Success. It’s something we all hope to achieve. However, no matter what you do, it takes hard work and dedication to be successful. As an Agent and a sales professional, you can put yourself on a path for success by setting goals and diligently building an action plan to help you achieve them.
As an Agent and a sales professional, one of the most important things you do is persevere.
If you're a retail business owner, you know that the final weeks of the year are typically accompanied by many product returns and exchanges. However, the seven days between Christmas and New Year's Day see the most return traffic for purchases made in-store and orders placed online. In early 2021, Digital Commerce 360 reported that returns for online orders increased by 70% between these holidays (compared with the daily average for September 24th - November 29th).
In this post, we'll explore some of the reasons for the flurry of returns and exchanges following the holiday season. We'll also provide tips to help you handle these returns with profitability in mind.
Whether you've surpassed your sales goals or are still climbing towards them, we'd like to help inspire you to make these final days as profitable as possible! Here are five ways you can make the most of the remainder of the holiday shopping season:
Did you know that holiday shoppers contribute to about 30% of the average retailer’s annual profits?
The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales during November and December of 2021 to reach between $843.4 and $859.0 billion. That's about 8.5% - 10.5% more than 2020 holiday spending!
The holiday shopping season is upon us, which means your retail store could soon become a very busy place. Do you have enough team members to handle the holiday rush?
The holiday season is upon us, which for many people means it’s time to shop! There are some big shopping days coming up soon, including our personal favorite – Small Business Saturday.
The United States is home to over 32.5 million small businesses. These millions of businesses employ about 46.8% of the private workforce, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Small businesses impact our everyday lives more than we may realize. They contribute to our local economies, employ our friends and neighbors, and often give back to our communities, but we'll explore all of this later. Right now, here's what you need to know:
Small businesses in your community are counting on your support this holiday season.
In this post, we’ll share some of the reasons why shopping local is important and how you can support small (with or without using your wallet).
Despite many changes over the past couple of years, there is one thing we as humans have continued to seek. Connection. People are innately drawn to other people. We want to talk, eat, share, celebrate, shop, and experience the world around us together.
Are you a small business owner interested in accepting mobile payments? Do you want to accept debit and credit cards from your phone?
You need to EMSMobile. For over 30 years, Electronic Merchant Systems has been a payment processor that has helped local businesses thrive.
And, while you may not realize it yet, EMSMobile is a lifesaver for small businesses.
It works with iOS and Android devices and includes a card reader that connects to your device via Bluetooth.
EMSMobile has the ability to:
- Dip, Tap, and Swipe credit cards
- Generate itemized or basic transactions.
- Accept and manage cash payments and tips.
- Keep track of and control over inventory.
- Allow multiple users to log in at the same time.
Learn more about EMS' Mobile Payment Processing today.
Have you ever wondered how Halloween impacts our economy?
After all, those pumpkins, decorations, costumes, and candy do have to be purchased every year and typically fly off the shelves. In this post, we’ll review some of the frightening facts on Halloween spending. Read on, if you dare!
Businesses have many moving parts that need to be aligned to be successful. From controlling the product or service to managing employees to marketing and sales, there is always something that needs to be done. One crucial factor in a successful business is to get and increase sales, which means you must have a good POS system. Let's discuss what a POS system is and why it's essential to a thriving business.
Why its Essential to Accept Credit Cards
The use of smartphones is taking center stage in our everyday lives. And with customers using cashless often business owners are feeling the need to stay up to date with different payment methods. So it is not a wonder that many are interested in processing credit card payments on smartphones, especially if your business serves customers not in a permanent location. Read on as we discuss how you can accept mobile credit card payments on your phone and how to choose the right payment processor.
As a business owner, you are likely setting up your business to accept digital payments from customers so you can capture even more sales.
Electronic Merchant Services (EMS), a company based in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that they are offering a Gift and Loyalty Card Program. As a payment processor, they provide various intuitive tools and services for small businesses and one such service is the Gift and Loyalty Card Program. Gift cards provide a great way for businesses to keep their customers engaged, attract new customers, boost customer retention, and drive sales. It is also important to note that studies have shown that most customers will spend more than the amount indicated in the gift cards. For this program, EMS has a team of creative professionals who will assist customers in designing and creating business cards that are fully customized for the small business.
With the above-mentioned program, EMS can help businesses with regards to various opportunities. These include: building of brand awareness; increase of profits and cash flow; attainment of higher volume of purchases; attracting of new customers; and driving customers to the business more frequently. This is because gift cards can be used as prizes, thank you gifts, stocking stuffers, and more. With every gift card sold, the business gets the opportunity to welcome a new customer. The experience of these new customers begins when they receive the gift card, which means that it has to be visually attractive and properly represent the business. It has been shown that the act of rewarding customers for their loyalty can drastically boost foot traffic and the profitability of the business.
EMS supports a significant number of loyalty program configurations to help businesses to engage, retain, and grow their customer base in such a way that is the most sensible for the business. Their customer support team is always ready to help customers, in answering questions, overcoming challenges, and educating customers about products and solutions that they provide. They can be contacted through the phone or an online form on their website.
EMS has established partnerships with reputable companies that provide payment gateways in order to offer the best possible solution. Whether the business requires a website, payment gateway, online shopping cart, or some other customized application, EMS has the resources to build a tailor-fitted solution that will last for the business.
EMS helps in improving the payment experience for the customers. This can be done through virtual terminals, payment SDKS and APIs, and cost-effective web services. Through virtual terminals, businesses can send a customized email invoice for services provided or set up a recurring billing schedule for customers who will be making regular monthly payments. With payment SDKs and APIs, businesses can easily integrate payments into their selling platform through EMS’s connections with leading payment gateways. The improved development features provided include: pre-certified SDKs, mobile-optimized design, tokenization, and APIs.
