1 Merchant Account For Multiple Websites

[black99m3]

Does anyone know of a merchant account or billing processor that allows you to specify different websites on the customer's billing statement?

The reason I ask is that I currently have 8 websites that are all billing through 1 merchant account with the company name showing on the customer's statements.

This leads to some confusion when people do not recognize the charge.

I would prefer not to have to open a separate merchant account for each website.

In other words, 1 merchant account, but the ability to change what appears on the customer's billing statement depending on which website they order from.

Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks!

-Joe

[Corey Bryant]

Most merchant account providers will allow this, especially if the NAICS (SIC) is the same. You should have the DBA on the footer and the DBA should be at the start of the checkout. The emailed receipt should have the DBA in the subject as well - this will help the consumer (hopefully) remember your merchant name.

Usually though, the only extra charge for another merchant account is the electronic payment gateway fee (between $10.00-$50.00) a month. A small amount that could help you prevent chargebacks and save you a lot of time.

If you are getting a lot of Reason Code 75, consider addressing the checkout process / email receipt or maybe even renaming your DBA to something that might match most of your goods.

[bwnbwn]

I use the same merchant account for 15 wesites and in the Thank you email sent to the person I state we we are a company under example.com and the charge will appear as example.com I haven't had one problem.
I also state this in our contact us page privacy policy page and anywere a person may look to make sure the site is legit.

[topr8]

i use the same merchant account for multiple websites too
i actually have a special shortish domain name that appears on the customer statement.
this website resolves to a single page explaining who we are and listing the websites where they may have purchased from.
{also appears in the thank-you email a la bwnbwn)