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Payment Options for Craft Businesses
Taking payment is an essential part of running your craft business. There are many options available.
It's one thing to make handmade craft products and another to connect with potential customers and secure a sale.
It's another thing yet again to actually process and receive the payment from customers. If a craft business owner is selling in person, then they can take advantage of the simplicity of cash, but when selling remotely and online, it can be more complicated.
Fortunately there are a wide range of payment possibilities available nowadays, many of which have been developed quite specifically to open up the possibility of low volume sales for small businesses, without the costs making the exercise prohibitively expensive.
Take Credit Card Payments at Craft Shows +tab
Learn how to get craft show credit card processing, accept credit cards
Google Checkout - Merchants +tab
Google's payment solution with power for enterprise use but suitable for small craft business websites
ProPay - Etsy Link +tab
This link goes to the Etsy offer which gives the premium service for the price of the basic service - however, this was correct at the time of posting so check to make sure it is still valid.
PayPal Fee Calculator +tab
A free online tool used to calculate and reverse calculate PayPal fees before accepting a payment. Written by Ryan Olbe.
Let's Discuss Merchant Accounts +tab
An insight into what consider when thinking about a merchange account, by Shop ByHand
