December 14th, 2006 by Jamie Estep
The Merchant Account Blog, 2006 year review.
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This is the first complete year that the merchant account blog has been going. Google finally let the site out of the sandbox a few weeks ago, and since then the search engine traffic has gone up by about 300%.
Since there are so many new visitors, I am posting this as an aggregation of a few better topics from each month this past year.
January 2006:
- A brief guide to SSL certificates for online businesses.
February 2006:
- How to convert a dial omni 3740/3750 to be ethernet compatible
- Paying with a credit card in a foreign country, forex fees.
March 2006:
- Gone Phishing – Protecting yourself and identifying phishing attempts.
- TMF’d – What to do if you are are placed on the terminated merchant ‘match’ file…
April 2006:
- Created the: Processing Equipment Lease Cost Calculator
- The History of Credit Cards
- The History of Credit Card Terminals
May 2006:
- Guide to Merchant Account Affiliate Programs – Part 1, Part 2
- 3 Tips For New Merchant Account Owners
June 2006:
July 2006:
- Cutting the middle-man, who is it best to process with?
- Paypal Shopping Cart Makes Spam
- Credit card skimming, easy to get skimming equipment.
August 2006:
- How to spot a fake credit card
- Credit Card Logos for Your Website
- Other Ecommerce and Merchant Account Blogs
- Merchant Account Fees, Credit Card Interchange – Who are you really paying?
September 2006:
- A credit card terminal from First Data (FD-100)
- Technological Progression of Payment Processing – Not any time soon!!!
- Magazines for small business owners
October 2006:
- Required Actions for PCI Compliance
- A list of payment gateways
- Google Checkout vs. Everything else…, Updated Google Checkout Review
November 2006:
- Where do data losses actually occur?
- Merry Christmas, Return Fraud and the Holidays
- How long does a credit card machine last?
December 2006:
Congratulations for the first complete year! I find this blog a good platform for payment processing related topics. Wish you all the best for forthcoming years!