Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Reseller Hosting : Hostgator offers free merchant acct for resellers -- any others?

[AnmolTech]

I just noticed the "free merchant acct" for resellers on Hostgator website. So i am assuming that we do not need a seperate merchant account etc.

Any others resellers that offer FREE merchant acct? bliksem offers free merchant acct???

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thanks

[Lev]

I believe they simply offer a PayPal account, which is free in any case.

[StackHost]

Originally Posted by Lev

I believe they simply offer a PayPal account, which is free in any case.

I did not know that. Maybe we'll start offering "free merchant accounts" as well

[HybridReseller]

Unfortunately, there are no true "free" merchant accounts, and they're a marketing ploy at best.

[ScottJ]

Its just a paypal account, you can get a 2checkout account for a one time fee of $49

[cunning]

May be you can give a try searching deeper on the offers board for the free merchant account.

[lcryan]

I don't think any host really offers free merchant accounts or else you pay for it with your monthly billings its just basicly included.

[Apoc]

A (real) merchant account is not cheap so I also doubt you're going to find that anywhere at all, indeed. You might be able to find some 3rd party processors but not a real merchant though, I highly doubt that.

[Aussie Bob]

Originally Posted by Lev

I believe they simply offer a PayPal account, which is free in any case.

They do disclose that it's PayPal, so they're not trying to hide it. Although IMO, it's a stretch calling PayPal a "merchant account".

[Trophimus]

I do know that some clients offer Clientexce which is also similar. However, I do know that Xeserve offres something called Host Admin, I am asumming that is something similar

Cheers,

[Apoc]

That's not similar really. Clientexec is a billing system, which is not free. So if a company provides that for free, it is an actual benefit to the customer.

[tommyd]

Merchant Accounts are rather cheap, and free to setup in most cases if you shop them around. The key is the monthly fees, 99% charge a monthly statement fee, than per transacation fee, and transacation discount rates.

2co is same concept, per trasnacation fee and discount rate.

Now in all reality PayPal does now have a new Virtual Terminal which is a true merchant account in many ways.

[TonyB]

That's sneaky

Next time we update our site I'm going to make sure free merchant account is added I'll give a direct link to paypal upon account creation.

I wonder if anyone has been surprised when they order and find out the merchant account is just paypal.

[Lev]

Originally Posted by Aussie Bob

They do disclose that it's PayPal, so they're not trying to hide it.

That is how I know, never hurts to check up on the competition . In all reality, I agree that it is sneaky.

[Shaw Networks]

Originally Posted by SJRHosting.com

Its just a paypal account, you can get a 2checkout account for a one time fee of $49

Wow, I didn't think you were serious at first. That's one hell of a marketing ploy.