Hosted by Maria Sparagis, president of DirectPayNet, and payment solutions expert for entrepreneurs in the high risk industries of supplements, dating, business opportunities, gambling and more. On this podcast, Maria shares her knowledge on how to reduce decline ratios, add thousands of dollars to your bottom line with a few simple conversion hacks, and maximize revenue while keeping your high-risk merchant accounts happy and healthy. As a cryptocurrency advocate since 2012, Maria will also share her knowledge on the digital currency markets. Maria has worked with several high level entrepreneurs in Direct Marketing including Christian Hudson, Julian Reyes, Jeremy Schoemaker “ShoeMoney”, Mike Chang and many more. She has been featured in American Banker, Vice, Inside Bitcoins, Coindesk, and Yahoo. Connect with Maria mariasparagis.com or directpaynet.com

Monthly Subscriptions vs Lifetime Access

Monthly subscriptions are a more sustainable choice for businesses. Not only do customers like them more for various reasons like lower price points, but they help lower your risk profile.

Lifetime access sounds appealing—having accessing for an entire lifetime. But that is also the catch. You have to support that product for a lifetime, and if you don't then those customers will win a chargeback suit against you.

If you're still interested in selling lifetime access, I've got a few tips for you in the video.

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Need a merchant account? Get in touch! ➡️ directpaynet.com/contact-us

0:00 Intro

0:58 Lifetime of Chargebacks

2:43 Lifetime, Yearly, Monthly

4:05 Say NO to Lifetime

8:10 Maximize Conversions

10:22 Outro

Square closed your account? Steps to reactive your business

What to do when Square closes your account and you can't accept payments.

Just like with Stripe or PayPal or Shopify Payments, Square is keen on shutting down any account that has the slightest tinge of risk. If this happens to you, immediately open a backup account—but don't stop there. That acount is just for 10% of your transactions and to tide you over while you open a real merchant account.

Don't fall into the Square payments trap. If it's too easy to sign up and too good to be true, then run.

Need a merchant account? Get in touch! ➡️ directpaynet.com/contact-us

0:00 Intro

0:46 Why Square Shut You Down

4:01 Next Steps

7:49 Square Reopens Your Account

9:19 How to Get Your Money from Square

11:37 Outro