Many merchants have online forms that emails the results to them with the customer order information. The real danger happens where the information isn’t encrypted every step of the way. I’m going to go over a quick guide on how to make sure if you do this, that information is never left exposed to hackers. (more…)
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Tags: email, merchant account, order forms, ssl 
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I spoke with a few business people who were overseas this week, two in the UK and another in India. They all were doing big monthly volume but their rates were in the 3-4.1 percent range which is really insane compared to what we get here in the U.S. They explained that it was common to see these rates in other countries. (more…)
I was speaking with a friend the other day and the issue of Google Adwords came up (the program where you bid on keywords and when someone clicks your ad, they are taken to your site and you pay that .10 cents or whatever your bid was). The talk turned to how expensive it can be, but after giving some general tips there was one more most people don’t think to do, that’s plan their campaigns geographically. (more…)
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Whether to buy or lease office equipment depends on several factors. Of course, it costs more to lease in the end, but the tax advantages can really take the sting off the interest in many cases. Here’s the factors involved: cash on hand, how many deductions your business is going to have for the year, and something most people don’t consider, security. (more…)
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Antivirus programs can be a bit of a racket. Buy it the first time, then it’s good for a year of virus updates, then they hit you up for 80% of the retail purchase price every year. If you don’t pay for updates, and a new virus comes out, the program probably won’t be able to detect it.
The good news is there are several truly free anti virus programs out there that stay up to date, but without the annual fees. (more…)
