NON-US merchant accounts? - Host Discussion Blog

WEBDOMAIN.com · 08-02-2006, 08:53 AM

After auditing the European offers (for France and Austria), I found several providers (AtosOrigin for France and Mpay24 for Austria). Anyway, these providers cost more than any US third party providers (average of 10% per transaction + €0.5).

I was wondering:

Would it be better to open an US bank account to be able to get a US merchant account? If yes, how? Who should we contact? Is this legal?
Would it be better to continue with third party payment gateways and wait the opportunity, in a near future, to switch to a better EU offer (as soon as it will be available) ?
Is there any other EU alternatives I am not aware of?

This question is, I guess, a redundant question to all NON-US businesses. Some countries may offer interresting alternatives to their customers but here, in EU, it seems there is still a lack of offers.
Maybe I wasn't able to find the good providers and some members here already found the beauty pearl.

Please share your lucky finds.

mathew33 · 09-25-2006, 04:07 PM

You can try PayPal or 2co.com to check whether they offer the service to your country.

ch3nn!ng · 09-25-2006, 04:20 PM

I'm not sure how you would go about setting up a merchant account in the EU.

We had a client last year we tried to assist doing this and we didn't have any luck at all.

Please post back what you find out.

I wonder if 1&1 lists any solutions on their site? I believe they are based in Germany and might have better arrangements than most.

dabihsss · 10-23-2008, 02:04 PM

How can i process credit cards in india ? how to get a merchant account in india

whbro · 10-25-2008, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dabihsss

How can i process credit cards in india ? how to get a merchant account in india

Visit the website of your credit card company and look help through 'chat with a live operator.' A customer service agent will answer your questions. You can also call or send an email.

whbro · 10-25-2008, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WEBDOMAIN.com

After auditing the European offers (for France and Austria), I found several providers (AtosOrigin for France and Mpay24 for Austria). Anyway, these providers cost more than any US third party providers (average of 10% per transaction + €0.5).

I was wondering:

Would it be better to open an US bank account to be able to get a US merchant account? If yes, how? Who should we contact? Is this legal?
Would it be better to continue with third party payment gateways and wait the opportunity, in a near future, to switch to a better EU offer (as soon as it will be available) ?
Is there any other EU alternatives I am not aware of?

This question is, I guess, a redundant question to all NON-US businesses. Some countries may offer interresting alternatives to their customers but here, in EU, it seems there is still a lack of offers.
Maybe I wasn't able to find the good providers and some members here already found the beauty pearl.

Please share your lucky finds.

Whenever I hear "merchant", only one website comes to my mind--PayPal. The customer service of this website is impeccably punctual and informative.