Originally posted by mansites-craig
Hey Everyone,
I am going to take the other side and get everyone mad, but so be it.

The reason for Visa's institution of the $750 fee was to eliminate the ability of webmasters to set up sites, abuse their clients, and then simply run away to another processor. Now they are trackable, and as such held responsible for their actions.

I have to ask, why would someone in the industry, who is taking this role as a professional, not want to be registered. Our company depends on small webmasters, but we want them to be responsible.

Visa accounts for about 65% of the industry's transactions. Yes they are large, but does anyone stop and think what they would do with 65% less income? The fact they are trying to work with us is a positive sign. They held out a proposal that while seemingly expensive to little webmasters, is nothing to the larger ones. So the obvous step is to help the smaller webmasters make enough money to afford the fee, rather than run and hide from them.

I don't think a lot of the webmasters are too far removed to remember some of the antics that caused the registration to be needed in the first place. (Anyone here that can remember companies that used the following: double billing, blind upsells, impossible cancelations, credit card list trading; to name a few)

I will get off my soapbox, but it needs to be said, "We Need to Work With Visa, and Every Other Billing Option To Be Here For Our Surfers"

You've not made me upset. All you've done is speak truthfully.

As in any business, there is money spent to operate. Maybe if more looked at this as a business there would be more honest business, less kids in the industry, less belly aching and less issues.