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Author: Gavin Breeze, Laurence Bird and Jake Hird
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Pages: 41
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Features: 10 Sections of information, advice and benchmarking relating to online transaction processing 

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;About this Guide&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Would you like to understand more about online transaction processing, and how you can save and make more money as an online retailer? &lt;/em&gt;
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This special report takes a detailed look at various aspects of &lt;strong&gt;best practice &lt;/strong&gt;in this area and makes recommendations based on anonymised &lt;strong&gt;benchmarking data &lt;/strong&gt;for 29 merchants / online retailers surveyed by Econsultancy.
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The main author of the report is independent consultant &lt;strong&gt;Gavin Breeze&lt;/strong&gt;, the founder of payment service provider DataCash.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understanding the Online Transaction Process&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Processing Credit Cards: where to start, who to contract &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Currencies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Risks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Negotiating a Merchant Discount Rate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benchmarking summary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Methodology and respondent profile&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benchmarking data&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Appendix: Graph summary of findings&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Related Resources&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Our &lt;a href="http://www.e-consultancy.com/publications/online-retail-checkout-2007"&gt;Online Retail Checkout Special&lt;/a&gt; is an invaluable resource for those who want to create a winning checkout experience.&lt;/p&gt;</body-uk-formatted>
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Features: 10 Sections of information, advice and benchmarking relating to online transaction processing 

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This special report takes a detailed look at various aspects of &lt;Emphasis&gt;best practice &lt;/Emphasis&gt;in this area and makes recommendations based on anonymised &lt;Emphasis&gt;benchmarking data &lt;/Emphasis&gt;for 29 merchants / online retailers surveyed by Econsultancy.
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The main author of the report is independent consultant &lt;Emphasis&gt;Gavin Breeze&lt;/Emphasis&gt;, the founder of payment service provider DataCash.
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&lt;ListItem&gt;Introduction&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Understanding the Online Transaction Process&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Processing Credit Cards: where to start, who to contract &lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Currencies&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Risks&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Fees&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Negotiating a Merchant Discount Rate&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Benchmarking summary&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Methodology and respondent profile&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Benchmarking data&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;Appendix: Graph summary of findings&lt;/ListItem&gt;
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Our &lt;Link URL="http://www.e-consultancy.com/publications/online-retail-checkout-2007" Window="Self"&gt;Online Retail Checkout Special&lt;/Link&gt; is an invaluable resource for those who want to create a winning checkout experience.&lt;/FormattedContent&gt;</body-uk-unformatted>
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