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The 5 BigCommerce Apps Your Store Needs Today
Featured Article The 5 BigCommerce Apps Your Store Needs Today

Feeling the pinch of competition? Desiring to elevate your sales? Ecommerce retargeting is the silver bullet you’re looking for. This robust marketing approach leverages technology to cater ads to individuals who’ve previously engaged with your brand online or visited your ecommerce store. By embracing this strategy, you will replace one-size-fits-all ads with personalized product suggestions […]

The 5 BigCommerce Apps Your Store Needs Today The 5 BigCommerce Apps Your Store Needs Today
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Feeling the pinch of competition? Desiring to elevate your sales? Ecommerce retargeting is the silver bullet you’re looking for. This robust marketing approach leverages technology to cater ads to individuals who’ve previously engaged with your brand online or visited your ecommerce store. By embracing this strategy, you will replace one-size-fits-all ads with personalized product suggestions […]

5 ways to automate WordPress with Zapier to grow your business 5 ways to automate WordPress with Zapier to grow your business
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As a leading merchant services provider, we aim to help businesses run more efficiently, both financially and logistically.  Crafting blog posts, managing social media promotions, and maintaining content archives can be overwhelming. That’s where automation comes in. Our services provide financial efficiency, while Zapier streamlines your logistical processes. Zapier is a powerful tool that integrates […]

What Is Magento or Adobe Commerce and Why Should You Use It In Your Business? What Is Magento or Adobe Commerce and Why Should You Use It In Your Business?
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Magento was one of the oldest players in the ecommerce space, building a reputation as an extremely capable, reliable, and secure sales platform. Today, Magento has been rolled into Adobe Commerce, a one-stop ecommerce solution from the same company that powers creativity across countless industries. Adobe Commerce offers all the same benefits that made Magento […]

Cost-Effective Payment Gateways Cost-Effective Payment Gateways
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Payment gateways are one of the most important parts of the technology stack that drives every merchant’s ability to accept electronic payments of all types. Because you need a gateway of some kind to sell, choosing the right one is an important part of setting yourself up for success, minimizing fees, and ensuring your payment […]

Best Ecommerce Website Builder Best Ecommerce Website Builder
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Ecommerce has become an increasingly important part of consumers’ lives, especially in the wake of the global pandemic, which saw a decade’s worth of ecommerce adoption occur in just a few months. With selling online now a more important part of doing business than ever, many merchants are quickly scrambling to modernize websites or get […]

Next Day Funding And Your Business Next Day Funding And Your Business
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Next day funding is a credit card processing feature that sees the funds from a merchant’s sales hit their bank account in a single business day.  If you’re currently taking credit card payments, you’re probably used to waiting at least two business days to access your funds. Next day funding eliminates that wait. It shortens […]

The Ideal Merchant Account Solution: Payment Processing with BAMS The Ideal Merchant Account: Payment Processing with BAMS
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Your merchant account is a key aspect of your company’s operations, growth, and overall success. And, while there is no shortage of options on the market today, only a few payment processors offer the service, support, and pricing necessary to truly stand out. BAMS is a leading processor providing merchant accounts designed specifically to offer […]

Ordering Online: How the Global Pandemic Changed the Restaurant Industry for Good Ordering Online: How the Global Pandemic Changed the Restaurant Industry for Good
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A few years ago, ordering in was more likely to mean picking up the phone than opening a web browser or firing up an app. But things have changed. Today, online ordering is expected from a restaurant, and failure to offer it to customers may very well mean losing them. The extreme importance of online […]

Why Merchants Need a Payment Processor Offering Next Day Funding Why Merchants Need a Payment Processor Offering Next Day Funding
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Fast access to cash is crucial for all types of businesses, and the smaller the business, the more important it is. But the traditional funding process often sees merchants wait three business days, or occasionally even more, before getting access to the money from their sales. Next day funding offers a solution to that problem […]

Preventing Fraud-Related Chargebacks In E-Commerce Preventing Fraud-Related Chargebacks In E-Commerce
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Chargebacks are an unfortunate reality of doing business, and sometimes customers are fully within reason to file one. But, what happens when chargebacks are abused? Unfortunately, the dispute process is heavily weighted towards the customer, and far too many merchants have fallen victim to lost revenue from fraudulent chargebacks. But, like all types of fraud, […]

How to Use Apple Cash How to Use Apple Cash
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Apple Cash is a new digital payment product designed to make it even easier for Apple device users to send, receive, and manage their money. It works in conjunction with Apple Pay and the Messages App, providing users with a complete, one-stop payment solution. Apple Cash creates a virtual debit card in the user’s digital […]

Next Day Funding: Are Funds Always Available Right Away? Next Day Funding: Are Funds Always Available Right Away?
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Next day funding is a feature offered by payment processors that provides merchants with access to the money from sales one business day after transactions are processed. It’s a highly beneficial feature, especially for merchants doing heavy business on weekends, as it ensures cash is available as quickly as possible, improving financial health, emergency management, […]

What is a Payment Gateway? What is a Payment Gateway?
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Payment gateways are a crucial tool in both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar sales, but many merchants don’t necessarily understand what their gateways do or why they really need to have one at all. With that in mind, the following is a quick refresher on what gateways are, how they work, and why they’re so important.    […]

How to Use TOAST POS: Getting Your Restaurant Setup How to Use TOAST POS: Getting Your Restaurant Setup
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If you’re considering switching your restaurant over to Toast POS, you have some decisions to make regarding your services, your hardware, and – importantly – your transaction fees. The following is a brief overview of what it takes to start using Toast POS, its unique benefits, and what the alternatives are if it isn’t the […]

New Trends in EMV Payments New Trends in EMV Payments
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The past few years have seen a sea of change in the payments industry and the role that EMV payment cards play in the lives of consumers. Worldwide health measures have changed the way we pay in-person, and, today, cash is no longer king – so much so that many consumers no longer carry any […]

How Advanced Merchant Reporting Can Improve Business Intelligence How Advanced Merchant Reporting Can Improve Business Intelligence
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Knowledge is power, yet many merchants operate with an incomplete picture of their payment processing, their transaction history, their ongoing and historical disputes, and more. Advanced merchant reporting tools offered by some payment processors are designed to provide merchants with insights into those key areas in a fast, efficient, and easily-digestible way.  Merchant reporting tools […]

How Next Day Funding Helps Merchants Eliminate the Waiting Game How Next Day Funding Helps Merchants Eliminate the Waiting Game
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The average customer might think that the second they complete a credit or debit card transaction, the funds from the purchase go directly into the merchant’s bank account – but they’d be wrong. In reality, most merchants have to wait two or even three business days to access their funds due to the standard holds […]

What are POS Integrations? How POS Software Delivers More Value What are POS Integrations? How POS Software Delivers More Value
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Point-of-sale systems are mission-critical tools for retailers and restaurants, providing the system through which sales are made, and inventory is controlled. But POS systems can do a lot more than just process transactions if a merchant has the right integrations. Integrations allow merchants to squeeze extra value out of their POS systems, simplifying tasks, leveraging […]