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Jun 14
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Realex Payments launch RealPay package for Irish SME'sPosted by: Dave on Jun 14, 2009 Tagged in: sagepay , RealPay , realex payments , protx , payment processing , online payments , IIA Congress , e-commerce
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Realex Payments, the leading Irish web payments processor, have been very busy the past few weeks. They were the headline sponsor for the IIA 2009 Congress on May 21st where they launched a new website onlinepayments.ie. The site promotes the concept of building an online payment strategy for your business. On June 9th Realex announced that they signed a five year deal with Virgin Atlantic to provide a payment solution for Virgin Atlantic customers worldwide. Later in the same week Realex relaunched their corporate website www.realexpayments.com, including lots of new useful information for businesses starting to take payments online.
Highlights include:
Earlier this year we reported that SagePay, a Realex competitor, were entering the Irish Market. SagePay introduced the SagePay Go package. The service costs €25 per month for up to 1000 transactions per quarter with additional transactions charged at 15c each. The package includes CVN, fraud prevention tools and 3D secure. This was the first service of its kind in Ireland to have transparent pricing, no set-up fees and 24/7 support.
Realex Payments, in swift response have introduced a new package called RealPay. The new package costs €29 per month, includes 350 transactions per month (equating to 1050 per quarter) with additional transactions charged at 19c each. The new package does not have any setup fee and includes CVN, fraud scoring and 3D secure at no extra cost. Full details of the RealPay package are available on the revamped Realex Payments website.
This is great news for small businesses and start-up companies wanting to accept online payments in Ireland. The new pricing plans offered by both providers have significantly reduced the barrier to entry for accepting online payments in Ireland. Payment processing services for Irish SME's are now easier to see at a glance and this will act as an enabled for the web-based sales channel. This is very encouraging for anyone wanting to start an online business in Ireland. Comparing the annual cost of either the SagePay or RealPay package, both will come in at less than €350 which is similar to the annual cost of a broadband service or IIA SME Membership.
The last remaining hurdle in accepting payments online as an Irish business is getting an Internet Merchant Account and managing the associated costs, which we will explore in an upcoming blog post, so be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed of our blog.
Dave
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Highlights include:
- 5 steps to selling online - details 5 steps to accepting online payments on your website with Realex.
- Merchant services agreement - provides contact details for acquiring banks and card schemes that Realex work with.
- Fraud Management - gives details of the fraud management tools provided by Realex.
- Checklist for working with Realex Payments - a list of 9 items that must be in place before you can accept online payments with Realex.
Earlier this year we reported that SagePay, a Realex competitor, were entering the Irish Market. SagePay introduced the SagePay Go package. The service costs €25 per month for up to 1000 transactions per quarter with additional transactions charged at 15c each. The package includes CVN, fraud prevention tools and 3D secure. This was the first service of its kind in Ireland to have transparent pricing, no set-up fees and 24/7 support.
Realex Payments, in swift response have introduced a new package called RealPay. The new package costs €29 per month, includes 350 transactions per month (equating to 1050 per quarter) with additional transactions charged at 19c each. The new package does not have any setup fee and includes CVN, fraud scoring and 3D secure at no extra cost. Full details of the RealPay package are available on the revamped Realex Payments website.
This is great news for small businesses and start-up companies wanting to accept online payments in Ireland. The new pricing plans offered by both providers have significantly reduced the barrier to entry for accepting online payments in Ireland. Payment processing services for Irish SME's are now easier to see at a glance and this will act as an enabled for the web-based sales channel. This is very encouraging for anyone wanting to start an online business in Ireland. Comparing the annual cost of either the SagePay or RealPay package, both will come in at less than €350 which is similar to the annual cost of a broadband service or IIA SME Membership.The last remaining hurdle in accepting payments online as an Irish business is getting an Internet Merchant Account and managing the associated costs, which we will explore in an upcoming blog post, so be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed of our blog.
Dave
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written by Brian , June 30, 2009
I wish I'd come accross this site before wasting days trying to find a payment solution!
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written by Ronan , July 01, 2009
Thanks for the info, i find it very odd that with the new pricing the processors decided to keep their existing customers on the old Extremely expensive by comparison tariffs.
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written by dave lowry , July 02, 2009
I assumed the new pricing was available to existing clients as well. Obviously not the case based on your comment.
Nice site by the way, I bought some costumes from you last year - good prices, great costumes and great service.
Dave
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