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Nochex Acquired by PAYSTRAX: A New Chapter or Just a Fresh Logo?

So Nochex has been bought by PAYSTRAX. Let’s delve into that and what it means if you are a Nochex customer.

Back in 2011, I wrote a fairly candid review of Nochex after some mixed experiences with their seller and merchant accounts. To their credit, they engaged with me at the time, sorted things out, and we have kept a Nochex seller account ever since as a backup provider on some of our sites, and on Romancart for bespoke orders.… Click here to continue reading this article

Warning About MyHermes – Delivering To a Nearby Random House is “Delivered”

If you are selling online and using MyHermes as your delivery service, here is a cautionary tale.

We send perhaps 50 parcels a day with Hermes, they seem to get most of them right. We get a few bouts of stupidity such as stuff delivered to completely different addresses, one customer found one on the road outside his house, the odd one gets damaged and the odd one has been stolen in transit (vanished).

But the numbers of those are quite low. MyHermes are as good as any other budget delivery outfit.… Click here to continue reading this article

Nochex Review. The Paypal Alternative. Or is it?

Looking for a user review of Nochex? Looking for a UK alternative to Paypal? Read on.

Later edit: thanks to the article here and teh interaction with Nochex in the comments, I have made some progress with Nochex. We are about to expand our eshop considerably and I wanted non-Paypal branded international card acceptance capabilities. Paypal pro was the obvious choice, but I don’t like all my eggs in one basket, and Nochex are a UK outfit (gotta support UK business).

I contacted Peter, who put me onto another chap, I outlined previous issues, and eventually they offered me a merchant account on agreeable terms.

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