Should I set up my payment gateway myself or let my credit card processor do it?

One question that often surfaces when creating your first online store or reassessing your existing e-commerce set-up: “Should I set up my payment gateway myself, or should I use a gateway my processor provided for me?”

At Blue Payment Agency, we help new and established high-risk businesses by meeting their payment needs in a simple, elegant way. We believe that assisting in the research stage is an integral part of our work, and we give business owners the insights they need to make beneficial, informed payment decisions. This time around, we’re looking into whether it’s better to find a payment gateway for your site by yourself – or whether you should opt for a gateway that your processor provides.

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What is a high-risk payment service provider?

If you’re starting a venture and you were declined for payment processing, odds are you’re looking for a way to accept “high-risk” payments online.

What you need is to find a payment service provider that can provide a stable and affordable way to accept credit and debit card payments in the long run. However, you might not know exactly what to look for. For example, you may have only recently discovered that you need a high-risk payment service provider. If you have any questions or would like to get started, contact us any time.

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Choose your own payment gateway, regardless of your processor

As a high-risk merchant, no doubt you’re used to having to overcome many challenges to process payments for your products. We’ve had plenty of clients over the years who’ve been very surprised to discover the number of options we have. The fact that you can choose your own payment gateway, regardless of your processor, is one of those surprises.

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Simple new payment gateway set up process: what’s required

Are you new to high-risk e-commerce or on the lookout for new and better payment processing? At Blue Payment Agency, we specialize in helping business owners like yourself by making it extremely easy and straightforward to get a new payment gateway set up right.

No matter whether you need a gateway only account, or if you need a gateway and merchant account combination, we can help.

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NMI payment gateways for Chase merchant accounts

Chase merchant services, formerly Chase Paymentech, is a very popular e-commerce merchant account provider that supports businesses of all shapes and sizes. JP Morgan Chase is a “blue chip” stock, and longtime merchant account provider; not surprisingly many of the site owners we’ve heard from are happy with them. However, while their service allows for many ways to accept payments, we often get requests from businesses who want to integrate it into the NMI payment gateway.

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