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In 1993 I got a job with an audiotext company in LA, (900 and 976 #s). Then they leased a content delivery system called "Virtual Dreams". People were mailing in checks and money orders, (and even cash) to view the content. We got a merchant account through First Bank of Beverly Hills, (who had no idea what this "internet" thing was), and they gave us a point-of-sale credit card machine. People would use the BBS on our site to send us their CC info, we would input it into the machine, get an approval, and then BBS back a password for them.
I got out of the business in 1996 and ran some call centers for 3 years.
Then moved to Miami in 1999, and became the face of one of the big 3rd party processors at the time. When they went down in 2003 I lost a ton of money. Rebuilt my own merchant account brokerage, then partnered in several alternative payment solutions, and still doing credit card and alternative billing to this day.
Of course probably 60% of my business is now outside of adult, and I also have a bank consulting firm that helps banks get into e-commerce acquiring, but the adult biz is still super fun!
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