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Old 02-12-2005, 08:21 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Two questions:
1. I have not accepted credit cards at my home airbrush tanning business. I am getting into selling more retail and I would like to begin taking cards. I don't want a lot of overhead though. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good company to contact, there are so many. I originally thought about just doing the imprinter and then calling in for verification, but the lowest price I found for call in was a %, then a minimum monthly, then another fee on top of that per transaction and a monthly fee.
2. I want to order some standard small shopping bags with my logo on them, any ideas on a good company for that.
Thanks for all of your help.
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Old 02-12-2005, 04:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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On the credit cards, get a machine....seriously...I investigated this avenue when we started our other business a few years ago. Over there, I still only take 2 or 3 credit cards a month, so I thought it would be OK, but the rates were RIDICULOUS...7% + $1.00 per trans, + 20.00/month "statement fee" + the minumum. You can get a cheap machine on eBay, just make sure you get one that is compatible with the service you want to use. I would suggest:

Drew Boatner with Heartland Payment Systems
423-667-4690 (cell phone, you can reach him any time)
drew.boatner@e-hps.com

Tell him Dylan, from PRS sent you...our other business is POS and related equipment, so we've developed a good working relationship with him.

As far as bags go, I have a source for that, but I've got to remember what it is first I'll try to get back to you!
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You can get your bags at specstoreserv.com but keep in mind that there is a minimum quantity you must order if you want special imprinting.
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For the custom-imprinted shopping bags, the minimum order was always quite high everywhere I looked.

What we ended up doing was ordering stickers from a print shop with our logo on it. We placed these stickers on some really nice handled boutique bags I found.

Yeah, there was still a minimum order for the stickers, but I found that I had more uses for the extra stickers!
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