Credit card payments.

[enduro]

Would it get you jobs if you offered customers this service? They could spread the cost of the tiling work on there card rather than paying you a cheque. Check out these card mobile card machine www.123send.net A guy i know has one and he is convinced it gets him work.

 

[hillhead]

sounds like a damn good idea !

 

[Rob Z]

Enduro, I had a guy tell me the other day that there is a way to get a card reader on a cell phone! One device to do it all. I just got a Blackberry, which is about all the new techie stuff I can manage for a while. 😀

 

[simhopper]

you can do this on a i-phone

Yes larger jobs i would say it would get you work but remember under section 75 on Visa cards chargebacks can easily happen

 

[Colour Republic]

I already accept cards via Google checkout and paypal but you have to remember the charges involved from 3.5% - 1.8% depending on monthly turn over. These fees can soon add up, so I don't mention I accept cards unless I think it will sway the deal. Banks charge monthly fees so you have to be doing a bit of businees via cards to make it worth while

The reason I use Google checkout is because it protects you from charge backs

 

[Colour Republic]

Looking at this 123mobile thingy, i think you have to have a Internet merchant account, these are fairly hard to get hold of unless you have had a standard merchant account for a year or have a good relationship with your bank

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no not for me!!

 

[Prem Tiler]

wouldn't bother guys. I think the public know to pay for a trade's man they need a cheque book, bacs payment or cold hard ca£h.

 

[enduro]

My point being say you go and price a job up for say £1000 but the customer gets a few other quotes around the same price, but the customer only has a budget of £800...But if they can put it onto there card and spread the cost and you are the only one offering this service you will probably get the job...Just a thought

 

[Ajax123]

My company used to put a 2% surcharge on for card payments and then offer a discount for direct bank transfer payments. Stopped dealing with Cash abot 7 years ago and really don't know why people use cheques anymore for large sums of money. Much more secure using online banking IMO.