Need a Merchant Account For Your Busines? Checkout Encore Payment Systems

October 5, 2008 By Matthew Paulson

If you own a retail business, it’s absolutely critical that you have some sort of merchant account for credit card processing. Merchants who only accept cash and checks lose out on a substantial amount of sales volume simply because many people do not carry cash anymore. They depend on electronic payment methods such as credit cards and debit cards to pay for their everyday purchases. Not having a merchant account is telling the increasing percentage of the population which doesn’t carry cash to not come into your store.

One company which offers merchant accounts is Encore Payment Systems. Encore offers premium merchant services including credit card processing, check conversion and gaurantee services, gift card programs, and total processing solutions, so whatever your needs are for credit card processing, Encore can help.

Their credit card processing system will enable you as a business to accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, Diners Club and JCB. You’ll be able to accept every major credit card and do so in a safe and secure fashion. Their credit card processing service captures signatures which help you reduce the amount of chargebacks, verify the age of the customer, prevent fraud, and provide very advanced reporting tools.

Encore also offers a unique gift card service which will help your business start offering gift cards to yor customers. They’re great for spas, salons, restaurants, and specialty retail stores. They allow merchants to make high-margin sales, and the full value is rarely ever used, this is essentially free money for the merchant. The costs for giftcards are also extremely minimal and a winning plan for most retail businesses.

Their total payment system is perhaps the last payment system you’ll ever need. You can use it to accept checks, gift cards, credit cards, and debit cards. It’s a great all in one solution that’ll help you take just about every type of payment that’s not cold, hard cash.

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