 Recommended way to receive customer payments when just starting up?
ScottWhigham: When I started http://www.learnitfirst.com/ originally, we only accepted PayPal. I did it this way because getting a merchant account seemed like a big deal+hassle (at the time). After we integrated PayPal, we added Google Checkout which was a collosal waste of time. We now accept credit cards directly.I'd say that my customers 10:1 prefer to pay by credit card. If I didn't offer credit cards as an option, I figure I would have 20-40% fewer sales. That being said, get up and running first and foremost - that's what I think. You can always add credit cards. I think PayPal, for my customers, is an important option. Since it was the easiest of all to implement, I'd say start with it.