Merchant account alternative for home stagers

As you start your home staging business, you might be wondering how you're actually going to get paid for your services. This is one of the important steps in setting up a business – determining your method of payment - whether you’ll take checks, cash and/or credit cards.

The ability to accept credit card payments is appealing to home stagers, especially since the amounts you’re getting paid are usually quite high. But it's expensive to set up a merchant account. Besides having to pay a large sum to the bank just to apply for and then set up the account, you also have to pay a certain amount each month regardless of whether or not you have any transactions.

Click here to read about my recommendation for a less costly alternative to setting up a merchant account for your home staging business.

Don't waste your time trying to job shadow home stagers!

I have yet to say yes to any of the aspiring home stagers who contact me hoping to job shadow me for a day to see how I work. And if you’re trying to find a successful home stager to shadow before you start your own staging business, I don't believe you're making good use of your time.

To read about the many reasons why I’m not interested in having someone shadow me, check out this article at the Home Staging Business Report.