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daisydoc
07-25-2006, 03:48 PM
For all you ladies who have established businesses from home...
Are any of you accepting credit cards? And if so who did/do you go thru? Is it worth it for you?
Just trying to figure out what to do for myself and my new Cookie Lee Business. I had one guest at my first party ask me if I accepted credit cards; told her I wasn't yet. So I need to figure it out! Any advice you can lend would be great! Thank You!!!! :D
Lynette
07-25-2006, 05:35 PM
I haven't had anyone ask but if they did I would just use paypal probably.
I'm actually RIGHT NOW setting up a new site for my jewelry and it will be accepting credit cards via paypal
daisydoc
07-25-2006, 09:28 PM
Isn't pay pal just for web orders though? I need something I can use at/for my parties... b/c as of yet we are not allowed to sell our jewelry through our Cookie Lee websites... so everything I do is person-to-person.
Lynette
07-25-2006, 10:32 PM
Nope, if you have a Paypal account tied to your bank account, you can receive $$$. You don't need one to send money but you do to receive. Just give them your email address and they can do a one time transaction.
daisydoc
07-26-2006, 09:10 AM
Oh... okay... I will have to look into that! :)
justamom
09-02-2006, 07:23 PM
I am going to start using a local Work At Home Mom & Dad owned company this month. They do have a sales office but do most of their work from home. They are in Santa Rosa, and they have 2 very cute little boys.
They are very reliable, I met Regan throught The Parent Pack (http://theparentpack.bravehost.com), as well as The Mom Pack (http://www.mompack.com). They do not have a high mark up like some of the merchant processing companies. I think you can get a merchant account for as low as $15 per month, and their rates per transaction are the lowest I have found as well.
Regan is who you want to talk to if you are interested. Here is their site: http://www.alliedmerchantservices.org
Hope this helps!
daisydoc
09-02-2006, 10:11 PM
Thanks for that info Tina! I will give Regan a call to get some more specifics. Cookie Lee has one company we can go through but we can use whoever we want... so if I can find a better "deal/situation" that would be nice.
daisydoc
09-05-2006, 04:20 PM
Tina: talked to Regan today. She was really sweet and gave me all sorts of great options! now I just have to check on a few things but it looks like she's going to work out for me! Thanks again!
justamom
09-06-2006, 04:20 AM
I am glad it worked out for you. Good Luck with your new biz!!!
Ann: If you don't already have it, I'd go buy QuickBooks by Intuit. I got it last night to organize my photography income/expense and it's great. I got it at the Offie Depot by Bestbuy... I paid $99 for it and got a $75 mail in rebate!!
Marisa
09-06-2006, 02:28 PM
Jackie, Quickbooks is just the thing for small businesses! It's an awesome, customizable, expandable, user friendly program. If you need any help with setup let me know. Remember I was telling you about my own business dream? Check out my new website...
www.SnowBusinessSolutions.com (http://www.snowbusinesssolutions.com)
becky
09-06-2006, 03:44 PM
I got my quick books pro at costco....i didn;t want to have to worry about the rebate...i forget about those all the time.
i didn't even know i was going to get a rebate. Ya can't beat accounting software for $24 though!:yahoo
daisydoc
09-06-2006, 06:25 PM
thanks for that jackie! i have to go to office depot this week (probably going friday) so i'll pick it up! i don't have anything like that yet to keep track of my business stuff.
And... I will hopefully be ready to accept credit cards (master card & visa) in time for your party Jackie! :fingerscrossed so let your mom know that way if she places an order she can give the order, her card # and mailing address, ph # to you and we can take care of her order that way!
daisydoc
09-06-2006, 06:29 PM
Remember I was telling you about my own business dream? Check out my new website...
www.SnowBusinessSolutions.com (http://www.snowbusinesssolutions.com)
Wow marisa!!! great site! after i get quickbooks, if i need help, i'll call you!
Mom of 2
09-06-2006, 07:06 PM
Great site, Marisa.
Kate
Mom to Patty and Tyler
anna: If you can't do credit card payments by then, I can have my pc set up so ppl can paypal you money if you have an acct.
daisydoc
09-06-2006, 10:38 PM
okay... thanks! I have a paypal account only b/c I paid for my SCM senior membership that way! I haven't used it since!
here's something funny... after posting about getting quick books I remembered seeing a start-up window for it on a computer... so i went checking our computer and I have quickbooks! When we bought this computer it came in the software package and I didn't even know it! :duh So now I will make it my mission to figure out how to use it! And if that fails... well then I'll be calling Marisa! ;)
Marisa
09-07-2006, 12:39 PM
Yay, thanks for the support guys!