Solutions besides online payment......

anny feng · #1 (**permalink**) 03-06-09, 19:49

Wondering why your customers like your products, bur can not pay?
Maybe they just don't like to share their credit card info over the internet, or they don't have a credit card. Then under this situation, what kind of payment solution you can choose?
1) Mobile payment
Just use certain phone payment interface. Customers can charge your product to their phone bill. They just dial a service number, and then the product price has been charged to their bill.

2) Mail payment
No complex software to install, no card details online needed, just email your customers a payment request that they can click and pay, then your payment settled!

3) POS payment
POS payment is popular in retail stores, such as Wal-mart, it offers a face-to-face payment solution.
Just key-in your card information, and then the POS terminal will do the rest for you.

Online business prevails now, but in order to expand your business, maybe you need to consider the real condition for all customers. Care what your customer needs is a must for your business!

Nefrec · #2 (**permalink**) 03-06-09, 20:18

Isn't Mobile payment complicated to setup? I've never done it but it seems pretty hard. I also dont understand the mail payment. How do you pay? Do you mean stuff like paypal? Because I didnt think you could connect money to your mail...

Chiana · #3 (**permalink**) 03-07-09, 05:37

I'm not willing to accept mobile payments because I don't like the idea of encouraging the wider spread use of this form of payment. I accept all major credit cards, paypal, e-checks (e-cheques) or I'll even allow negotiations for real checks to be mailed if the customer has contacted me first.

carl owen · #4 (**permalink**) 03-07-09, 10:20

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Originally Posted by Nefrec

Isn't Mobile payment complicated to setup? I've never done it but it seems pretty hard.

Mobile payment is not complicated to setup. You can either charge the money to your Phone bill ( Ask your service provider if this is possible ) or you can access your Payment gateway ( Is possible with Paypal ) for making the payments.

anny feng · #5 (**permalink**) 03-08-09, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nefrec

Isn't Mobile payment complicated to setup? I've never done it but it seems pretty hard. I also dont understand the mail payment. How do you pay? Do you mean stuff like paypal? Because I didnt think you could connect money to your mail...

Maybe for the mail payment service, you need to install a virtual terminal , just as paypal do.

Sentinel · #6 (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 13:21

Another good payment is postal orders - I live in the UK and have had many payments via postal order - basically you go into the post office and pay for the postal orders, then the only person that can cash them is the person who you tell the post office they are for. Kind of like a personal cheque =)

BodShane · #7 (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 14:49

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Originally Posted by Sentinel

Another good payment is postal orders - I live in the UK and have had many payments via postal order - basically you go into the post office and pay for the postal orders, then the only person that can cash them is the person who you tell the post office they are for. Kind of like a personal cheque =)

That's a good mode of payment. Practically, there's more security in trensactions. However, if you notice when we speak of hosting payments, this delays the time of setup of the service.

Regards,

Shane Phillips

Sentinel · #8 (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 15:53

Yeah, it does take a long time to get your payment, usually 2-3 days to send them via post and then you have to cash them in a post office. One major point is that the money is insured to its total value but it does cost a lot to use the service!

Edwardens · #9 (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 19:43

this payment way is safe in some way,
but is takes long time,
besides not apply to all goods.
traditional logistics

carl owen · #10 (**permalink**) 03-10-09, 14:11

Correct. This kind of payment solutions will not be able to help as it takes a long time for the payment to be cleared and hence the product will not be delivered soon. Due to this reason, one cannot consider this payment solution. However, if you do not need the product urgently then, you can definitely try this option for payment.