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Billback & Enhanced Billback: Why Merchants Should Beware

Billback and enhanced billback are complex billing methods used by processors, often leading to confusion and potentially higher costs for merchants due to delayed and additional charges.

    Amad Ebrahimi
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  • Shannon Vissers
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Key Takeaways
  1. Billback is a billing method in which you are charged a low initial fee, but are later billed back additional fees based on the actual transaction processing costs.
  2. Enhanced billback adds an extra margin for processors, increasing their profit by charging merchants more than the standard billback method.
  3. Merchants should check their statements for terms like BB or EBB and consider switching to a processor that uses more transparent billing methods.
Amad Ebrahimi
Amad is the Founder and CEO at Merchant Maverick. He began his career in 2002 as an eBay Power Seller before moving on to several roles as an Internet Marketing Manager and SEO. Throughout his career, he has acquired many skills, including SEO/SEM, analytics, HTML/CSS, conversion rate optimization, and writing, which he has applied to founding and growing Merchant Maverick.
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