{"id":2168,"date":"2019-03-01T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:48:47","slug":"merchant-alert-how-to-accept-credit-card-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/merchant-alert-how-to-accept-credit-card-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchant Alert: How to Accept Credit Card Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditcards.com\/credit-card-news\/payment-method-statistics-1276.php\">three-fourths of consumers<\/a> rely almost exclusively on credit cards and debit cards when they&#8217;re out shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your business doesn&#8217;t accept credit card payments, you&#8217;re missing out on a ton of potential sales!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not accepting credit cards currently, what&#8217;s holding you back? Is it that you don&#8217;t know how to accept card payments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re in this boat right now, keep reading to learn how to accept credit card payments at your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Importance of Accepting Credit Cards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Still on the fence about whether or not your business should&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.highrisksolutions.com\/best-ways-merchants-accept-credit-card-payments\">accept credit card payments<\/a>? Consider these benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It helps to legitimize your business<\/li><li>It helps to stay relevant and keep up with your competition<\/li><li>It improves cash flow (no need to wait for cash deposits or for checks to clear)<\/li><li>It eliminates the risk of accepting bad checks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Accepting credit cards also makes things more convenient for your customers and increases the likelihood that they will return to your business in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Accept Credit Card Payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, it&#8217;s important to accept credit cards. How do you do it, though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just follow these steps, and your business will be accepting credit card payments in no time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the Right Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a business owner, you probably already have a POS (or Point of Sale) system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to accept credit cards, you need to&nbsp;sign up for a merchant account and purchase a credit card reader that works with your POS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The merchant account allows you to accept payments via credit card &#8212; it&#8217;s easy to sign up for these accounts if you work with a company like Square or Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all you need to get started. Customers will simply use the credit card reader to swipe or insert their cards, and their purchases will be approved or denied. It&#8217;s easy as that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consider Going Mobile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a brick and mortar store and do a lot of traveling sales (at farmer&#8217;s markets, trade shows, etc.), you might also want to consider purchasing a mobile phone credit card reader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mobile phone reader is great  that makes on-the-go sales much easier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a mobile phone reader, search for one that can integrate with your accounting software and has a built-in invoicing feature. This helps you keep track of sales and simplifies the accounting process for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also a good idea if you can find a phone reader that allows you to save customer information and manage inventory, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need More Business Advice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! You now know how to accept credit card payments at your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you looking for other ways to modernize your business and make sure you can appeal to a greater number of customers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If so, be sure to check out the  of our website today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find helpful articles here that cover a wide range of topics, from setting up wireless internet to the right way to relocate your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, more than three-fourths of consumers rely almost exclusively on credit cards and debit cards when they&#8217;re out shopping. If your business doesn&#8217;t accept credit card payments, you&#8217;re missing out on a ton of potential sales! If you&#8217;re not accepting credit cards currently, what&#8217;s holding you back? 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