My First Step: Merchant Accounts

As my favorite saying goes:

 

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” -Lao Tzu

Today, I made my first and probably the most significant step towards my financial goal: Having a legitimate Merchant Account. 

I learned that having an online payment processing account is very crucial to any online business, because it will literally serve as your online cash register, where most of the money transactions will take place.

As a first timer, I am very happy and I feel really delighted for having achieved this goal, because not only I was able to setup my first ever account, but I was able to register 3 different online payment processing system within a single day.

For those of you who have no payment account yet, I encourage that you get one now while it’s still FREE and then just thank me later.

(If you want to learn more about setting up a Merchant Account, pls continue to read on.)

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Account number 1: PayPal™  Premiere Account 

This is the company that immediately comes to my mind whenever I think about online payments. I never tried looking at it before because like most concerned people, I was always hesitant to use my credit card in any kinds of online transaction. But since PayPal already made a very good reputation as a payment system, I decided to finally give it a shot.

 

I was just planning on getting a regular payment account, but then I was amazed when I realize that they offer a Free PayPal Merchant Account, I never even thought that I can have something like this before since I don’t have a company and a .com website yet. But they made it very easy and it only takes a few simple steps to follow.

Here are the easy steps:

Step 1: Go to PayPal

(right click on the logo, and open it in a new window)


Step 2: Sign up for a free Premiere Account.

Step 3: Complete the registration form.

Step 4: Login to your email and confirm your registration.

Step 5: Verify your Credit Card account by checking your online bill or monthly statement.

Note: PayPal will process a $1.95 fee, but it will be refunded to your account once the verification is complete. 

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Account number 2: ALERTPAY Personal Pro

 

AlertPay works almost similar to PayPal, it will let you send and receive money online. It is also important that you create an Alertpay account if you want to earn money from the internet because this is what most Paid-to-Click or Paid-to-Answer websites are using to pay their members. Registering is free and easy.

Here are the easy steps:

Step 1: Go to ALERTPAY

(right click on the logo below, and open it in a new window)

Step 2: Sign up for a free Personal Pro Account.

Step 3: Complete the Registration.

Step 4: Login to your email and confirm the registration.

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Account number 3: Google Merchant Account

There is no doubt and I believe we all agree that Google is one the greatest success stories in history!

This company, founded by current multi-billionaires Larry Page and Sergey Brin has spanned all the way from its humble beginning as a search algorithm project that has become the world’s most popular and widely used search engine.

Google is also one of the most admirable and well respected companies today for being such a good provider of free access to quality services and information . They have captured our hearts by giving us free Gmail accounts, Gtalk, Blogger, GooglePages, and my personal favorite, Google Earth, which allows us to see high resolution satellite images of the entire Earth and the stars in the universe. Now, they have also conquered the world of business and finance.

Through the introduction of their online marketing programs such as Adsense and Adwords, they have made a lot of small businesses succeed and helped many ordinary people earn money online and some became millionaires. So when I heard about Google Checkout and Google Merchant Account. I did not waste any more time and registered right away.

Here are the easy steps :

Step 1: Go to Google Checkout

(right click on the logo below, and open it in a new window)

Step 2: Sign in with your existing Google email or Sign up for a new Google Account.

Step 3: Confirm the email address that you want to be associated with your Google Merchant Account.

Step 4: Complete the Registration.

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I hope you find this blogpost helpful, especially for those of you who are just starting out like me.

I you are interested to join me in this wonderful and exciting journey, I created a website where everyone can freely join so we can all work together as a team to share different ideas and help each other in achieving our common goal: to Work from Home, Earn money online and become Financially Free.

You can register to: http://www.earnfrompc.tk/ See you there!

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