Tips and reminders for these challenging times
Help your merchant customers during COVID-19
Learn about these features that support your eCommerce customers at no additional charge.
Many businesses have faced unique and difficult challenges since the pandemic began. We recognize the strain this may be placing on you and your clients as physical stores experience lower foot traffic or closings.
Face-to-face businesses may not know about some features and functionalities natively built into Authorize.net that can help them start taking in-person payments using an online tool now.
These features, which can complement eCommerce solutions and your platform technology, are ready to be activated today and are included at no additional charge to Authorize.net accounts. Enable your merchants to accept payments during this crucial time.
Virtual Terminal: Accept card payments without an eCommerce site or card reader
Many businesses need a secure way to take payments over the phone or in person, while maintaining physical distance. Virtual Terminal is web-based application that allows businesses to enter credit card information manually for phone orders.
- No eCommerce website, card reader, or expensive hardware required
- Included at no additional charge
- Accessible through the Merchant Interface
Digital Invoicing
Digital Invoicing can help your merchants get paid faster. Authorize.net accounts include, at no additional charge, a simple, Digital Invoicing feature. With this tool, your merchants can:
- create and send email invoices to their customers
- Send invoices from computers or mobile devices
- Quickly accepting payments, with the average invoice paid within 48 hours1
Digital Invoicing also provides a convenient way to accept payments from folks who traditionally pay face-to-face. With social distancing in effect, it's worth considering how your merchants can use Digital Invoicing to power their businesses.
Mobile credit card readers (mPOS)
With curbside pickups becoming more popular, Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) is an excellent payment acceptance solution that your merchants . Our mPOS application is like a a portable, virtual cash register that lets businesses accept payments from anywhere and:
- Accept and manage credit and debit card payments securely from an Android or Apple device.
- Accept tips and send email receipts
- Get paid while maintaining physical distance
- Povides the option to manually key in payment information
Your merchants can process transactions with no physical contact—perfect for curbside pickups.
1 Based on Authorize.net production payment data from August 1, 2017 to June 10, 2018; a total of 110,000 invoices emailed resulted in 74 percent of invoices paid in two days or less.
Here are more tips and reminders that may help your merchants grow—and protect—their business during this time.
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