6 Ways Working Capital Financing Is Better Than an Anchorage Loan
In a tight spot? A little extra cash flow at the moment could help you cover costs like payroll, inventory, and marketing if you’re coming up short. Unfortunately, taking out an Anchorage loan can be an arduous process that doesn’t meet your immediate needs and ultimately hurts your credit score (especially if you’ve had to […]
It’s Time to Invest in a POS System for Your Restaurant
Restaurants handle a high volume to cash and credit cards every day, which means a great POS system is a breath of fresh air for owners and bookkeepers. POS simply means “point of sale” and it generally refers to a computerized system used to manage your business. This can include everything from tracking sales to […]
When It Comes To Merchant Services, “Buy Local”
“Going with what seems to be the lowest price quote you can find might end up producing the lowest value, too.” – Merchant Maverick Merchant Maverick wrote an article on the Top 5 Most Common Complaints Against Merchant Service Providers, talking about everything from bad customer service to outlandish leasing agreements. As a local, Anchorage-based […]
How to Pick the Right Merchant Services Provider for Your Startup
Merchant services is a big industry with lots of options to choose from. You want to get your startup off the ground and processing credit cards on the right foot! Here is our quick guide to finding the right merchant services provider for a business at its beginnings. 1. Research Their Customer Support Services – […]
Mobile Payment for Startups (What It Is and How It Works)
In your research for the right merchant services provider for your startup, you have probably come across terms like “mobile payment” and “near-field communication (NFC)” and wondered what potential benefits these technologies might have for getting your business started off right. Apple Pay was the first major mobile wallet to come to market in 2014, […]
Find the Right Merchant Services for Your Retail Business
Pick the right merchant services provider for your business in retail! It can be tough to know which factors are important to consider when you’re just getting started with credit card processing. After 20 years in the industry, we think we’ve got it figured out–read our advice! Note: This article assumes a basic knowledge of […]
5 Tips to Decrease Your Retail Business’s Credit Card Processing Fees
Unless you are a very high-end retailer, your profit margins are likely low. This makes cutting costs and saving money is an ongoing concern for your business. If you want to decrease credit card processing fees, take a look at these 5 tips! We hope you can find something that works for you. Before you […]
5 Ways to Lower Your Startup’s Credit Card Processing Fees
When you’re strapped for cash in the startup phase of your business, you look for cost-cutting opportunities wherever you can. Credit card processing fees are a great place to start! Check out these 5 tips for lowering your rates. Note: Industry terms ahead! This article assumes basic knowledge of credit card processing fees and how […]
How to Unlock Customer Analytics and Maximize Revenue
You’ve probably heard of analytics before. It’s an incredibly powerful tool that helps you understand how your business interacts with customers. In this post, we’ll focus on analytics that looks at physical customer interactions. However, there are a huge number of online tools that we’ll touch on as well. Most businesses already do some kind […]
How Is Clover’s Virtual Terminal so Powerful?
Modern business has some unique challenges. More than likely, you’re juggling multiple income streams through in-store and online sales, and when you’re considering different technologies that can help streamline your revenue streams, you have to worry about things like data security and hidden fees. We’ve written before about how great Clover’s point of sale systems […]