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CCBill caters to eCommerce customers only and specializes in international transactions.
Specializes in
Credit Card Processing, Payment Solutions, Subscriber Management, Global Billing, Affiliate Marketing, Automated Billing, Customer Service, Mobile Billing, Merchant Billing Processing, Fraud Protection, Credit Card Services, Ecommerce, High Risk Management, API, Payments-as-a-Service, Subscription Digital, Subscription Retail, and Billing Automation
Pricing Summary
Setup Fee: $0.00
Monthly Fee: $0.00
Swipe Rate: N/A
Keyed-in Rate: 3.9% + $0.55
Early Termination Fee : None
Contract Terms:
CCBill offers payment processing services only to eCommerce businesses. The company currently has no offering for brick and mortar retail enterprises. The company specializes in high processing risk and international payments, and offers payment processing in multiple currencies.
CCBill has over two decades of experience offering eCommerce platforms its merchant services. Although the company provides its services to non-profit organizations, it is known for specializing in high risk and international clients.
A more granular look at the company's terms and conditions reveals that CCBill caters to a more “high-risk” classification of businesses dating sites, or adult-focused offerings and services. Most other companies, traditionally classified as high risks, such as tobacco, firearms, steroids, hazardous materials, prescription devices and drugs, financial services, are explicitly excluded. Nonetheless, CCBill processes over $1 billion of online transactions yearly through more than 30,000 merchants..
CCBill has numerous offices in various European cities and offers transactions in all major international currencies, such as the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, and the Japanese Yen. The company offers an easy setup process for its merchant account activation along with a free gateway.
CCBill also provides direct pricing information on its website, which is a rarity in the merchant payment processing space, particularly with sites that target adult-oriented businesses.
Overall, CCBill is transparent in its pricing, offers good support, and can be a great partner for businesses that are traditionally shunned by other payment processors.
Head Quarters
Tempe, AZ
Year Founded
1998
CEO
Ron Caldwell
Employees
500
Merchant Provider Risk Tolerance
Specializes in international transactions.
No account setup fee.
No early termination fee.
No monthly fee.
Payment processing in multiple currencies is accepted..
Provides services to ecommerce customers only.
High risk processing tolerance.
High flat rate pricing.
A rolling reserve is required.
If the service is canceled a six month minimum hold is required before a payout.
CCBill has various options to help a business grow, especially high-risk ones. Its primary service offered is merchant payment processing, which is available for merchants worldwide. CCBill's services let merchant clients transact in multiple currencies and up to 14 languages.
CCBill also allows merchants to process ACH payments, DirectPayEU, as well as SEPA.
Discloses All Important Terms
No
Public Pricing Available
Yes
In reviewing the company's pricing and fees, let's keep in mind that CCBill caters mainly to high-risk businesses. Since it caters to a higher-risk industry, its prices are generally more than other merchant processors.
The inherent risks such as chargebacks, finding back-end processors, and fluctuations of back-end processor prices, of working with high-risk businesses generally drive the price up. usually cost more, gIn that context, the company’s payment processing seems fair.
Most merchant processors catering to high-risk businesses don't readily offer the pricing upfront. CCBill is very transparent regarding its fees. Some published rates are;
Online businesses & Non-profit organizations: Starting at 3.9% + 55 cents per transaction
Dating sites: 5.9% + 55 cents per transaction
High-risk industries: 10.8% - 14.5% per transaction
Other Fees that may apply;
High-Risk annual registration cost for dating sites: $500
High-Risk annual registration cost for other high-risk sites: $1,000
For specific plans, a 3% surcharge applies if the transaction amount is less than $10.
Pricing Model
Flat Rate
Swiped Rate
N/A
Keyed-in Rate
3.9% + $0.55
Mobile Payment Rate
Virtual Terminal Rate
3.90% + $0.55
Monthly Fee
$0.00
Payment Gateway Fee
Undisclosed
Batch Fee
Early Termination Fee
None
PCI Compliance Fee
Undisclosed
Equipment Lease Terms
Undisclosed
Address Verification Service (AVS)
Application Fee
Account Setup Fee
$0.00
Gateway Setup Fee
Annual Fee
$500 - dating sites and $1,000 - other high risk business types
Monthly Minimum
$10
Statement Fee
CCBill's Terms and Conditions (T&C) and Merchant Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) on its site highlight how CCBill operates, and what the company expects its merchant clients to abide by.
CCBill’s T&C outline that CCBill or the merchant client can terminate their agreement whenever either party wishes to do so, as long as a 10-day notice is provided in writing. CCBill strictly enforces the written notice aspect for termination. There was no mention of any termination fee in the company's policies.
One clause of the contract states that if the merchant terminates the agreement, then that merchant cannot use the service providers and acquirers that CCBill used to process payments for that merchant for the next 12 months.
CCBill has the policy to hold merchants' reserve funds and any other funds it has access to for six months to apportion for potential chargebacks.
Contract Length
Unknown
Early Termination Fee
None
CCBill has a good reputation among merchants it serves. The Better Business Bureau assigned CCBill an A+ rating since 2014. The company does have 15 complaints filed against it with the BBB over the last three years, two of which were filed in the past year.
Although the complaint record isn't zero, one should consider it from the aspect of the overall size of the company. CCBill processes $1 billion in transactions worldwide.After a close review of the nature of complaints filed against CCBill. The majority of the complaints filed were not by merchant clients of CCBill but rather the customers of those merchants for which CCBill is a payment processor.
BBB
A+ (16 Customer Complaints)
N/A
N/A
Yelp
N/A
Total Online Reviews
200+
Total Online Complaints
150+
Lawsuits
1
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