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Cloud Web Design

  • Business Card, Articles, Blogging, Image Galleries, etc.
  • WordPress.com, Tumblr.com, etc.
  • From £400.
  • Plus costs (£40/yr for theme & ad-free, plus domain).

Web Site Design and Build

  • Self-hosted Drupal site with bespoke configuration and theme
  • Using process estimation tools vs. budget
  • From £650 (5 days), at £130 a day
  • SSL cert. extra

Hosting and maintenance

  • £15/mth for hosting, plus security upgrades

Support, Training, Consultancy £25/hr for additional backend or administration support, or £100 for a full day consultation.

Cloud site setup and custom theme, from £400, or a full site with bespoke backend and custom theme, starting at £650.

Accounting

Software

Services

  • PocketSmith - The personal finance app with cashflow forecasting

Budgeting

5 fridays (or 5 mondays?)

Scripts

Invoicing

Templates

Open source systems

Services

Late

Credit notes

Tax

See also Credits

Self-assessment

etc

Sole traders’ tax responsibilities:

  • send a Self Assessment tax return every year
  • pay Income Tax on the profits your business makes
  • pay National Insurance
  • register for VAT if you expect your business’ takings to be more than £77,000 a year.

Limited Company: Any profit it makes is owned by the company, after it pays Corporation Tax. The company can then share its profits.

Tools

other

VAT

Banks

Tridos

"We do not provide counter banking services from our Edinburgh office (or indeed any of our UK offices) but are pleased to meet with business customers who have a pre-arranged appointment."

Co-operative

Online service, no real-life access?

Has branches under the name Britannia. One on George Street.

P2P lending

Trading standards

Merchant services

to further sort

Articles and guides

Before Stripe;

Stripe;

Etc.;

Banks

  • Issuing bank is a bank that offers card association branded payment cards directly to consumers. The name is derived from the fact that it issues payment to the acquiring bank on behalf of its customer (the purchaser in the transaction).
  • Acquiring bank (or acquirer) is the bank or financial institution that processes credit and or debit card payments for products or services for a merchant. The term acquirer indicates that the bank accepts or acquires credit card payment from the card-issuing banks within an association.

Card associations

The best-known (credit) card associations are Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Diners Club, Japan Credit Bureau, Attijariwafa Bank, and China UnionPay.

Merchant accounts

  • Merchant account is a type of bank account that allows businesses to accept payments by payment cards, typically debit or credit cards. A merchant account is established under an agreement between an acceptor and a merchant acquiring bank for the settlement of payment card transactions. In some cases a payment processor, independent sales organization (ISO), or member service provider (MSP) is also a party to the merchant agreement. Whether a merchant enters into a merchant agreement directly with an acquiring bank or through an aggregator such as PayPal, the agreement contractually binds the merchant to obey the operating regulations established by the card associations.

"Third party collection is not an option. Merchant accounts are for businesses trading online and you can only collect funds for your own business and not on behalf of a third party. Merchants that collect on behalf of a third party are seen as extremely risky by the Merchant Services Bank and in all probability will be declined. Do I need to change bank? No you don’t need to change bank, you can continue with your existing business bank as this merchant ID is just to settle funds. The money gets transferred in to your existing bank account. Delay in Payments; If you sell online and there is a delay in the shipment / delivery of the product / service, this may mean a delay in payment as the Merchant Services Bank may decide to withhold the funds from your account until the goods are delivered." [3]

Comparison sites below require signup..

Provided for by newer payment service provider solutions like Stripe, PAYMILL, etc.

Payment gateways

The payment gateway forwards the transaction information to the payment processor used by the merchant's acquiring bank. The payment processor forwards the transaction information to the card association.

Services

Authorize.Net

Online Payment Gateway and Merchant Account
  • Setup: £50 (* Multiple-account discount available for accepting additional currencies.)
  • Monthly: £20
  • Transaction: 15p
  • Debit Card Settlement (Visa, MasterCard): 40p
  • Consumer Credit Card Settlement (Visa, MasterCard): 2.25%
  • Commercial Credit Card Settlement (Visa, MasterCard): 2.75%
  • Chargeback: £15.00
  • Advanced Fraud Detection Suite: £9.95/month
  • Automated Recurring Billing: £10.00/month
  • Customer Information Manager: £20.00/month
Online Payment Gateway Only
  • Setup: Free
  • Monthly Gateway: £20
  • First 350 Transactions Per Month: Free
  • Per-Transaction (>350 Transactions): 10p

Sage Pay

  • Transaction: 10p
  • Minimum of £25 per month (includes 1000 transactions)
  • No set-up fees, percentage fees or annual charges

WorldPay

Business Gateway
  • Monthly: £19.95
  • Transaction: 10p (350 inclusive per month)
Business Gateway Plus
  • Includes merchant account
  • Setup: £75
  • Monthly: £19.95
  • Transaction: From 1.65% + 10p per transaction

Elavon

  • Elavon Inc. is a major processor of credit card transactions and a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. Elavon offers merchant processing in more than 30 countries and supports the payment needs of more than 1,000,000 merchant locations across the globe. Elavon is the 4th largest U.S. credit card processor and is a top 6 acquirer in the European marketplace.
  • Packages: Core (unbundled) / Flexible (bundled)
  • Monthly Gateway: £15.00 / £25.00
  • Transaction: £0.09 / First 200 transactions included. Excess Transaction Fee: £0.14. ???
  • Both: 10 Virtual Terminal licences included. If further licences are required £30 per user set up will be applied. Tokenisation 1000 cards included. £0.03 per card stored per month in excess of 1000

"Our secure Virtual Terminals can be downloaded to your desktop. The Virtual Terminal is a secure browser based tool, there is no installation required, just an internet connection." ??

