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Small Business Center Managing Those Credit Card Blues
Most small business owners have a love/hate relationship with their credit
cards. On the positive side, they’re an invaluable tool for getting
your business off the ground. On the negative side, they often add up to
debt that’s hard to shake off in your company’s formative years … especially
if those formative years don’t deliver instant success (as is often
the case).
But if credit cards represent an evil, it’s a necessary one. Unlike
most consumer debt — where credit card debt is often attached to
sometimes frivolous purchases— small business credit card debt is
almost always an essential component of getting started.
In other words, credit cards are a tool that most entrepreneurs need.
The trick, then, is in using the tool smartly — especially in a tightening
economy when many lenders are seizing upon any opportunity to ramp up APRs.
(This isn’t just speculation — a recent survey by the National
Small Business Association (NSBA) found that “a majority of small
business owners (53 percent) say their credit card terms have grown worse
over the past five years.”)
Keith Girard, writing in AllBusiness.com, recently offered the following
information to keep in mind before you make the leap into credit card debt.
Most small business owners are unlikely to cut up their
credit cards. But it is possible to restore some of the
love by finding cards that don't have the so-called "tricks and
traps" that
put the bite on your finances. Here are some to avoid:
Universal Default: A card issuer increases your interest
rate if you are late on an unrelated payment to a different credit
card company, a utility company, or a mortgage lender, even though
it may be unrelated to your business.
Double-Cycle Billing: A card issuer
charges interest on the entire original balance, even
part of that balance that was subject to an interest-free
period and may have been paid off in part.
Retroactive Fee Increases: A card issuers
applies interest rate increases or penalty rates not
only on new charges, but also on previous charges as
well. According to the Consumer Federation of America,
no other industry in the country is allowed to increase
the price of a product once it is purchased.
Interest on Transaction Fees: Some card
issuers not only charge interest on purchases but also
on the fees they tack onto the bill.
Selective Application of Payments: Some
issuers apply a customer's payments to the card balance
with the lowest interest rate first, instead of the highest
rate.
Although credit card disclosure statements may be tough to decipher,
you can call the credit card company directly and ask about
these practices. You can also go to a number of consumer credit Web sites, such
as LowCards.com or CardRatings.com to comparison shop. Small businesses may be
hooked on plastic, but owners may find that they still have the power to shape
the relationship if they ask the right questions.
Click
here to read “Can't Live Without Credit Cards? Here's How
to Live with Them” at AllBusiness.com. And remember to check
out the Aplus.Net Blog every day
to get even more small business tips and advice, straight from the
pros!
Product News Product Upgrades
We’re happy to announce the latest set of upgrades to some of our most popular Aplus.Net control panel tools:
File Manager
 By next week, the Aplus.Net File Manager will offer the following new
capabilities:
- Drag and drop function
- Windows-like multiple selection and manipulation feature
- A faster, cleaner interface and design
Based on the positive feedback we’ve received from the last round
of upgrades, we’re confident that you’ll be even happier with
this latest edition of the File Manager. As always, we welcome your feedback
and insights: Please email
with any thoughts.
Shared Hosting Upgrades
 Our award-winning shared hosting plans now offer:
- Semi-automated Secure Shell (SSH), outbound and tomcat activations (available via the 'support request' section for any hosted domain)
- New bulk management options for email boxes, forwarders and domain
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Company News Coverage and Awards
Aplus.Net Takes Home Multiple Year-End Awards! In December
and the beginning of January, Aplus.Net was proud to receive the following
industry awards:
- Top 5 Hosting Company by TopHosts.com
- Top 5 SEM Hosting Company by TopSeos.com: December
2007 and January 2008
- FindMyHost.com Editors' Choice Award for Best E-Commerce
Web Host: December 2007
- Web Host Directory Number 2 Best Unix Web Hosting Award:
December 2007
News of Aplus.Net’s awards was carried throughout the Internet.
You can read about it on the following websites:
Aplus.Net’s New Promotions (see our two top stories,
above) were big news around the web hosting world earlier
this month. Some of the industry’s biggest and brightest online publications
carried the story. Click any of the following links for more
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Learn more about our awards and news coverage here…
Expert Opinion 5 Tips for Effective Marketing
In today’s hyper-competitive world of online business, how can you win over customers when millions of other voices are also screaming for their attention? Check out today’s Expert Opinion for five ways to stand out from the crowd.
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