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Which Merchant Account Provider is Better – BAMS, Braintree or QuickBooks Merchant Services?

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Choosing a merchant services provider is a serious task and picking the wrong merchant account can result in headaches with integration, unnecessarily high fees, and delays in deposits reaching a merchant’s bank account. Merchants choosing between BAMS, Braintree, and QuickBooks Merchant Services – three of the most popular merchant services providers on the market – have a lot to think about, as each company provides highly capable and feature-rich offerings. However, there are some significant differences between the three, and this article aims to compare and contrast them in three key areas; pricing, support, and onboard features. 

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The Basics of Interchange Fees – What They Are, What They Cover, and How They’re Calculated

Interchange Fees

Merchants are all painfully aware of the fact they’re charged fees on the card transaction they put through, but many don’t understand what those fees are made up of. While those fees contain a number of different components, the largest portion is made up of the interchange fee. Interchange fees are charged on every single credit card transaction regardless of who a merchant partners with for their payment processing, so it’s important to understand at least the basics of what they are and how they’re calculated. 

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Why You Should Consider BAMS Over Stripe

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You have a choice when it comes to deciding upon the right payment processing solutions for your business. A choice that is undoubtedly met with a wide variety number of options.

As credit card and digital wallet usage continue to accelerate, it’s important that you partner with a platform that does more than just work in the here and now. It should be able to scale with your business and counter every bump along the road. It should function as part of the bigger picture, working cohesively alongside your other adopted solutions.

For those in e-commerce, this proves even more important as you manage the infrastructure needed to secure customer data and allow your business to thrive. When making your decision, here’s why you should consider BAMS over Stripe.

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Two Credit Card Policies Your Business Needs to Set in Stone

Credit cards are a big part of every business. If your store isn’t equipped for credit card transactions, you’ve already put a huge roadblock in the way of your company’s growth. But if you don’t have clear in-store and internal policies, even the best merchant services can’t help your business navigate new regulations. Here are two policies that your business needs to create and regularly review:

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Tangible Benefits of Adding a Loyalty Card to Your Loyalty Program

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Loyalty cards are becoming a staple of the modern shopping experience. That means companies that don’t include loyalty programs, discount cards, and other incentives for recurring shopping trips are likely to miss out on return customers. Many companies are starting to centralize their loyalty programs in an app, but that doesn’t mean they’re getting rid of their cards. Here are two reasons to make sure a physical card is part of your program:

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Get Better Insight into Your Core Target Markets by Offering Online Gift Cards

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Every marketing strategy your business employs requires insight and data analysis. It’s hard to understand what drives consumer behavior without knowing the consumers. If you can’t track spending and customer behavior, then you have to wait and hope for sales instead of driving sales. But if your company offers consumable products and services that are popular for gift cards, you have another layer of consumer obscurity to penetrate because you’re dealing with two very different customer personas.

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3 Great Reasons to Buy Online Gift Cards

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Gift cards have only been around about 20 years. Before that, is was paper gift certificates and not many of them, as the giver preferred a more “personal touch,” meaning that actually going to the store and purchasing the gift was not only more labor-intensive but more “thoughtful.” As more establishments began offering gift cards, the variety was embraced by the general public and they took off fast and hard. At this time every store, restaurant and sub shop we enter has their own gift cards to purchase, and many sell a multitude of others. We, the public, have determined that gift cards are good, but of course the less scrupulous among us have found ways to defraud consumers and those same stores, restaurants, etcetera.  BAMS can help you get set up to begin selling gift cards immediately.

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