We’ve all been there. You send your client a bill via mail, you remind him again a month later, and again two months later and still no payment, now you have a feeling you might have worked for free. Darn, is it really that inconvenient for people to get their check books, put it in an envelope with a stamp, drive to the drop box, and mail it to you? Yes, actually.
A check is a primitive payment tool used by people who like to keep the postal service in business. Almost nobody nowadays uses it. Asking for a check is almost like asking for someone to go fetch you some fire wood straight from the forest. It’s time to move on to the 21st century.
Work fast, get paid fast
You deliver your product or service in a timely manner, it’s only fair that you get paid in a Timely manner.
If you’re selling a product, then this is a no brainer. People will just enter their credit card information online and they get what they want now and you get your money now.
You can’t afford to lose customers who visit your website, are ready to buy something, but then realize they need to call to pay for the product and have it shipped. Nobody is going to do that; they’ll get out of your website, and go somewhere else where they can pay online, at wee hours of the night, and get their product ASAP. You can bet he/she will be telling their friends, in disbelief, how there are still websites out there that want you to call to order a product.
So, you’re selling a product? For God sakes man, accept online payments!
If your business provides a service, then you have a couple of ways to benefit from accepting online payments.
For instance, if you like to work first and then invoice, then collecting those payments online is much more faster and easier. Not only can you have the system send via email the invoice to your clients but the system can also respectfully remind them that they have an invoice due. Everybody is infront of their computer or phone; Making a payment is so convenient that your client has no excuse but to pay you promptly. No more of that “the check is in the mail” excuse.
If on the other hand, you require payment before you start your work then accepting online payments means the client can get you to start work right away instead of waiting a week for the check to come through the mail and then deposit it, hoping that it won’t bounce.
Start getting paid promptly for the prompt work you do. Contact us today to set up your online payment system.
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