Total Merchant Services was one of the first companies out there that started offering their merchants a free credit card terminal along with their credit card processing services. When we started, our competition could not understand how we could do this. At the time it would not be unusual to sign a lease on a terminal that cost $300 and end up paying thousands more than it is worth. Other people sold the equipment with a 100%+ mark-up. This is what our competition could not understand: they were making money on credit card terminals hand over fist and we were giving them away?!?!
“How is this possible??”- asked the competition. Many different
scenarios unfolded as the competition attempted to also offer a free credit
card terminal to their merchants. Some decided that the only way that they can
offer a free credit card terminal and still make as much as leasing or selling
the credit card equipment would be to raise the fees. They increased batch
fees, transaction fees and added annual fees to offset the upfront monies they
were so used to receiving from each merchant. Did Total Merchant Services do
this to offer the credit card terminal for free? No, since I was already
working for Total Merchant Services at the time that the free credit card terminal
program was reviled, I know that the fees remained unchanged.
In rolling out the free terminal placement program, as the
merchants representative I was still able to offer the same great pricing that we
offered prior to the program. Some of our competition still does not understand
this and tell their prospective merchants that it is “never free”, attempting
to sell or lease to them an overpriced terminal. Total Merchant Services stands
behind our free credit card terminal program. So what’s the catch? There is no
catch, no hidden fees, no annual fees, no cancellation fees, all with our low cost pricing backed by our meet or beat guarantee. We want you to
have the best credit card terminal available simply because when your business
thrives, so does ours.
For more information on our free credit card terminal
programs click on one of the following links:
Get one of the following state-of-the-art countertop
terminals: Ingenico iCT220, or Verifone Vx520 in our
counter-top free terminal program. (A $399 value)
Get a free state-of-the-art wireless terminal: Ingenico iWL255 (A $599 value)
Get an Authorize.net online payment gateway for free along
with your merchant account. (A $99 value)
Free Groovv POS System - Powerfully Simple Point of Sale
You have a choice of our Groovv Storefront, Groovv Restaurant, or Groovv Tablet.
Free Groovv POS System - Powerfully Simple Point of Sale
You have a choice of our Groovv Storefront, Groovv Restaurant, or Groovv Tablet.
Enable your smartphone to process credit cards. Credit cards
can be swiped or keyed in manually to your phone. (A $49 value)
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at any
time at 800.51.TOTAL / 800.518.6825. Have a fantastic day!
