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http://www.TradeSafe.com had a $0.50 plus 3.5% fee for credit cards for auctions on 5.26.00.
http://www.PayByCheck.com had a one time fee of about $50. Then it costs $1.36 per verified check. What do you think about this service on a scale of 1 to 10? Since most people are honest, I would rather just take their check and trust them.
http://www.Wave.com had a system for digital content where you set up an account by credit card and then buy from your acoount. A minimum of $5 sets up an account. There are free items to "buy". The rates of return on Aug 99 were:
- from $0.01 to $2.99 we get 50% and wave gets 50%
- from $3.00 to $9.99 we get 60% and wave gets 40%
- from $10.00 to $24.99 we get 70% and wave gets 30%
- from $25.00 to $99.99 we get 80% and wave gets 20%
- from $100.00 up we get 90% and wave gets 10%
- Their online store is at: http://www.great-stuff.com
http://www.ibill.com had free set up for web merchant credit card service. They charge for a piece of the action.
http://www.BillPoint.com had a free set up and charged 4% with a minimum charge of $1.99. One of the best I have seen so far.
http://www.BigStep.com had a free set up.
- "The monthly account rate is just $14.95, plus $0.15 per transaction, as well as a 2.67 percent discount rate."
http://www.amazon.com had zSHOPS. They appear to be a good way to merchandise most anything. They appear to cost anyone 10 cents for 2 weeks of shelf time, plus 5%, or less when the item is more expensive. You get their search and recommend engines. It appears that using their credit card processes costs 25 cents and 2.5% of the transaction. [2.23.00]

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Free server offered at http://www.encanto.com/index_nf.html for this summer for small businesses. Their price of admission was a two year contract at $60 for the server, their e-commerce software and their ISP support with heavy traffic pages on their server. [ 4.16.99]

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