Please advise which companies offer international merchant accounts. I need a complete solution for e-business. Thank you for your replies.
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Please advise which companies offer international merchant accounts. I need a complete solution for e-business. Thank you for your replies.
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Um, 2CheckOut.com might be good...
Also do an affiliate program. Chris has a site that could promote you and I will soon.
worldpay, not really a merchant account, but I don't know of any true merchant account providers that cater to non-US businesses.
You might want to go to authorize.net and browse through their resellers.
Yeah. Worldpay's pretty good. I've done some work with worldpay in the past.
If you want a complete merchant account, then you can get one from Barclays bank if you're in the UK.
What about using http://www.ez-charge.com? These guys offer a full offshore merchant account with payment gateway facilities and sophisticated fraud-detection system.
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Worldpay and Barclays offer internet merchant accounts for non-US customers.
Both systems are very similar but of the two I'd say Barclays ePDQ is better as it offers a more sophisticated order tracking system you can manage from your own site.
I recommend you to use ikobo.com . It offers merchant accounts, shopping cart facility and credit card processing facility. Its merchant account has no setup fee, and its transaction fees are lower than other companies. Its coverage is in more than 170 contries and 220 regions. When you will use it you will enjoy the pleasure of it for the speedex of your online business.
Just a quick question: How are you affiliated with ikobo.com?
I would advise everyone against using ikobo.
I second that. Ikobo is a company to avoid.
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incka:Quote:
Originally posted by incka
Just a quick question: How are you affiliated with ikobo.com?
My affiliation with ikobo is of a satisfied customer. Their services have satisfied my online money transfer needs and also my online business needs. Earlier than that i used paypol and wanted a better solution, which i got later on.
Well I'm unsure if to believe you with both Chris and Foster's guy advising against it...
I'm not after a merchant account, if I were, I'd use WorldPay or Barclays (if I had a business account). But just out of interest, what are the problems people have had with ikobo.com?
The only people I've ever seen giving a good review of Ikobo were obviously paid by Ikobo to do it, like Ice. I have personally removed dozens of posts here and at Sitepoint that are obviously by paid employees of Ikobo. I would never trust my money to a company that has to resort to that kind of marketing.
You can notice the spam posts because all the posters are from countries like China or Pakistan. They all speak in broken English. They all have low post counts, and only post about how great Ikobo is. They often carry on conversations with each other.
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There are threads about it at WebmasterWorld and WHT (and a few other places which I can't remember at the moment).Quote:
Originally posted by chromate
But just out of interest, what are the problems people have had with ikobo.com?
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you can explore paypol and ikobo . Both provide merchant accounts. Ikobo's fees are lowest than paypol. Ikobo is economical. You can make a comparison by visiting their web sites to determine which one is more economical.
Not another one!
That is crazy, them finding this thread so quickly.
ice and Banoo are proboally the same guy anyways....
Well, well, well...
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Stay well clear of this fraudulent site ez-charge.com. I have been defrauded of the sum of $2500 set up fee. They send you all the details, then ask you to wire the set up fee to a latvian bank, then you hear no mkore from them. Their email ISP is based in Ukraine and the website was thrown off their last provider for being a suspected fraudulant site. The address in Hong Kong is just a front. Website owners should do a thourough check on this if you dont believe me.
I have heard worldpay is a good merchant account, but am not sure what the setup fee is. However world pay provides world wide access and the best thing is that you dont always need credit cards to buy stuff you can also bill from your phone line which is really good.
2checkout which incka posted looks pretty good.
I've developed with worldpay before and it is really good. Can't remember what the setup fee is though.
hey chromate, Im kinda new to the whole merchant thing I was wondering that when they buy something what information of there's do they leave behind.
Depends how you have it set up. Most merchant handlers provide an different ways of interfacing with their payment systems. So it really depends what information you want to collect and what the merchant handler requires.
Check out the developer's section on the WorldPay website under the integration options. You'll get an idea of the information that can be collected.
yeah!! 2CO rules.... i use their services and im very pleasedQuote:
Originally Posted by incka
What makes 2c0 better than paypal?
