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Originally Posted by BFT3K
I just called CCBill to find out how many MasterCard transactions took place for my sales within the last year. They said this was impossible to determine.
I then asked if they knew what percentage of CCBill sales overall, were MasterCard. Again, they said they had no system in place to make that determination.
It seems unreasonable to believe they cannot answer this question.
Semi-related, there is a chain of dollar stores in my area called Dollar Tree. The company that owns Dollar Tree also owns a chain of stores called Deals. Until very recently, neither of these chain stores accepted MasterCard. Within the last few months, most of their stores have changed policy, and now they DO accept MasterCard.
I only mention this because for YEARS this major business chain of retail products decided MasterCard was not worth accepting. This was not a niche online enterprise - it was (and is) a very big company that sells to the general public, and FOR YEARS they decided accepting MasterCard was NOT a priority for them.
Just something to think about...
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You are comparing a retail store that as you said. Is a dollar store. They most likely avoided mastercard because most people pay in cash and they want as little CC transactions as possible for tax purposes. There are many businesses especially restaurants that are now only excepting cash, and there is no shortage of people. When you are an online business, you dont have the opportunity to take cash. Especially if you need to charge a monthly fee for something. So its really like comparing apples and oranges.