Comments on: Making money with an eBay Store, Part 4: Obtaining product at the right price http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/09/15/making-money-with-an-ebay-store-part-4-obtaining-product-at-the-right-price/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:33:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: brad rogers http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/09/15/making-money-with-an-ebay-store-part-4-obtaining-product-at-the-right-price/comment-page-1/#comment-173631 brad rogers Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:15:27 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/09/15/making-money-with-an-ebay-store-part-4-obtaining-product-at-the-right-price/#comment-173631 Freaking sweet.....Thanks alot. Freaking sweet…..Thanks alot.

]]> By: Interrobanger http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/09/15/making-money-with-an-ebay-store-part-4-obtaining-product-at-the-right-price/comment-page-1/#comment-92919 Interrobanger Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/09/15/making-money-with-an-ebay-store-part-4-obtaining-product-at-the-right-price/#comment-92919 Good series. If I had a direct line to something desirable on the cheap, I would definitely be running an eBay store on the side. One thing you might note in another installment is the downsides of having a merchant account. As someone with relatives who own a mom n pop drugstore, the interchange fee on merchant cards can be a real drag. Like ATM fees for retailers, they can take a pretty substantial amount out of each transaction. I started consulting for a merchant group in part because of that. Their website is linked behind my name, it's UnfairCreditCardFees.com. Right now there isn't much way around it, if you want to accept payments online. But it's also one reason to hope for developments in micropayments, or the Gratiscard proposed by AOL's Steve Case. Good series. If I had a direct line to something desirable on the cheap, I would definitely be running an eBay store on the side.

One thing you might note in another installment is the downsides of having a merchant account. As someone with relatives who own a mom n pop drugstore, the interchange fee on merchant cards can be a real drag. Like ATM fees for retailers, they can take a pretty substantial amount out of each transaction.

I started consulting for a merchant group in part because of that. Their website is linked behind my name, it’s UnfairCreditCardFees.com. Right now there isn’t much way around it, if you want to accept payments online. But it’s also one reason to hope for developments in micropayments, or the Gratiscard proposed by AOL’s Steve Case.

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