Regular ecommerce merchant accounts are expensive. But ecommerce【S1】______service provider

Regular ecommerce merchant accounts are expensive. But ecommerce 【S1】______

service providers promote "free merchant accounts" as alternatives

to help for online business owners to reduce the cost of handling 【S2】______

online transactions. You can start with selling your products on the 【S3】______

Internet without the hefty upfront cost of a regular ecommerce

merchant account. Though free merchant accounts are, of course, 【S4】______

not completely free. There're several options to conduct in online 【S5】______

transactions cost-effectively.

3rd Party Credit Card Processors You can handle online credit

card for processing without a merchant account. 3rd party credit card 【S6】______

processors are companies that accept credit card orders on behalf

of other online businesses. They process the transactions and

send you a monthly payment. If you don't sell, you don't pay. However,

the credit card processors charge you by a few extra percentage points 【S7】______

on transactions in comparison to having your own ecommerce 【S8】______

merchant account.

Discount Merchant Accounts Merchant banks may waive setup fee

and even monthly fee under certain conditions while charging a 【S9】______

higher transaction fee. You do have your own merchant account

in comparing to the option of using a third part credit card processor. 【S10】______

If you don't process, you don't pay.

Merchant Account Bandied with Ecommerce Hosting

Ecommerce hosting companies offer merchant account as part of

hosting package. But they will waive your setup fee and monthly fee if 【S11】______

you sign up with their ecommerce hosting package. They charge by a 【S12】______

few percentage points on transactions.

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