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Nyah and Dan from Instabill at NEAA 2013

Dan and Nyah returned from the NEAA 2013 Conference in Mount Snow, Vermont, this morning and brought with them tall stacks of business cards from their new professional connections. Nyah alone walked away with 42 new contacts. However, the NEAA was not about competing for the most cards. It was about engaging with fantastic folks to work with in the future.

Due to a delay, vendors had to wait until Wednesday to setup their exhibition tables, so many of the attendees decided to hit the slops upon arrival.

There on the snowy mountaintops, Dan and Nyah began making new friends—not only to help our merchants open new merchant accounts, but also to assist other payment service providers in helping their merchants open new accounts through Instabill.

Nyah, our Partner Program manager, enjoyed several speeches on Wednesday. Her favorite was from Garima Shah from eMerchantPay. Mrs. Shah's speech discussed eMerchantPay's international payment solutions, which highlighted the key benefits merchants receive when processing with the company. This presentation reinforced the international credit card processing services Instabill also provides. Mrs. Shah also discussed the differences between international and domestic credit card processing.

There were 400 attendees at the NEAA Conference this year. The seclusion of the resort made it difficult for those attending to leave, which provided a very intimate atmosphere. Among the barn dance, cocktail parties, dinner parties, and conferences, business cards were constantly changing hands—making new friends was inevitable.

All in all, Dan and Nyah had a wonderful time representing Instabill at the NEAA 2013 Conference. Both agree that it was an invaluable experience and even encourage a member of the Instabill team to sign up as a guest speaker in 2014.

Meet with Instabill at Future Shows

For more information on the events Instabill attends, please be sure to check our blog regularly for updates. If you are interested in meeting with Instabill at an event we attend in the future, please call us at 1-800-318-2713.

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Instabill CEO Jason Field has an eventful schedule next week while traveling to London. Not only will he be attending the ICE Totally Gaming 2013 Conference at the ExCeL, but he will also be stopping by the London Affiliate Conference while he is in town. Here is a bit more information about the conference.

7th Annual London Affiliate Conference
February 7-10, 2013
Old Billingsgate Market, London

Last year, more than 2,500 people attended the event and this year they anticipate even more. Attendees can mingle and grow their professional networks, view business exhibits, setup their own exhibition, and attend educational conferences.

There will be numerous unforgettable guest speakers attending the London Affiliate Conference next week. Among them will be The Sports Network's President and CEO Mickey Charles, Sheridans Lawyer Eitan Jankelewitz, and Jon Friedberg of Pokertrip Enterprises.

Along with making new business connections and inviting new members to join the Instabill Partner Program, Mr. Field looks forward to learning about the new rules and regulations pertaining to the gaming industry as well as the new technology and the laws that govern them.

Meet with Instabill in London

Whether you are attending the ICE Totally Gaming or the London Affiliate Conference, this is your opportunity to meet with Mr. Field. If you are looking for an online credit card processor for your e-commerce business or you would like to learn more about the Instabill Partner Program, Mr. Field would love to hear from you.

To schedule a meeting, please call 1-800-318-2713 to setup a time or email Instabill Partner Manager Nyah Penney at nyah[at]instabill.com today. We look forward to see you next week!

There are many aspects to consider when determining what credit cards to accept on your website. Do consumers prefer one type of credit card to another? Will you save money on credit card processing fees by only accepting one brand? For US-based businesses, Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted in stores. However, here are a few statistics that will show you which of the two are most popular.

Visa vs. MasterCard: Which is Better?

Source: http://creditcardforum.com/blog/visa-vs-mastercard/

Visa and MasterCard Merchant Accounts with Instabill

As the most popular and more important payment network, Visa processes 80% of all credit card transactions. However, MasterCard reaches more countries worldwide. Although Visa credit card processing services are much easier to find than MasterCard credit card processing services, Instabill can help businesses establish merchant accounts for both brands—oftentimes at the same acquiring bank.

A MasterCard merchant account may be slightly more difficult to find, but it will not cost you more in fees than a Visa merchant account will. Even if you process both Visa and MasterCard transactions through the same merchant account, your Instabill merchant account fees will remain the same.

Here at Instabill, we understand that a Visa only merchant account may be a deal breaker for you. After all, you would miss nearly 20% of your potential sales. However, if your Instabill account manager can help you establish a Visa merchant account, then that credit card processing history will greatly increase your chances of getting an approval for a MasterCard merchant account once we find an acquiring bank that can provide one to you.

What about American Express, Discover, and UnionPay?

