I checked Square's site and they have a grid which specifically shows that you can't accept credit cards on-line with them.
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That's too bad because they are otherwise excellent.
Yeah, Square is great. What about Intuit's credit card processing?
Intuit offer a merchant account I think - one with one of the lowest terminal fees I've seen, but still a merchant account. I queried Wepay and they told me they have stopped using "contact the customer" as a way to verify charges. Which I guess is good. It worries me a bit that they used to do this. On the other hand, they actually answered my question.
So now I'm thinking WePay for on-line, and Square for in person.
Costco is supposed to have low merchant fees.
I have something I want to do that may or may not be a business or a book or both. I have a fascination with kudzu, both as metaphor and invasive plant. There hasn't been a decent book on kudzu since the 70s and that was more a hippy-dippy book on eating and crafting with kudzu. I have thought about pitching it as a book, but I'm not sure that's the best approach today. What I am pondering is a blog and/or Tumblr in which I collect research on kudzu and write various articles about it. My goal would be a book and becoming the person people call when they want a quote about kudzu.
I own the url kudzuthebook.com, but I don't think that exactly covers this first phase. What are your feelings about ProjectKudzu.com, KudzuProject.com or LikeKudzu.com?
I hate to open up the question of whether I am crazy, but is this a workable concept? Should I also pose the question in the writing thread?
I would be all over that. Umm. Like Kudzu. (which is also incidentally my name vote.)
A blog or tumbler is a great way to create a book. A lot of blogs have turned into books.
Given the popularity of books like Salt, Cod, and, uh, Bonk, I certainly think there's a market for a book about/called Kudzu. I like ProjectKudzu; it amuses me.