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NETbilling Celebrates 17 Years Today
Today marks NETbilling’s 17th anniversary serving the transaction processing industry.
NETbilling: Payment Gateway Still Going Strong After 17 Years
Much has changed in the adult billing space since 1998, the year in which Mitch Farber founded NETbilling. Technology has evolved considerably, Internet speeds are much faster, banking rules have changed and many of the companies that offered billing for adult content back then have long since gone out of business.
NETbilling Expands E-commerce Software Support
NETbilling, a global leader in transaction processing and call center services, has announced support for two very popular e-commerce platforms, Prestashop and Bigcommerce.
Alternative Payments Overcome Obstacles
The alternative payments market is becoming a bit of a misnomer because many aspects of what used to be considered “alternatives” are now being absorbed into the heart of mainstream payment services. Aspects of paperless check transactions, online verification methods and geo-targeting were once the hallmark of people trying to think differently about payment processing and like most great ideas they eventually evolve their way into commonly accepted business practices and after a while the former alternatives are now the marketplace norms or best practices.
Official 2015 XBIZ Miami Schedule Announced
XBIZ is pleased to announce its official 2015 XBIZ Miami schedule, which highlights the educational, networking and social opportunities at this elite annual gathering of adult entertainment industry insiders.
New Technology, VAT Rules are the Focus of Billing in 2015
As adult entertainment continues to evolve, so do the methods in which consumers pay for it. 2015 is shaping up to be an interesting year for adult billing, and major trends to watch out for in the new year range from new VAT regulations in the E.U. to chip-and-PIN technology making its long-awaited debut in the U.S.
SMS Billing Remains an Appealing Option in Some Territories
With the smartphone revolution, mobile devices are being used for everything from checking sports scores to getting local weather forecasts to sending e-mail. And the use of mobile devices for accessing digital adult content has grown by leaps and bounds, making billing by SMS (short message service) an attractive option in some countries.
NETbilling Extends Rate Guarantee, Adds More Merchant Account Banks
NETbilling today announced that it has extended rate guarantees and added more merchant account banks.
ACH Remains Viable, Although Battling Fraud Still a Challenge
When Internet entrepreneurs from Europe, Australia or Japan are learning the essentials of electronic billing and payments in the U.S. market, one of the first terms they learn is Automated Clearing House (ACH).
Where Are Micropayments Going for Adult?
Micropayments have become increasingly prominent in mainstream e-commerce. Apple’s iTunes model has changed the way music is consumed, helping to create an entire generation of youths who would rather download individual songs than purchase entire albums.
Prepaid Cards Are Still an Appealing Alternative Option
Although the almighty credit card continues to dominate adult billing in the United States in the final quarter of 2014, millions of adult transactions are occurring all over the world with other billing methods. One of them is prepaid or preloaded cards.
Adult Billing Options Keep on Growing
As 2014 winds down, billing for adult entertainment continues to be diverse, multi-faceted and full of options. The U.S. remains, hands down, the world’s top market for adult credit card billing.
E-Business Leaders Discuss Cross-Atlantic Trends
It is often said that technology makes the world a smaller place, which is true in some respects. An adult webmaster in Prague can post new content online and be selling it to customers in Dublin or Paris moments later. Yet different European countries have their own nuances, and when it comes to adult billing, Europe maintains a diverse billing landscape with a variety of billing and processing needs.
NETbilling Expands Into Retail Payments, Offers $500 Guarantee
NETbilling today said that it is expanding "full force" into retail payment services.
NETbilling Celebrates 16 Years
NETbilling this month is celebrating its 16-year anniversary.
Micropayments Making Headway in the Adult Space
For years adult online business owners have looked at payment models like iTunes with envy. Massive traffic portals that maintain payment information from a massive amount of consumers and provide one click payment functionality for content providers. Now the micropayment method of billing consumers is coming to adult in a variety of ways and making the purchase of adult content easier than ever for people who prefer to pay in per scene or per site increments.
Alternative Payments Go Beyond Cryptocurrency
In recent months most of the talk about payment trends has centered on bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency, but as that feeding frenzy appears to be cooling down, several other alternative forms of payment are continuing to gain greater acceptance.
The Importance of Diversification
Over the last several years, the challenging conditions of the online adult entertainment market have laid waste to more than a few companies, and left many other companies cutting back and tightening their belts just to survive.
NETbilling Waives Merchant Account Registration Fees
NETbilling has announced a deal with its primary partner banks in the U.S. to pay the initial Visa/Mastercard high-risk registration fees when setting up a new merchant account and processing with NETbilling.
Q&A With NETbilling's Wendy Nelson
If you’ve called upon NETbilling to help provide flexible solutions to process credit cards as well as other financial instruments, you may have had the pleasant opportunity to have some kind of dialogue with NETbilling’s vice president of sales, Wendy Nelson.