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Payment Processing Platforms recommendations
Posted by subprime-meridian on October 17, 2024 at 7:23 amI’ve been accepting cash, check, and Zelle since I started my business this summer. I’ve had some larger clients recently and need the ability to accept ACH and credit card payments. What payments services are ya’ll using?
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They send me a check by snail mail or overnight. Nothing else will do. Well, hand delivered is good too.
I do recall a biker showed up at the front door once to pay for a commercial survey, and he peeled off a wad of 100s.
And I remember an iffy client whose check bounced. My wife said next time it better be $50s in a shoebox by Fed-Ex (they eventually sent a good check for that survey and a larger advance payment on the update that more then covered the aggravation of dealing with them, but that was the price they paid for annoying me.)
And since I am reminiscing, there was the client who called and asked if I could overnight more prints, so I said I could, but I won’t. Why not said he. Because you haven’t paid me, said I. Did we get the invoice said he. It was attached to the prints delivered by Fed-Ex, said I. He then FAXed me a photocopy of the check he was sending that afternoon, thinking that would soothe me. It sort of did and I sent the prints. Check arrived the next day. All’s well that ends well, as Willy said.
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I ran my own shop after the market crashed in 2008 but was fortunate enough to keep a list of client contacts to reach out to after I was laid off. These are clients that followed me from place to place because of the service that I gave them, and I had only one of two that were slow pay.
I only accepted cash for additional prints or copies of descriptions when the client had the bill already paid for the original amount. I can say, for fact, I never got stiffed, even once.
Times are different now, in my current position, 50% down before the research even starts and the other 50% paid on delivery.
There are different methods of collecting credit card cards like the Square on your cell phone or by check, which I always preferred but I would avoid cash for tax purposes.
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