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For new small businesses or those who are just now adding an online sales channel to their business, the whole process can seem confusing and expensive. Learn more about how it works and how to manage your ecommerce payment processing costs here.
While they all perform the same basic function, payment gateways aren’t interchangeable. You’ll need to consider what kind of features and capabilities you need for your business so you can make sure you choose one that does everything you need it to do.
Typically, merchant categories where chargebacks are less common get lower visa interchange rates than categories where chargebacks are more likely. 
Instead of processing each transaction as they occur, a batch settlement involves processing all of the transactions a merchant handled within a set time period — usually 24 hours — at the same time.
Basis points are just a different way of talking about percentages so you won’t need a special basis point calculator to work with them. Learn more about how to calculate basis points here.

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