In an ecommerce merchant account, you have to pay certain fees to maintain it. They are the following: discount rates, transaction fees, authorization fees, statement fees, Address Verification Service fees, batch fees, monthly minimum fees, gateway fees, annual fees, charge-back fees, and early termination or cancellation fee.
Having an e-commerce merchant account puts your business on top among all of your competitors. It does not only give convenience to you and your customers but it also increases your business sales, increases your business’ potential to the global market, and invites lots of customers. But with all its advantages to your business, you may also have to deal with plenty of fees just to sustain and operate your merchant account. You often face your account statement every month but couldn’t really figure out where all these high fees are coming from. Knowing the rates and costs is one way to really understand your account. Given below are some fees associated when operating a merchant account:
Discount rates
The discount rates are the fees that merchants have to pay to their providers for accepting credit or debit cards. It is also a commission earned by the merchant account service every time a credit card transaction is processed. Rates vary according to the business’ criterion. It is categorized into qualified discount rate, mid-qualified rate, and non-qualified rate.
Transaction fees
This fee is specifically charged every time a merchant processes a credit card transaction on his merchant account.
Authorization fees
This fee is charged every time a merchant ask for card authorization to the customer’s card-issuing bank. Whether the transactions are approved or not, the fee still applies.
Statement fees
This fee is also termed as the service fee. These are monthly fees that cover the customer service, and print-outs of reports and account statement.
Address verification service fees
When transactions are made and sent to the card-issuing bank, it will pass through a validation system in which it will check if the address and zip code registered by the buyer if it matches to the information he passed to his issuing bank. This is charged every time merchant validates their customers’ cards.
Batch fees
Batch fees, or also called as batch header fees, are flat fees paid for every batch of funds settled in the merchant’s terminal or when the customer’s card-issuing bank has already transferred some funds to the merchant bank as payment.
Monthly minimum fee
There are merchant account providers that require merchants to meet a minimum number of sales every month. If they can’t meet their quota, a monthly minimum fee is charged.
Gateway fees
They are charged each time online merchants use gateway services for online credit card transactions.
Annual fees
Annual fees are charged solely for maintaining the operation of the merchant account. It could also be paid quarterly.
Chargeback fees
These fees are charged every time a merchant have an unsatisfied customer who wants a refund. The merchant would have to pay for the costs of the transaction so that the refund will be delivered back to the customer.
Early termination or cancellation fee
When a merchant avails a merchant account, he will sign a contract that binds him to the merchant account provider for a certain period of time. If he decides to cancel his account or move to another company in less than the agreed span of time, he’ll be asked to pay an early termination or cancellation fee. This would only cover the start-up expenses of the canceled account.
The fees in maintaining a merchant account varies from one provider to the other. To really get the best deal in having a merchant account, read the contract, policies, rates and costs of the company before you sign up.
Friday, April 2, 2010
3 Basic Types of Auto Insurance Coverage
Here are the three basic types of auto insurance coverage: liability coverage, physical damage coverage, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.
Acquiring a car insurance policy is a must. It would be unwise to buy and drive a car without any insurance. Having an auto insurance protects you, your vehicle, properties, and third parties should accidents arise. A comprehensive type of auto insurance policy is quite expensive but it is capable of covering all types of damages, accidents and theft. A third party policy is more affordable, but, it can only cover repair cost on a third party's vehicle where the fault has been proven to be on your part. Every insurance policy has different coverage types. Coverage type would refer to the kind of protection as well as the extent to which an insurance policy will cover in the event of any damage or loss. Here are the three basic types:
Liability coverage type
Liability coverage can either be a bodily injury liability or a property damage liability. A bodily injury liability is a type of coverage that covers for the injuries and death of other people's body that are under your responsibility. Should there be any lawsuit against you due to an accident, this type of liability coverage will provide you with a legal defense. However, this type of coverage does not cover you. The other type of liability coverage, which is the property damage liability, covers the damages arising from accidents that you cause. Among the possible coverage would be the damage inflicted on other people's car, house, fence and other properties.
Physical damage coverage type
This type of coverage has two kinds: the comprehensive coverage other than collision; and, the collision coverage. A comprehensive coverage other than collision is designed to cover your vehicle for any damage except that is caused by collision. Damages that are covered would be those arising from theft, as well as damages caused by animals, fire and even flood. Another kind of physical damage coverage is a collision coverage. This covers damages to your car due to a collision. Collision covered under this insurance would include these two circumstances - either your car was hit or you hit another vehicle or any other object.
Underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage type
This coverage encompasses four kinds: the uninsured motorist coverage; the underinsured motorist coverage; uninsured motorist property damage; and, the underinsured motorist property damage. The uninsured motorist coverage covers you, your household members who are insured, and the passengers that you have for any damages, injuries or even death that have been caused by a hit-and-run or an uninsured driver. An underinsured motorist bodily injury also covers you, your insured members of the household, passengers if there are any, during an accident causing damage, loss, or injury which has been on the fault of another party whose insurance is not sufficient to cover for all necessary expenses. The third kind, which is the uninsured motorist property damage, covers your car should there be any property damage that an insured is undergoing and the one operating or driving the car is not an insurance holder. Lastly, the underinsured motorist property damage is capable of covering the property damage that an insured is sustaining, and the operator of the vehicle happens to have an insurance too.
Looking at the different coverage types, you would surely come to a point of realizing the value of a car insurance. But, before jumping into any of these insurance types, it is advisable for you to scout for auto insurance companies and ask for free auto insurance quotes to enable you to compare prices. This will save you time and money.
