I don’t know about UK users particularly, but I have just set up an account as a buyer and I have to say I was mighty impressed!Â
The way the sign-up is written you’re prompted to call your credit card company *right away* to get the penny-check amount. Thus, the account is security verified within minutes and it all works like one seamless process, instead of a tedious extra step that takes days (if it gets done at all). I know I’ve lost sales in the time betwixt sign-up and penny check!
The other thing that I found really impressive is that ePassporte has strong ties with the adult community. It’s a very popular processor for adult b2b payments, which is how I happened to be using it. And since they’ve become a sponsor for an “industry” association (http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=13125) it certainly looks like they mean to stick by adult businesses.
The drawback is that there’s a pretty high charge to “load” your ePassporte account with funds ($5 US for up to $100), plus a small 25 cent transaction fee to pay somebody.
Unfortunately, they don’t have any details about using ePassporte to accept payments on the site, you have to email them for more info. I plan to do this and will report back on what they say. Have you got this info Jennifer?
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Cherie
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