Merchant Services

Online Payment Gateway Our virtual gateways can make credit card processing money saving, which means your business pay less amount to process transactions. Merchant stronghold makes sure that every transaction is secure. In order to provide better direct marketing gateways, we have set ourselves apart from our competition. We offer services that are tailored for your business – A glimpse of our methods: Safe and Secure Processing: All the credit card processing transactions go through multiple secure servers means no data is stored on your business computer. This makes direct marketing processing safe and secure. Customer Support: The first thing that any business should focus upon is better customer support. Our team is available to help you deal with any payment issue. You can contact us and discuss issues and they will be resolve timely so that your direct marketing business thrives. eChecks: Gateway allows you to accept echecks too! Accept Credit Cards and eChecks in t...

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Reliable credit card processing is essential for businesses under MCC 4225 (Public Warehousing, farm products, etc.). Whether you are a small or large retailer, you need E-Commerce payment gateway that makes transactions easier for your customers.  Merchant Stronghold has systems that can support large number of sales on your existing website. Our credit card processing solution gives your business: A simplified checkout process – Easy to understand and use Ability to accept volume of transaction on debit and credit cards Industry Compatible standards to protection online data Fast and secure website credit card processing for customers Credit Card Processing for businesses under MCC 4225 No matter what type of merchant you are, we can set up an online credit card solution fit for your unique needs. Public Warehousing and farming businesses require direct integration of mobile tools. Many clients want to pay on the time of delivery, and if you have a fle...

Reliable Merchant Account Services There aren’t many merchant account providers who understand the worries of business owners. Every business has a size, some are small and others maybe big industries. Keeping these facts in consideration, we provide a solution that best fits your business needs. Our payment gateway can accept any card and electronic checks. We have more than one solution for your business. Those merchants who want to utilize mobile payments, our system can help you to accept payment from any android or apple smart phones too. All you need is our help, we will equip your business with modern gateways that will accept payments from everywhere in the world. Best Payment Gateway Provider Merchant Stronghold is one of the leaders in the merchant account industry. We offer payment Gateways and payment options that no one in this industry offers. Executing an agreement with merchant service provider is the first step towards accepting credit card payments. Be...

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Let’s now discuss various possible reasons for declination of application for credit card processing : Age: Your age is another factor for the denial of your request. If you are under 18, the issuer will not accept your request, as it is not the legal age. Your age is another factor for the denial of your request. If you are under 18, the issuer will not accept your request, as it is not the legal age. Incomplete application form: If you have not filled the application form completely or correctly, your application will be declined. So it is better to apply for credit card processing online as it will not submit your request until and unless all the fields are properly filled. Loan balance: If you want to apply for credit card processing , make sure that you pay your loan balance regularly if any. When you apply for credit card processing, your credit history is checked and if it is negative, the bank or the processor will hesitate to accept your request to avoid ri...

This article will arm you with knowledge to avoid common mistakes that are made while choosing a  credit card processor . These mistakes go as follows: Terms and Conditions There are a very few business owners who read the terms and conditions very carefully before signing the agreement for credit card processor as it is bulky and at times very confusing. This is the main reason why most of the businesses get surprised and bear the impacts of it on their revenue. So it is advisable to take your sweet time and go through it very carefully without missing any part of it. You never know what you will find in there and if something confuses you or generates suspicious, do not hesitate to ask your potential processor to get the clearer picture. Make sure that all the issues are resolved and clarified before signing the contract. Information about the Fee Charged Every credit card processor charges a nominal fee for its services but there are some processors that will t...

Merchant account for Timeshares Business Timeshares business offers various types of packages, vacation rentals, and airfares. It is considered as high risking business because credit card processing is high trafficked. The transactions also occur via phone and internet, and customers complain about services a lot. It takes a lot of time from booking to receiving, and because of it disputes are common. Few years back, timeshares merchants weren’t offered credit card processing because of frequent cancellations and refunds. Now  merchant account  providers are able to take the risk, but travel and related business must keep terms and conditions clear. Credit card fees and charges There are various fees associated with transactions, mostly depend on customer’s card and type of transaction. Cards such as American Express, debit, credit card, and type of business are the key factors. Banks don’t want chargebacks because these cost money so they monitor timeshares busines...

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If you are running a business that deals with sales and purchases, there might arise situations where you need to choose a new credit card processor , but it is not as easy as it seems. It is a big decision and before making a final call you should be aware of certain things, like Fee charged and contract, customer service department and cost-effective tool. Do the comparison, study the market and then make the final decision. Let us now discuss the 3 questions you should ask your new credit card processor before finalizing it: Structure of Fee Charged When you opt for such tools, you are charged with a certain amount of fee, but it is important to know what exactly those fees are, more commonly called breakage of fee. The fact is that most of the high risk merchants have no idea about the process and end up paying a high amount of fee without actually knowing the hidden high markups in their pricing structure. To process the transaction, an interchange part of pricing st...

All Multinational SEO’s organization required a credit card payments solution for their business. An SEO merchant account helps the SEO allow plastic card payments from customers, which is a complete must when managing with work that is 100% online. While the SEO field is beneficial and flourishing, it can be a tough task to find a SEO Merchant Account. Though, that’s where we at Merchant Stronghold have you covered. Web optimization - SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, helps your websites get to the top of Google search (1st Rank on Google search index). There are keywords and phrases that acquire more interest from Google and other search engines like Bing, Yahoo etc, and a SEO expert is a specialist at knowing accurately how to phrase your opening so that Google or other search engine can push you to the first page of search engine result page(SERP). Main search engines Google, Yahoo and Bing have mainly important first search results, where website’s pages and other cont...

