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Merchant of the Month Grace Café, first of its kind! This restaurant based in Danville, Kentucky has a most unusual model of pay-what-you-can, and serves fresh, locally sourced, organic, and highly nutritious food to their community. They do not have a cash register or set pricing on their menu! Instead, they accept donations for whatever their patrons […]
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EMV and Shifting Liability from Issuer to Merchant As a merchant who accepts credit cards in a card present (bricks-and-mortar) environment, no doubt you have seen or heard this acronym for Europay, Mastercard and Visa, which is coming soon. This payment acceptance method is the prevailing one currently used in Europe, which reads a computer chip […]
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As a B Corp, Are Your Vendors Green? Dharma Merchant Services is in the process of recertifying as a B Corp for the third time since our original 2009 certification. The process is even more daunting to pass these days due to their updated assessment, which is why there are only about 1000 B Corps […]
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Dharma Launches New Website After many months of conversation, consultations, coding, and copywriting, we have finally launched our new website. I think that websites should always be evolving to best define and reflect the most important qualities and intentions of a company. We chose to work with a like-minded and sustainable web design and marketing […]
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A Wild Soap Bar You may not know it but Dharma is a Green America Gold-Certified green company and a family owned business, just like this month’s merchant of the month, A Wild Soap Bar. Since 1995, Maggie, Jory and Mike Hanus have been providing truly non-toxic, organic natural soaps and body care products handmade […]
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To protect your e-commerce business from fraudulent activity, set your fraud filters in Authorize.Net If you’re taking credit card payments through a website, it’s very important that you regularly monitor your sales for potential fraud. Fraudsters are smart and their habits are ever-changing, so it’s always a good idea to review your day’s sales to […]
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Gravity Payments Does the Right Thing Referencing the recent New York Times article, I wish to commend Dan Price of Gravity Payments for his remarkable decision to offer a more sustainable salary to his employees – we see this as a rare gesture given the credit card processing’s reputation for principally maximizing shareholder profits above […]
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Dharma Named to B Corp Best for the World For the second year in a row, Dharma Merchant Services has been named as an honoree in the B Corp “Best For The World” awards in the category of ” Best for Workers.” The Best for Workers honorees are recognized for creating the most positive worker […]
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Dharma Founder Interviewed About B Corp Status When you do business with B Corps, you support a unique sector of the economy that is focused on doing well while also doing good. B Corps solve social and environmental problems while also turning profit. The more profitable they are, the better they can support their workers, […]
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Merchant of the Month – Impact HUB Impact Hub – Dharma has had a relationship with the San Francisco Hub for over 5 years now and have since added the Seattle and Los Angeles locations to our community. Now called Impact Hubs, they provide work space and office facilities for companies and individuals who are […]
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