With the company’s pre-certified SDKs, businesses are able to integrate payments into any application, including mobile apps, with native SDKs. These integrations can be done on Windows, iOS, Linux, and Android operating systems. Businesses will also be able to easily embed responsive payment forms that are mobile-friendly on their payment gateway. This will ensure an efficient and streamlined payment experience for customers who use a mobile device to make an online payment. And businesses are able to reuse tokenized cardholder data from past transactions without the need to store the data or secure it. And they currently support Client JS, Payment Engine Terminal API, Rest API, Transaction API, and Soap API.
Founded in 1988, Electronic Merchant Systems has evolved into a top provider of payment processing services. They process and safeguard various kinds of electronic payment transactions including all major credit cards, debit cards, stored-value, electronic check services, and EBT. They provide 24/7 service and they have served tens of thousands of retail, start-up, and Internet businesses nationwide.
People who would like to learn more about Electronic Merchant Systems and the different payment processing solutions they are offering can visit their website, or contact them through the telephone.
What a year this has been! Somehow, we’re already rapidly approaching the end of the year as we progress into Q4. As an Agent, you may be feeling rushed, pressured, or even stressed about achieving your final goals for the year.
Did you know that the average gift card user spends $59 more than the card is worth?
Consider that this is your business card and logo! Impress that customer (and a few additional gift card-wielding shoppers), and you have the potential to drastically boost your profitability and customer base. Our one-of-a-kind Gift & Loyalty Card Program
EMS can assist you in realizing these development potential.
Opportunities include the following:
You earn the opportunity to welcome a new customer to your business with each gift card you sell. Their interaction with you begins with that small piece of plastic, which means it must be visually appealing and accurately reflect your brand.
It has been demonstrated that rewarding customers for their loyalty to your business significantly increases foot traffic and profitability.
Discover why EMS offers the Best Gift Card and Loyalty Program for small businesses today.
Companies are always looking for ways to stay ahead of their competitors in this digital age. One of the key ways to ensure that you stay ahead of the competition is by ensuring that you can retain your customers.
Many small businesses today are operating on shoestring budgets. Is yours in the same boat?
At Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), we’re all about helping business owners like you increase their financial well-being. This is why we’re committed to providing the knowledge and resources you might not find with other payment providers. The more you know, the better control you can have over your business’s success!
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Electronic Merchant Services (EMS) - Payment Processing, a company based in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that they are offering payment processing solutions for all business types all over the United States. They are offering nationwide credit card processing and merchant services to small business owners nationwide. They can help businesses that don’t have space for a credit card machine or don’t have a physical store to accept credit cards and debit cards through mobile processing. They can also help with businesses that need virtual terminals for processing secure online payments.
“We believe the payment process should be simple for customers and seamless for you,” says Bill Felberg, EVP of Sales for Electronic Merchant Services - Payment Processing. “However, there are so many different ways to process payments, that it can be overwhelming to choose the best option for your business. That’s where we come in. We’ll tailor a local payment processing setup to your specific needs and provide tools you can use across your business to save money, streamline operations, and drive sales.”
For those who require a mobile processing solution, EMS offers EMSmobile. It provides a simple but powerful mobile payment acceptance alternative for any business that wants to get paid on the go. EMSmobile is compatible with both Android and iOS devices. It provides a card reader that can connect to the business owner’s device using Bluetooth. With the EMSmobile solution, it is possible to: dip, tap, or swipe credit cards; create itemized or simple transactions; accept tips and manage cash payments; track and control inventory; and allow multiple users at the same time.
For those who require an e-commerce solution, EMS offers a Virtual Terminal that will allow customers to place their orders or pay securely on the web. The EMS Virtual Terminal is an interface that is integrated into a payment gateway and the user can run the gateway as if it were a credit card terminal on any computing device, including mobile devices. The Virtual Terminal is browser-based, which means that it is accessible through any web-enabled computing device.
The EMS Virtual Terminal has several features. These include: custom email invoicing; secure vault storage; recurring payments; and reporting and analytics. With email invoicing, business agility is improved. The business owner can simply send an invoice through email and customers can make fast and secure online payments. The user also has access to a secure portal that allows the monitoring of invoices that have been viewed and paid. This portal can also be used to resend receipts.
The Secure Vault Storage feature of the EMS Virtual Terminal ensures that customer card information are kept securely for future purchases or billing. By creating a profile for each customer, the user will no longer have to keep requesting for credit card information for every sale. And with their Account Updater technology, it is even possible to update outdated card information without having to send a request.
EMS Virtual Terminal also allows the set up of an automatic recurring billing schedule for customers who have outstanding balances or monthly subscriptions. The user will simply need to set the schedule and the technology takes care of the rest.
And finally, through the EMS Merchant Console, businesses are able to manage the key aspects of their business. This portal allows them to review the status of email invoices, manage inventory, view all transactions, analyze sales trends, and more.
EMS has also partnered with reputable companies that offer payment gateways. EMS users are able to easily integrate payments into their selling platform. Improved development features include: integration of payments into any application with native SDKs; easy embedding of mobile-responsive and mobile-friendly payment forms to the user’s payment gateway; reuse of tokenized cardholder data from past transactions without the need to store or secure it; and support for various APIs.
Those who are interested in learning more about the various payment processing solutions offered by Electronic Merchant Services - Payment Processing can check out their website at https://www.emscorporate.com/credit-card-processing, or contact them on the phone.