CCS/UPG

Elavon resellers

Virtual Terminal:

  • Setup: £100 + VAT set-up (includes 250 free gateway transactions)
  • No monthly fees for the gateway
  • If it's as the Elavon Virtual Terminal, not really needed?

customer quote -

Merchant Account:

  • 1.5% Personal Credit Cards
  • 19p per Debit Card
  • 1.8% Business Cards
  • £4.99 per month recurring PCI Compliance charge
  • £12.50 minimum monthly service charge

my quote -

Ecommerce:

  • £12.95 per month for payment gateway
  • 6p per transaction (fee charged by UPG for gateway processing)

Merchant Account:

  • 1.8% Personal Credit Cards
  • 20p per Debit Card
  • 2.2% Business Cards
  • £4.99 per month recurring PCI Compliance charge
  • £12.50 minimum monthly service charge (minimum processing requirement per month)

Transactions via;

  • Setup: £60
  • Annual: eCOM Basic £99, eCOM Standard £195, eCOM Premium £249
  • Transaction credits (fees with minimum): 100 £25 = 25p, 250 £55 = 22p, 500 £99 = 19.8p, 1,000 £149 = 14.9p, 5,000 £499 = 9.98p, 10,000 £899 = 8.99p, 25,000 £2000 = 8p, 50,000 £3750 = 7.5p

Ogone

Online payments - Express Bundle:

  • Setup: Free
  • Monthly: £19.99
  • Transaction charges: 300 free transactions/month, after; £0.15/transaction

Stripe

New to the UK market. $40 million USD in investment from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

  • Setup: none
  • Monthly: none
  • 2.4% + 20p + VAT per successful charge
  • No card storage fees
  • Holds funds for 7 days?

If you are registered for VAT in your country, you can provide us with your VAT number and Stripe will not charge you VAT on our fees. VAT still applies, and you likely need to self-accout for VAT in your local VAT return at the prevailing rate in your country through the reverse charge scheme. Your accountant will be able to assist you with VAT reporting through the reverse charge scheme. If you use Stripe outside Ireland and are not registered for VAT or have not provided us with your VAT number, we will charge you VAT on your fees at the Irish VAT rate, currently 23%. ...

Stripe's pricing starts at 2.4% + £0.20 per transaction + VAT. Stripe charges 2% for foreign conversions (i.e. charging in EUR, when you want to be paid out in GBP).

PayPal's pricing starts at 3.4% + £0.20 per transaction. In addition to their published rate, you'll also pay:

  • £20 per month if you want to design and host your own checkout pages.
  • If you process in other currencies other than your local currency, PayPal will charge you a fee of 2.5% above the wholesale exchange rate (https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/cross-border-and-conve...).
  • If you receive payments from customers outside of the UK, PayPal will charge you a fee of anywhere from 0.4% to 1.5% (https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/cross-border-and-conve...).
  • If your customers pay with American Express, PayPal will charge you a fee of 3.5%.
  • If you issue a refund, you will pay a fixed fee portion of the original transaction fee.

PAYMILL

  • Transaction: 2.95% + €0.28 (= £0.24)
  • Setup: €0
  • Monthly: €0
  • Set up time: 2-3 days

Braintree Payments

European pricing;

  • Transaction: Interchange +.9% + €.10 per
  • Total costs are typically 1.8% to 2.6% of the transaction.
  • Monthly: €100 minimum transactions
  • Stripe has instant signup. Braintree does not (yet). You have to send us a few documents; the signup process takes a few days.
  • Stripe multicurrency support is limited to USD, EUR, and GBP. Braintree can accept payments in 130 currencies and settle in the following currencies: AUD - Australian dollar, CAD - Canadian dollar, DKK - Danish krone, CHF - Switzerland francs, EUR - European Union euro, GBP - British pound, HKD - Hong Kong dollar, JPY - Japanese yen, NOK - Norwegian krone, NZD - New Zealand dollar, SEK - Swedish krona, USD - US dollar, ZAR - South African rand. Being able to settle in DKK, CHF, NOK or SEK might make a big difference to merchants with large customer bases in Northern Europe.
  • Stripe charges a 2% currency conversion fee if you settle in a different currency than you present. Braintree does not.
  • The pricing structures are different. Stripe charges 2.4% + 20p per charge; Braintree charges on an interchange plus model: IC + 0.9% + 10p, with a 100 GBP monthly minimum.

Balanced

  • No monthly fees.
  • No setup fees.
  • No recurring fees.
  • Processing: credit card (per txn): 2.9% + 30c
  • Processing: bank account (per txn): 1% + 30c
  • Payout: bank account (per deposit): 25c

Simplify Commerce

  • 2.85% + 30¢ per transaction
  • No setup fees.
  • No monthly fees.

Beanstream

PayPal

EEEk

Google

Simplified Ecommerce

Other

  • https://gocardless.com/ - 1% per transaction up to a maximum of £2.00. Simple Direct Debit, for regular billing & invoicing.

Point of Sale

Elavon Mobilemerchant

  • PIN pad rental of €10 / £10 per month (VAT applicable).
  • Free Mobile payment application
  • Free web-based transaction management
  • Works with most iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android devices

Payleven

  • £82.50 equipment purchase
  • 2.75% per transaction
  • No monthly fees, no minimum revenue

Sumup

  • Mobile card reader (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices): £19.95
  • 2.75% per transaction
  • No monthly fees

mPowa

  • 2.95% per transaction, or 25p oldprice? (highest)

Contactless

Near field communication

Markets

Software

  • Grism is an open source stock market observation tool. It allows you to easily track the evolution of stock prices through watchlists, portfolios and charts.
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