Yeah, Square is great. What about Intuit's credit card processing?
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Liese S. - Jun 12, 2012 2:43:43 pm PDT #928 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Typo Boy - Jun 13, 2012 9:15:26 am PDT #929 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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.
Typo Boy - Jun 13, 2012 9:15:59 am PDT #930 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So now I'm thinking WePay for on-line, and Square for in person.
Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 9:27:52 am PDT #931 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Costco is supposed to have low merchant fees.
Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 12:46:30 pm PDT #932 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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?
amych - Jun 13, 2012 12:48:29 pm PDT #933 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I would be all over that. Umm. Like Kudzu. (which is also incidentally my name vote.)
Typo Boy - Jun 13, 2012 12:51:32 pm PDT #934 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A blog or tumbler is a great way to create a book. A lot of blogs have turned into books.
flea - Jun 13, 2012 12:59:02 pm PDT #935 of 1416
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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.
javachik - Jun 13, 2012 1:02:27 pm PDT #936 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
Love the idea and think any of those names would be great.
Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 1:15:06 pm PDT #937 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
LikeKudzu amuses me, because there are 81,000 hits on google, almost all using it as a simile. "Project Kudzu" would stand out better in a search. At $13 a year, maybe I should get both for the time being.