Acquiring a car insurance policy is a must. It would be unwise to buy and drive a car without any insurance. Having an auto insurance protects you, your vehicle, properties, and third parties should accidents arise. A comprehensive type of auto insurance policy is quite expensive but it is capable of covering all types of damages, accidents and theft. A third party policy is more affordable, but, it can only cover repair cost on a third party's vehicle where the fault has been proven to be on your part. Every insurance policy has different coverage types. Coverage type would refer to the kind of protection as well as the extent to which an insurance policy will cover in the event of any damage or loss. Here are the three basic types:
Liability coverage type
Liability coverage can either be a bodily injury liability or a property damage liability. A bodily injury liability is a type of coverage that covers for the injuries and death of other people's body that are under your responsibility. Should there be any lawsuit against you due to an accident, this type of liability coverage will provide you with a legal defense. However, this type of coverage does not cover you. The other type of liability coverage, which is the property damage liability, covers the damages arising from accidents that you cause. Among the possible coverage would be the damage inflicted on other people's car, house, fence and other properties.
Physical damage coverage type
This type of coverage has two kinds: the comprehensive coverage other than collision; and, the collision coverage. A comprehensive coverage other than collision is designed to cover your vehicle for any damage except that is caused by collision. Damages that are covered would be those arising from theft, as well as damages caused by animals, fire and even flood. Another kind of physical damage coverage is a collision coverage. This covers damages to your car due to a collision. Collision covered under this insurance would include these two circumstances - either your car was hit or you hit another vehicle or any other object.
Underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage type
This coverage encompasses four kinds: the uninsured motorist coverage; the underinsured motorist coverage; uninsured motorist property damage; and, the underinsured motorist property damage. The uninsured motorist coverage covers you, your household members who are insured, and the passengers that you have for any damages, injuries or even death that have been caused by a hit-and-run or an uninsured driver. An underinsured motorist bodily injury also covers you, your insured members of the household, passengers if there are any, during an accident causing damage, loss, or injury which has been on the fault of another party whose insurance is not sufficient to cover for all necessary expenses. The third kind, which is the uninsured motorist property damage, covers your car should there be any property damage that an insured is undergoing and the one operating or driving the car is not an insurance holder. Lastly, the underinsured motorist property damage is capable of covering the property damage that an insured is sustaining, and the operator of the vehicle happens to have an insurance too.
Looking at the different coverage types, you would surely come to a point of realizing the value of a car insurance. But, before jumping into any of these insurance types, it is advisable for you to scout for auto insurance companies and ask for free auto insurance quotes to enable you to compare prices. This will save you time and money.
Bob Chapman on Andrew McGuire Assassination attempt
ANDREW MCGUIRE who recently disclosed some very dangerous allegation about the COMEX manipulating the silver (and precious metals market) , he was apparently victim of a hit and run car accident , some say it was an assassination attempt but we probably will never know the full truth ...Bob Chapman who was the first to denounce market rigging as far back as 1968 ,
Bob Chapman says that nothing was done about and nothing will be done about it cause it is the United states government that is behind it and the United states government is beyond corruption , it is a classical criminal enterprise...
Mr. Chapman also known as The International Forecaster is a 74 years old. He was born in Boston, MA and attended Northeastern University majoring in business management. He spent three years in the U. S. Army Counterintelligence, mostly in Europe. He speaks German and French and is conversant in Spanish. He lived in Europe for six years, off and on, three years in Africa, a year in Canada and a year in the Bahamas.
Mr. Chapman became a stockbroker in 1960 and retired in 1988. For 18 of those years he owned his own brokerage firm. He was probably the largest gold and silver stockbroker in the world during that period. When he retired he had over 6,000 clients.
Bob Chapman : you got to remove these people from the government
Starting in 1967 Mr. Chapman began writing articles on business, finance, economics and politics having been printed and reprinted over the years in over 200 publications. He owned and wrote the Gary Allen Report, which had 30,000 subscribers. He currently is owner and editor of The International Forecaster, a compendium of information on business, finance, economics and social and political issues worldwide, which reaches 10,000 investors and brokers monthly directly, and parts of his publication are picked up by 60 different websites weekly exposing his ideas to over 10 million investors a week.
In June of 1991, at the request of business associates, and due to retirement boredom, he began writing the International Forecaster.
Bob Chapman : do not expect the government to guarantee your bank account , it is bankrupt
Bob Chapman says that nothing was done about and nothing will be done about it cause it is the United states government that is behind it and the United states government is beyond corruption , it is a classical criminal enterprise...
Mr. Chapman also known as The International Forecaster is a 74 years old. He was born in Boston, MA and attended Northeastern University majoring in business management. He spent three years in the U. S. Army Counterintelligence, mostly in Europe. He speaks German and French and is conversant in Spanish. He lived in Europe for six years, off and on, three years in Africa, a year in Canada and a year in the Bahamas.
Mr. Chapman became a stockbroker in 1960 and retired in 1988. For 18 of those years he owned his own brokerage firm. He was probably the largest gold and silver stockbroker in the world during that period. When he retired he had over 6,000 clients.
Bob Chapman : you got to remove these people from the government
Starting in 1967 Mr. Chapman began writing articles on business, finance, economics and politics having been printed and reprinted over the years in over 200 publications. He owned and wrote the Gary Allen Report, which had 30,000 subscribers. He currently is owner and editor of The International Forecaster, a compendium of information on business, finance, economics and social and political issues worldwide, which reaches 10,000 investors and brokers monthly directly, and parts of his publication are picked up by 60 different websites weekly exposing his ideas to over 10 million investors a week.
In June of 1991, at the request of business associates, and due to retirement boredom, he began writing the International Forecaster.
Bob Chapman : do not expect the government to guarantee your bank account , it is bankrupt
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