Collecting Payment..

where do you live?

if it's in the u.s then you could take check by phone
plus there are good feedback around here about authorize,net
haven't used them myself since I'm not in the U.S though

another option is to find a virtual terminal so you could type in the credit details yourself

hope that helps

Yeah, I'm not in the states.

Authorize.net actually looks pretty interesting. I've seen it around but thought it was just an alternative to Pay Pal, looks a lil' more in depth.

Thanks,

James

might help?

Popping in for a check? Call me old school, but can't he drop a check in the mail to you? You said you weren't in the states, so I am not sure what it is called in your country, but as far as I know every country has some kind of service where physical items are still delivered by people!

I have had a lot of experience with this. I actually print out a physical invoice and put it in an envelope with a stamp and put it in a mailbox. They receive the invoice and write a check and send it back.

My bad, cheque isn't even an option because he would prefer to pay by credit card.

Haha, let's clear up that I'm in Canada..

The Pay Pal idea would work, but if you don't have a PayPal account it requires the billing address and everything, I don't think he'd feel comfortable giving me that information. I could be wrong.

Thanks,

James

100% up front payment before you do a lick of work.

He can certify the cheque at his bank and send it to you by overnight courier. Certifying means the bank sets aside that money and guarantees he's got it ready for this specific cheque.

You don't do a thing until the cheque is in your bank, cleared, and the money is smiling at you from in your account. Whole process shouldn't take more than a couple of days.

Former credit manager for a national Canadian electrical wholesaler here, responsible for $2Million / month in collections. Don't trust that things will turn out: get your client to jump through the hoops if they want your service.

You can always go find good qualified clients. Clients who are a great fit based on need, budget and personality. Don't get desperate to get this one square peg to fit into the round hole.

Yeah, he still wants to pay by credit card.

He's a nice old guy that's been screwed about and is really taking a leap of faith since he really has no clue about this internet thing-a-ma-jig.

I talked to him today, and he kept talking about "Its" on Google.. I assumed he meant clicks...

I've been working with him for a couple months already, just now our middle man, his employee, who was giving him the invoices has quit, and so it's kind of like we're having to re-figure it all our from scratch.

I'm not making a ton of money from this guy, but, sometimes you get more satisfaction knowing that your helpin' somebody out.

Of course the bugger makes $9,000+ each kitchen he sells!! Haha.

Thanks for all the advice!

Assumed? Don't do that!

"Say, when you say 'Its' when we're talking about Google, what do you mean?"

Maybe you can find a local buddy with a cc merchant account...who you can trust to take the payment and then give you the $$ in cash or cheque.

how about 1shoppingcart.com ?? it was Authorize.net merchant account provider and accept non-US based merchant. Free trial $4 for 30 days, I didn't signup yet..

I am still not seeing why he can't drop a check in the mail. Freshbooks can snail mail him an invoice.

Not sure about your country, but try the Square app, you can manually input the transaction from your phone.

One of my client's CFO cut's the checks every 1st and 15th, mails them out.

I usually forget it is even coming , since freshbooks automatically e-mails the client, then they send a check.

I have a different, but similar client that is computer “illiterate” and is the perfect example of business owners just wanting someone to “take care” of everything so he can run his business.

When I had to sign him up with new hosting: I used my hostgator affil link, AND he paid me $75 extra for my time (10 minutes).

When he got the fresh books invoice, the internet kicked his ass, he paid me $50 extra to login and use his CC to pay my self..

He has a client of his own that wants to use a CC and has no way of accepting CC, so I mentioned why doesn’t he do like I do with him, use fresh books, it integrates with PayPal. He needed fresh books set up and integrated, an extra $100 there.

Just keep in mind the problem of having a problem of trying to figure out how someone can pay you that wants to pay you, is one of the best problems you can have.

Will square work in your country? That might be an option.