Worldpay may be good, but their fees are pretty much out of this world. With a £100 setup fee and another £160 per year Worldpay is, I think, out of reach for many many people. I know it was like this for me at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebillionaire
Depends what kind of level of business you're going into. If you're spending a few thousand pounds to acquire stock and then another thousand or so on advertising, then worldpay's fees are pretty small in comparison. Also remember that their charges "per transaction" are quite a bit lower than other merchant handlers, so if you have a reasonable turnover, you're likely to make the subscription fees back a few times over. It would quite likely work out cheaper compared with other merchant handlers.
Just depends what your needs are. And no, I don't work for WorldPay ;)
2CO will never be an option for me. It gave me only sorrow. Look what other users say about them.: for some strange reason THEY RESIST TO DELIVER my money to my account, the money has been lost for almost two months and nobody WANTS to help on their help Desk, they only give me excuses and all sort of lies but I don't have my money, I opened a complaint on the BBB and I still don't have a response, I FAXed them, opened too many tickets at their helpdesk, and I even CALLed them and they hung up on me on the phone, AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS IS CALLED FRAUD. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND OPEN A SUCCESFULL BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET DON'T WORK WITH 2CHECKOUT they are a pain in the backside!Quote:
Originally Posted by thebillionaire
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I don't want to be in the same situation. I use ikobo now. They are secure and reliable.
I guess you're right. I for one don't plan on spending thousands of pounds. Not by a long shot. I'm only in this to make a decent living, in my country a thousand pounds is for most people their income for 2 years, so I think you get my point. This one of the reasons I've chosen ikobo, don't regret it so far, but as I said before I also agree with you, Worldpay may be good for some.Quote:
Originally Posted by chromate
Don't worry, I for one, am not going to accuse you or anyone else of working for Worldpay or whichever other company. :)
The other nice thing about WorldPay is that you can take orders over the phone, fax or post using a simple web interface. Handy if you plan to run offline ads, as I will be - eventually! :)
Worldpay is indeed very good, but also VERY VERY expensive. Right now i can't find the exact fees on their website, and believe me I've tried (guess they're not too proud of them :D ), but from what I remember it was something like 200 pounds to set up and another 190 per year or per month or something. I think I've heard someone saying they've raised them even higher, although I don't know for sure since their website is so cryptic when it comes to informing the customer about their fees.
You have to get a quote from them these days. I think it's £100 to setup and £160 subscription per year. 4.5% commission on credit cards and £0.50 per transaction on debit cards.
They're not cheap, but considering the service, they're not too pricey either.
Full details http://www.xela.co.uk/services/e-payment
Yes if you sign up I get a commission, but since it seems nobody else publishes accurate pricing online in an 'immediately visible' format I hope nobody will mind..
I checked these very recently, so the prices are right. FWIW although obviously I admit the commission makes me biased (it cost us > £1000 to become a Worldpay Accredited Partner) I have been recommending their services since before we actually became accredited. Their customer services are excellent and their pages extremely customisable. They are also quick and (with one hashup in memory by way of exception) extremely reliable.
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Well...it sure seems like that to me, I mean I know they may not be as good as Worldpay, but services such as 2checkout, ikobo and others (Paypal too, but I can't use it) are infinitely cheaper and I think offer decent services. Wouldn't you agree?Quote:
Originally Posted by chromate
Not sure about 2checkout. I think someone said that they're only really worth it for single item purchases for some reason. Their per transaction charge of 5.5% is pretty high really, especially if you're doing a lot of business. However, if you're selling only a few low valued products a month, then 2checkout is probably worth it.
But if you're turning over 6 figures worth, then the setup and subscription charges at worldpay are pretty insignificant really. Even a 1% more transaction charge (as with 2 checkout) is gonna eat up 1000 or more of your profits.
If I was doing a lot of business, I would probably get the merchant account bit from Barclays. They only charge 2.18% per transaction and £125 setup. However, monthly subscription is £25! But as I say, if you're doing a lot of business then it would work out cheaper to have the lower transaction charge.
I'm not an expert on these things, but if I was gonna start an ecommerce store (as I hope to) then I've heard enough good reports about worldpay to use them at least for secure payment processesing.
I've heard a few people say to avoid ikobo altogether.
And to my mind only the merchant who runs a very profitable business can use worldpay. And if you’re new, I think it’s worth looking for something cheaper.