When a brick-and-mortar business accepts credit or debit card payments for its products or services signature is collected from the customer and the customer is ordinarily physically present to present their card for payment. Having a signature is the merchant’s proof that the customer authorized payment, that the product or service was received and the customer was initially satisfied with their purchase. But, when an eCommerce business receives payment for an online order, cardholder verification, proof of delivery and customer satisfaction is more difficult because there has been no visual card examination or in-person customer contact with a written signature authorization. These are defined as card-not-present transactions. Customers who use credit and debit cards to make online purchases have an advantage over other customers because they can contact the bank who issued their card and ask for their money back when they are unhappy with a purchase, without first contacting...

When you set up a new business, along with many things that need to be sorted out you need to figure out how you would like to accept payment from your customers and this is one of the major obstacles, which most of the new business owner’s face. When you think about payment process, there are a few questions that need to be answered to find the solution. These questions are: Type of payments to be accepted Pros and cons of the chosen payment type Cost related to payment method. When you are learning about payment processing, you should get knowledge about all the possible payment methods in detail. Out of various methods, Credit Card is the most popular as well as preferred payment method among customers. Let us discuss the basic steps you need to follow to get started with credit card processing: – Setup a merchant account : To carry out the online financial transaction, we need to open a bank account to be able to accept payment online in multiple ways (credit ca...

Cruise Merchant accounts are considered high-risk businesses by MasterCard and Visa Card. Integrating online payment gateway on a cruise website requires unique features & merchants have to follow strict rules to get authorization. These websites are closely monitored by payment processors to ensure they follow industry regulations. Merchant Stronghold can provide your business website a payment gateway allowing you to run your business without worrying about external matters. Cruise line businesses require a special merchant account to process payments. This business is considered as high-risk by local and international banks because of various reasons. There are a number of reasons and most of them are because customer is not happy and wants a refund. Most cruises have a strict no cancellation policy that is why bank and payment processors don’t want to give them access to credit card processing. Start accepting credit cards at low rates Cruise lines offer one...

Today’s world is a competitive world and everyone is looking for quick success. We normally look towards people who have achieved certain milestone or are successful and try to follow their footstep. It has become a sort of fashion to read about successful people, adopt their principles and go as per to their opinion. It is always good to learn from others but your individual idea, vision, business goal, and principle are equally important. There are quite a good number of people out there in the world who can give you advice, teach you about business but until and unless you have a vision and ideas of your own, you will be lost in the mob. Here are a few steps that every new entrepreneur should keep in mind in order to survive in this highly competitive world: – Give your own meaning to success It is important to get guidelines and inspiration from those who have achieved success, but it is not advisable to follow them blindly. It is not a good idea to spend much of yo...

The answer for “how to get the access of payment gateway and accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover” in simple words is, the business needs to establish a Merchant Account. But, this doesn’t only solution as Merchant Account, is just the service that is provided by the banks that will help to accept the electronic mode of payment. Businesses can choose between the elaborate array of collections banks from across the world have ACH, Check Processing, Credit Card Acceptance , Point of Sale System, etc. The choice of services sometimes create a lot of confusion for business owners to choose the perfect services according to their business type and what are the exact requirements for the application of the Merchant Account. For the ease of business owners Merchant Stronghold, with their industrial experiences can help them to choose from the perfect option according to their business. For the application of Merchant Account the business owners need few of the basi...

Credit Card Processing Merchant Account Accept Credit Cards Easy with our MERCHANT ACCOUNT, Fast and Seamless ! If you are already processing , let us beat those rates. With the state of the art technology, give your customers the edge and grow your business with our Merchant Services and Credit Card Processing Solutions. Online Payment Gateway Our customized online Payment Gateway Solutions and Electronic Payment Solutions can help create innovation in sales techniques and an easier user experience for your customers. Chargeback Management and Fraud Monitoring Additional coat of protection for your business with Chargeback Management. Chargeback Prevention Alerts and Fraud Monitoring services to help ensure that your profits stay there and you are safe with your International Payment Solutions. Offshore Merchant Account Merchants now can process with one of many Merchant Stronghold global processing solutions and diversify your processing to a w...

All websites and companies need tech support in order to connect with their customers and solve any potential issues that appear. No matter what industryone pertains to, there will always be a need for tech support companies. However, with so many companies in the tech support world it will be very hard for you to stand out which is why we are here to help. We will provide you with a merchant account and a very good us payment gateways that will you boost your business and offer you better help to your customers. Why do you need a payment gateway and merchant account? If you want to have a high class, compliant tech support company you need to do all you can in order to streamline your financials. Not all support companies out there tend to deliver the utmost value which is why it can be nothing short of frustrating when a merchant problem appears and your business can’t get paid. Plus, many companies use only specific payment processors which make it even harder to get pai...

Credit Card processing In case you are facing problems to find at ease and reliable payment gateway for your organization that takes care of extended warranties then service provider Merchant Stronghold assist you to out. we have the exceptional technology that makes use of safe and secure virtual terminal to let you process credit card payments in retail or online commercial enterprise. CREDIT CARD PROCESSING SOLUTIONS FROM MERCHANT SPECIALIST We understand that you locate it difficult to get approved for the merchant account from a reputed financial institution. but you don’t need to worry at all. We’ve connections with some of the best banks and could help you to get began with merchant account fast. We have been dealing with extended warranties merchant accounts for so many years and our highly expert and skilled team is capable of designing flawless solutions for your business. We have been dealing with extended warranties merchant accounts for such a many yea...