I’ve tried a lot of different hosts and packages over the years. Godaddy, Justhost, Wild West, and most recently 1and1 (which all my sites are on now). If you’re going to run a business, there’s some important things to know ahead of time. I only found these things out the hard way, so I’ll spare you some time and grief. Read full story »

Offshore merchant accounts are different than high risk merchant accounts. The rates are typically %2-%4 higher than what you can get in the states. The main reason is overseas banks aren’t as competitive as they are in the U.S. Just because a company is offshore doesn’t mean they should pay sky high fees and rates though. It all boils down to Read full story »

As may or may not know, I’ve spoken with about 6,000 business opportunity seekers over the last 16 years. There’s a separate business I’ve done with a business partner for many years and I thought I’d take the chance to give you the heads up on how things have changed if you plan on offering business opportunities to make a living today. It’s not good news. Read full story »

If you’re an existing high volume merchant doing a lot of business, you can very likely have your merchant account or master merchant account fees and rates reduced simply by shopping around. To do this you’ll need a merchant account underwriter (not just an agent) who knows the banks and isn’t just locked into one with a “take it or leave it” rate. Even if you went directly to some banks with a high volume business, they simply wouldn’t give you the lowest rate, I’ll explain. Read full story »

If you’ve seen the Google home page over the last several days they’ve forced background images if you didn’t login and turn it back to the “Google original” page. This was a bid by Google to Read full story »