It is safe to say that you have a higher sales volume when you accept a larger variety of credit cards. Instabill works with trusted acquiring banks that provide solutions for many networks. We provide credit card processing solutions to qualifying merchants for the credit card brands listed below.

Visa
Visa Electron
American Express

MasterCard
Maestro
China UnionPay

Diners Club
Discover
JCB International

Instabill Merchant Account Services

If you would like to apply for a Visa or MasterCard merchant account with Instabill, call 1-800-318-2713 or contact us online today. Our expert merchant account managers will match you with the best acquiring bank that fits all of your credit card processing needs.

Mark your calendars, folks—it is that time of year again. From Tuesday, February 5 to Saturday, February 9, Instabill CEO Jason Field will be attending the ICE Totally Gaming 2013 Conference at the ExCeL in London. This year's event will be the biggest in England since hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics.

ICE Totally Gaming is also the largest B2B gaming exhibition worldwide! The show attracts gaming professionals from around the globe. Feeling lucky? There will be representatives from all sectors of the gaming world including betting, bingo, casinos, lottery, mobile gaming, online gaming, social gaming, and street gaming.

Mr. Field looks forward to the ICE Totally Gaming Conference every year so he can stay up to date with the online gaming rules and regulations as well as network with new businesses. Aside from taking in the beautiful attractions London has to offer, he will also be attending seminars and dinner events.

Meet with Instabill at ICE Totally Gaming!

Make the most of your ICE Totally Gaming experience and schedule a meeting with Mr. Field today. Lay all the cards out on the table and discuss gaming merchant accounts or even joining the Instabill Partner Program. Weather you travel by the Jubilee line or by means of a London Black Cab, be sure you stop by and say hello to Instabill.

If you are attending ICE Totally Gaming 2013 Conference and want to meet with Mr. Field, call 1-800-318-2713 or email Instabill Partner Manager Nyah Penney at nyah[at]instabill.com.

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Numerous legitimate pharmaceutical companies as well as online pharmacy businesses worldwide put public safety first and follow the appropriate laws and regulations. However, there are also many illegal businesses that only care about making a dime in a multi-billion dollar industry.

These devious online pharmacies deliver medication illegally and without prescriptions. They require customers to fill out a brief medical questionnaire and then pay doctors to review them. These questionnaires cannot determine whether the customer is a drug addict, is underage, or has another condition that the medication could potentially worsen.

Illegal online pharmacies do not care about their customers and the products they sell are often questionable at best. The medication may be counterfeit, mislabeled, adulterated, or even contaminated. The Food and Drug Administration does not oversee the production of these medications and they are often made in underground laboratories out of suspicious raw materials.

The Internet is full of illegal online pharmacy businesses. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more than 80,000 portal websites are selling advertisement space for prescription medication and link to more than 1,400 anchor websites that allow customers to purchase them through illegal online pharmacies.

Spotting Legal Pharmacy Websites

To an uneducated eye, it can be tough to know the difference between legal and illegal pharmacy websites. Instabill has been providing reliable pharmacy merchant accounts to honest merchants worldwide since 2001, and we can help you learn how to spot a good site.

A legitimate and legal pharmacy website will:

• Require customers to submit prescriptions from a licensed doctor, usually by mail (if the website accepts a fax or scanned copy of the prescription, they will always call the doctor to verify the prescription first)
• Make customers submit a detailed medical history so it knows what prescriptions will have negative affects
• Clearly state their payment, privacy, and shipping policies on their website
• Use secure and encrypted website connections to conduct online transactions (look for the https in the URL)

Need More Proof?

If you are still uncertain of whether you can trust the online pharmacy you want to use, check to see if the merchant's website is on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website.

The NABP certifies many online pharmacy businesses to help assure consumers that these websites are safe and legal. However, keep in mind that some of the larger Internet pharmacies may not have these NABP certifications because they are well-recognized and trusted names.

Instabill Pharmacy Merchant Account Services

If you operate a legal and legitimate online pharmacy and you are looking for credit card processing services, Instabill has a secure and affordable merchant account solution for you. We offer 3D Secure and non-3D Secure pharmacy merchant accounts to e-commerce businesses worldwide that allow you to accept major credit cards in multiple currencies.

The Instabill Risk Compliance Department performs due diligence background checks on business owners as well as the online pharmacy. We also verify orders with customers over the telephone or through emails to make sure they are satisfied with the goods they received.

If you want to learn more about opening a pharmacy merchant account with Instabill, contact us online or call 1-800-318-2713 today.