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Re:How to get a merchant account - a series of hoops by swombat on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @10:25AM (#530163)
Because then there is an obvious way to make "clean" money out of stolen credit card numbers via your service.

This is not an insurmountable problem, but it does mark you as a likely target for all sorts of internet fraudsters that would otherwise not be bothered about yet another project management application.

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Re:How to get a merchant account - a series of hoops by swlevy on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @02:39PM (#530560)
Even with your own merchant account, I would strongly advise against trying to run your own affiliate program (I've tried). There are just a host of legal and tax issues that will consume your time. Many of the largest sites (among them Netflix) still outsource their affiliate programs.
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Re:How to get a merchant account - a series of hoops by gommm on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @01:36AM (#531475)
What company do you recommend for outsourcing my affiliate program?
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