Using PayPal as a Small Business Tool
PayPal is a popular system for making eBay auction payments, but if you're a small business owner with a PayPal account, PayPal may offer you more than just a way to get paid for your eBay listings. Two of the most useful and popular beyond-eBay tools offered by PayPal are the virtual terminal service and the automated shopping cart building and management system. Virtual Terminal PayPal's Virtual Terminal service gives any PayPal member the ability to accept credit cards either online or offline. It does this by providing you with a "virtual" terminal—essentially an onscreen version of the little credit card swiping machine that you see at many retail establishments. By joining PayPal's tirtual terminal program, you can accept credit card payments from anyone—just input their credit card number, expiration date, and the amount of the transaction and their card will be charged and the funds deposited into your PayPal account. Fess for the virtual terminal program begin at Continue Reading
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