Hosted by Maria Sparagis, president of DirectPayNet, and payment solutions expert for entrepreneurs in the high risk industries of supplements, dating, business opportunities, gambling and more. On this podcast, Maria shares her knowledge on how to reduce decline ratios, add thousands of dollars to your bottom line with a few simple conversion hacks, and maximize revenue while keeping your high-risk merchant accounts happy and healthy. As a cryptocurrency advocate since 2012, Maria will also share her knowledge on the digital currency markets. Maria has worked with several high level entrepreneurs in Direct Marketing including Christian Hudson, Julian Reyes, Jeremy Schoemaker “ShoeMoney”, Mike Chang and many more. She has been featured in American Banker, Vice, Inside Bitcoins, Coindesk, and Yahoo. Connect with Maria mariasparagis.com or directpaynet.com
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episode 102: How to Sell in America as a Foregin Business Owner
Non-US business owner? Selling to Americans? Trouble with payment processing? All your questions, answered here.
On this episode of Uncensored Direct Marketing, I'll walk you through three options for getting local payment processing for your business. We’ll also take an in-depth look at the differences between payment aggregators and merchant accounts, as well as when it makes sense to use Stripe.
So first things first, let’s talk about what exactly a payment aggregator is and how it differs from a merchant account. A payment aggregator is like a middleman that processes payments on behalf of businesses that don’t have their own merchant accounts. With a merchant account, your transactions are processed directly so they're more secure and reliable overall.
Stripe is one of the most popular payment aggregators in the world. Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT a merchant account provider. You do not get your own merchant account when you sign up for Stripe or PayPal or BrainTree or any aggregator. That's why it's so fast to sign up. But be careful, many Stripe users get their accounts terminated and funds frozen.
Instead, listen for our 3 options to get real payment processing--especially if you run a high-risk business like supplements or dropshipping.
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Maria Sparagis Website: http://mariasparagis.com
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