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Internet Merchant Account Shopping Cart Price Comparison
Web Site Hosts with Shopping Cart and Real Time Processing* |
Popular
E-Commerce Shopping
Cart Services: |
ECHO®
Merchant
America® |
Microsoft bCentral® |
Yahoo!® Store |
eBay®
Stores |
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Price
Comparison |
| Primary Fees |
$19.95/month |
$29.95/month or
$259/year |
$100/month for
a store selling 50 items. $300/month for up to 1000 items.
Larger stores costs $300/month for the first 1000 items plus $100/month
for each additional 1000 items. |
You pay:
$9.95/month plus $.05/item added and pay on every sale: $25 and under:
$1.25 $25.01 and up: $1.25 plus 2.5% of value over $25 |
| Startup
Costs |
$99 set up |
$59.85 |
$122.95 |
$9.95 plus use
fees |
| Cancellation
Penalty |
None |
$29.95 + |
Yes - merchant
account requires a six-month contract |
None |
| Includes
Merchant Account For Payment Processing |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Merchant
Account Cost |
Included |
$19.95/month |
$22.95/month |
Billed per use |
Discount
Rates/
Transaction Fee |
1.99% to 2.49%
+ $.30 (AVS included) |
2.35% + $.20+
$.10 AVS |
Secret until
after you sign up with Yahoo |
3% for ticket
sizes over $15 plus $.35 |
| Rate review
annually to lower rates as business grows and establishes reliability |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Telephone
Support |
Included |
$9.95/month |
Not Available |
Not Available |
| Total Costs
(excluding transaction fees) |
$19.95/month |
$59.85/month |
$122.95/month |
$9.95/month
plus use fees |
| Monthly Fees
Waived if no activity |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Comparison of Shopping Cart, Hosting, and Processing Services |
Number of
Companies/
Applications |
One Company,
One Application |
Two Companies,
Two Applications |
Two Companies,
Two Applications |
Two Companies,
Two Applications |
| Accepts
Online Check Payments |
Yes |
No Option |
No Option |
Yes |
| Fee for
Online Checks |
$.60/item |
N/A |
N/A |
$.35/item+ 1.5% |
| Unlimited
Products and Categories |
Yes |
40 MB total
amount |
50 product
limit at this price level |
Yes |
| Includes
Email Accounts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Choice of
Payment for Sign up |
Yes |
No. A
credit card is required |
No. A
credit card is required |
Yes |
| Virtual
Terminal for manual transaction entry? Process checks? |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/No |
Yes/No |
No/No |
| Receipt of
transaction automatically sent to customer |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Onerous
Restrictions vs. Merchant America |
Indexed
responses to numbered restrictions shown at right:
1) ECHO always notifies you of changes to programs and policies!
2) System features a 99% uptime guarantee!
3 & 5) Merchants are free to post links to their other commercial sites!
4 & 6) ECHO provides 24/7 Live Telephone Support! |
1) Microsoft
does not and will not notify you of any changes to the terms of use and
notices or additional terms.
2) Your access to and use is at your own risk. Microsoft makes no
guarantees of any kind regarding the dependability, accuracy, security,
timeliness or availability of the bCentral Network or such products or
services. |
3) Can not post
links to third party commerce web sites outside Yahoo! Shopping.
4) No phone support is available only via e-mail. Yahoo reserves
the right to establish limitations on the extent of such support and the
hours at which it is available. |
5) Can not post
links to third party commerce web sites outside eBay.
6) No phone support is available, only via e-mail. |
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* Information current as of 8/1/01. ECHO and its Merchant America
service are not affiliated with Microsoft, eBay or Yahoo!, Inc. ECHO’s
best efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of all facts. BCentral is
a registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc. Yahoo! is a registered
trademark of Yahoo! Inc. eBay is a registered trademark of eBay, Inc.
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