Maggie,
I just looked at Secure E-Bill also and didn't see anything. From what I can tell, there don't seem to be any associated fees for the merchant offering this option. I suspect it is a service designed to assist the banking industry and perhaps they are not charging merchant fees or perhaps the customer simply pays a fee to the bank itself for transactions?
However, I may well be wrong.
I'm going to do a little research and see what I can find out.
Btw, thanks Mandy!
Very interesting!
I'm a bit skeptical, however. The power of
buyer protection using plastic on the internet is tremendous. Unless you only deal with *known* or reputable sellers... the drop below 50% seem unlikely to me.
Cheers
Okay, just did a live chat with them and although I did find out that they do charge fees to the merchant offering SEB as a payment alternative, they could not provide me with info as to the actual fee schedule.
Quote: Support Chat
[Operator] Welcome to SECURE-eBill support, how may I help you?
[Visitor] Yes, a question for you, please. Are there any fees for the merchant offering SEB as a payment option?
[Operator] Yes, merchants are charged transaction fees for using SECURE-eBill. Are you a merchant?
[Visitor] Yes. Where can I find info on the related fees, please?
[Operator] You can find out our fees through SECURE-eBill sales.
[Operator] May I have someone from business development contact you? I am sure they will be able to answer all of your questions.
[Visitor] No, at this time, I simply would like to see a fee schedule.
[Operator] OK well you can also send an email to sales@secure-ebill.com if you like and someone will respond to you.
[Operator] Just to give you an idea it is priced on trasactions based on volume.
[Visitor] Okay, I will email. Thank you for your time.
ConnectedSend Message:
The link to Live Chat is:
http://www.secure-ebill.com/
A related article on one merchant's results with Secure E-Bill:
Quote: Customers at computer retailer CompSource.com choosing to pay through an e-mailed invoice, or e-billwhich lets them pay directly from their personal bank accountspend about 15-20% more per order than other customers...
About 4% of CompSource customers opt to use the Secure-eBill service, Bellone says. It seems to be popular with a certain breed of customers that choose Secure-eBill for security reasons, he says. When customers use Secure-eBill, the retailer doesn`t hold any of their personal information like credit card account numbers of birth dates, he adds.
The use of Secure-eBill among CompSource customers rises to over 6% when the e-billing service is tied to special promotions such as $10 off purchases...
full article:
http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=21288
The cost to the merchant is approximately 1%--------less than you pay for accepting a cc payment.
Secure e-Bill is offered by ModaSolutions:
http://web.modasolutions.com
I will be offering this solution to my customers. Is anyone else here utilizing this option yet?