Best CC for a business: Consider working with a local bank an establish a line of credit. Basically the same thing as a credit card, and you are devloping a relationship that may prove very valuable down the road.
For accepting CCs: I have thought about (but haven't set it up yet) Google Checkout. They charge 2% plus $0.20 per transaction - no other fees, etc... My idea is that when a customer wants to pay via CC, I put the charge on my site, hand them an instruction sheet about how to do it via Google, and take the payment online. Most "I really want to pay with a card" folks are probably tech savy enough to handle this.
The same thing could be done via Pay Pal, but that costs more for the merchant.
If they don't want to do online, I may have a form they fill out and sign that I could enter the info online if they prefer (I need to confirm the legality of that though...)
For accepting CCs: I have thought about (but haven't set it up yet) Google Checkout. They charge 2% plus $0.20 per transaction - no other fees, etc... My idea is that when a customer wants to pay via CC, I put the charge on my site, hand them an instruction sheet about how to do it via Google, and take the payment online. Most "I really want to pay with a card" folks are probably tech savy enough to handle this.
The same thing could be done via Pay Pal, but that costs more for the merchant.
If they don't want to do online, I may have a form they fill out and sign that I could enter the info online if they prefer (I need to confirm the legality of that though...)
