regular mobile (seriously you can take it in the car with you) card machine from the banks.

]]> By: Pembroke http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2211 Pembroke Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:28 +0000 http://smallbusinessmerchantaccounts.org/starting-a-small-business-delivery-service-how-should-i-accept-credit-cards.htm#comment-2211 But you're not selling the food, the to-go shop is, so why when someone places an order and wants to pay by card do they not just read the number over the phone to the shop when they place the order? It's surely up to the shop to pay you for the service not the person you're delivering to, apart from tips of course. I assume you're not relying solely on tips for your pay are you ? The way it should work is that the food costs X from the shop but if someone wants it delivered then it's X+Y, Y being your delivery charge. The client them pays the shop, either by giving you cash / check which you collect on delivery or by paying the shop with a card over the phone. The shop then pays you out of the money that they've been paid. Unless that is, it's you aim to setup a generic to-go shop, where you would take an order then go out and buy it from the cheapest to-go shop in the area and deliver it but that would be very complicated. But you’re not selling the food, the to-go shop is, so why when someone places an order and wants to pay by card do they not just read the number over the phone to the shop when they place the order?

It’s surely up to the shop to pay you for the service not the person you’re delivering to, apart from tips of course. I assume you’re not relying solely on tips for your pay are you ?

The way it should work is that the food costs X from the shop but if someone wants it delivered then it’s X+Y, Y being your delivery charge. The client them pays the shop, either by giving you cash / check which you collect on delivery or by paying the shop with a card over the phone. The shop then pays you out of the money that they’ve been paid.

Unless that is, it’s you aim to setup a generic to-go shop, where you would take an order then go out and buy it from the cheapest to-go shop in the area and deliver it but that would be very complicated.

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