The short answer is no...unless they feel like breaking the ( at least in the US) law for you, or you run the card's on your terminal in the shop, which also violates the credit card companies rules, but some small places do it. Either way, 1 or 2% is below what anyone will charge you per transaction. A little below 3% can be had, but you would have to look around. I can say that we have been selling merchant account to small and large companies for their web sites for a few years and I have never seen an interest rate anywhere near 2 percent, no matter how established they are.
I would think there has to be banks in Trinidad that issue merchant accounts though, or maybe go for one of those alternative payment methods. Western Union and Paypal come to mind. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, November 28, 2002, 11:33:28 AM, you wrote: AS> Hey all, AS> I'm looking to start up a website called www.islandgamers.com that will AS> cater to the electronic entertainment community in Trinidad. AS> That is, consoles, games etc. AS> This one will be a store, selling stuff like game consoles, LCD Screens, AS> Speaker systems, Televisions etc. that are difficult to find at retail AS> locally. AS> But I was wondering, if I accept payment over the net...do I really need AS> a merchant account? Are there companies that would front a Merchant AS> Account for me and take a 1% or 2% of the transaction or something like AS> that so I can have real time credit card processing without having to go AS> through a US bank? AS> -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
