Years ago most retail stores had a layaway option. This simply meant you could make installment payments on an item you wanted to purchase but lacked the funds to buy the item with one single payment. For various reasons many stores dropped layaway as a consumer option but in recent years it has seen a […]
About Wayne Akey
Providing ACH and credit card payment solutions guaranteed to save businesses time and money. You can find Wayne on Google +. A specialist in ACH Integration for software/ASP providers looking to emdbed payment processing capabilities. Read about Integration. View my LinkedIn profile here
Best Practices for Images in Email Marketing
When you send an email to your opt-in list, what are the best ways to handle images? How you manage images can strongly influence your email’s success. Make sure the images are inserted correctly, and balanced with the right amount of text. Avoid Attachments Do not attach images to your email. Why? Computer users have […]
ACH Processing and Recurring Billing
ACH Processing and Recurring Payments: Match Made in Heaven ACH Processing and credit card processing both have pros and cons. The big plus for credit cards is the ability to know at the time of the transaction that the purchaser has the requisite funds and these funds WILL be paid to the merchant. For many […]
New Consumer Study on Daily Deals
Your company has probably considered the idea of offering a “Daily Deal” using a service such as Groupon, LivingSocial or SaveLocal. Maybe you have already tried it. Before running a deal like that, take a look at this new consumer study on daily deals. Why do consumers use daily deals, and how? Constant Contact recently […]
Make an Effective Holiday Marketing Calendar
B2C businesses are getting ready for the holiday season. While you don’t want to start marketing for the holidays too early, you do need to stay on schedule. With social media and email marketing becoming increasingly important to consumers, B2C businesses need to develop a more sophisticated holiday marketing calendar. The holiday marketing calendar will […]
IVR Payments Via ACH Processing
IVR Payments Using ACH Processing Businesses need to offer their client base multiple payment options. An automated cost effective method for 24/7 pyment collection is using an IVR [Interactive Voice Response] solution. You can take the hassle and manpower out of managing inbound customer phone using ACH Payments phone-based payment system. Easily accept ACH and credit […]
4 Tips for Better Customer Service with Social Media
Customer service with social media is a trend, and customers are expecting to get questions answers and problems solved on Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media. Just as everyone expects your company to have a website, pretty soon customer service via social media will be the norm. If your company is doing any […]
ACH for Collections
Use ACH Processing for Collections The economy is tough and this inevitably leads to an increase in late payers. Businesses and consumers are looking to delay payment as long as possible. Many business owners rely solely on mailing invoices and then hope that payment gets mailed in. If after repeated mailings the business owner may […]
ACH Safer than Paper Checks?
AutoPay via ACH or credit card versus writing a paper check: Which is safer for consumers? Many consumers now pay via some sort of AutoPay whereby their checking account or credit card is debited automatically for payment. Some consumers still write a paper check possibly for concern over the safety of electronic payments. So which […]
What Clients Are Saying
We've been doing our ACH and credit card processing with ACH Payments for years. The thing I like best about the payment processing is that it’s all automated. You send a batch of ACH and credit cards and you get a file back that automatically posts all of the approved transactions directly to the customer’s account. Look ma, no hands! This is the best thing since sliced bread for the security industry as far as automating your back office goes.
CEO
securityspecialists.com
Customer billing can be one of the most time consuming, energy draining tasks a business has to perform. Since integrating the ACH Payments solutions into our software, we have been able to automate a time and labor sensitive process.
President
SE Texas Water Conditioning
The best part about ACH Payments is how much time and energy it saves me each month. The ability to schedule monthly automatic electronic payments is definitely a sanity-saver. Loveland Academy of Music
Now I know why I keep recommending ACH Payments to other Sedona users. You always get problems solved quickly. Just recommended you to the Sonitrol dealer in Buffalo-they also have Toronto Canada.
Billing Administrator
shiversecurityservices.com
At Security Networks, we use automation wherever possible to accurately and cost effectively run our business. Using ACH Payments within our software enables complete automation of the payment process. Reconciliation is made easy and payment exceptions are handled as well. If you want to devote your time and energies to growing your business, you should use them as well.
CFO
securitynetworks.net
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