Article directories are websites that contain a lot of articles. Most of these articles are usually put there by the one that owns the copyright to them, and usually as a promotion method.

The way to make money with an article directory is to supply each article with your byline placed under it, so that everyone reading the article will a) know who wrote it, and b) will be able to visit your website to gather more information. By repeatedly using this method, people who are interested in your product or service will notice your articles, view you as knowledgeable about the topic, and may even end up visiting your website.

Even if you can not write anything about on the topic which you are promoting, you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. Getting top quality articles written is usually very expensive, however they will eventually pay for themselves, through affiliate sales (if you are promoting as an affiliate), or selling your own services.

Here's a real life example. Let's pretend that you are an accountant working from home, and you decide to write an article on a topic you feel familiar with; accounting. You then post it to various article directories. Those who are searching for information on the topic you wrote about will find, and read your article. They will notice that you indeed have the knowledge and skill they are looking for in order to some work for them, and ends up visiting your website to contact you.

The article you wrote just landed you a new client! This client may even decide to use your services regularly, and end up giving you a nice recurring profit. Now remember, since you have posted it on not one, but serveral free article directories, many others who have affiliate websites about accounting will find and use your article on their own website. The great thing about this, is that since they must attach your byline to it, they will help bringing you even more exposure - and sales!

There are several article directories out there for you to post your articles on. Your best course of action is to put a copy of each of your articles on as many as you can find for maximum exposure. This will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to even more new orders and more profit!

By Anders Eriksson
CEO and Owner Datorsam

Reading the current article top to bottom will give you an excellent understanding of Merchant Account Services in Canada.

In this day and age, it can be difficult to find a Canadian merchant account  supplier that offers it "ALL", discovering one single  card processor that is the "best" at everything just does not exist.

Merchants need to be hardheaded and snappy about making merchant account service decisions, you need to think twice before coming to a final decision or you may find yourself stuck with an arrangement that may not be "right" for your  companies  credit card processing needs.

Here is a valuable list of questions you want to ask yourself before applying for merchant account services are:

1. What will be my average ticket price per sale?

This will determine your Discount Rate on credit cards.

2. What will be my expected monthly business sales volumes on each card?

This also helps determine your discount rate on credit cards. The usual rule of thumb is: the lower your average ticket price and the higher your business volume the lower your Discount Rate will be.

Now don't make  numbers up when applying for credit card processing account(s) to try to acquire lower rates. The processor will realize your transactions are not what you claimed them to be on your initial application. In result, they will hike your Discount Rates ASAP and/or put a hold on your funds, in case of potential chargebacks. A Merchant Account supplier can hold your money for up to Dozen months too, so being completely honest about your business's transactions and volumes is exceedingly important.

3. How do expect to process transactions? Face-to-face, over the phone, fax, mail-order, internet? (You may like this video on internet merchant accounts.)

This tells the merchant account providers your "risk" value. Card present transactions are considered the lowest risk while any type of transaction that falls under the "MO/TO" (mail-order/telephone-order) umbrella as being the highest "risk" for credit card fraud. This affects your credit card Discount Rates.

4. How many transactions do I expect to do a day?

This will tell you what type solution you will need and how you should connect that solution. For fast transactions you will want to connect via the high-speed internet.

5. Will I have peak times that require speedy transactions?

Similar to as above, but you may want to have 2 POS Terminals for busy times to increase check-out speeds. As they say. "Time is Money!"

6. Is there a mobile or trade show element to my business?

You may require a wireless machine to fulfill your mobile components to your business.

7. Is my business seasonal?

If your business is seasonal you can save yourself a lot of money by applying for a seasonal merchant account. Basically, during your off-season you will have zero fees. Allowing you to only pay when you need the services as opposed to applying for a regular merchant services account and being dinged for minimum processing fees during your off-season.

8. What types of cards do I expect to receive? Consumer cards, business/corporate cards, international cards?

This crucial to know for two reasons. One being, that you will not be surprised by your "Mid-Qualified" and "Non-Quualified" fees. These fees are charged on top of your "Qualified" Discount Rates.

Two being, you will know to ask how the merchant account company structures their "Mid's" and "Non's". By knowing this you may find out that one company is less expensive then another after knowing their "Mid's & Non's" if a lot of your transactions fall under those premium rates.  Do not expect a merchant account sales rep to be transparent about these rates.  They make their money by what you don't ask.

By knowing how your business will handle payment processing, will enable you to provide the 'right' info to your merchant account company, so they can best recommend the proper solution for your business needs.

If you do not ask the 'right' questions then you risk finding yourself in a merchant account agreement that does not fit your business needs.

Thanks for reviewing this article, I hope you found the Canadian Merchant Account information useful.  You may find this Merchant Account Calculator really useful.

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