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Payment OnlineHow can you get paid?

What payment methods are available?

How should you charge for your time?

You need to offer clients a method of payment which is quick, efficient, safe and easy.

The simplest (but not the quickest) method is to wait for a cheque from a client via snail mail

before beginning the work.

Could be slow

You could give your client your bank details and ask them to pay direct into your account.

Internet banking can be

done at the click of a button.

Is it safe to give out your bank details?

YOU COULD TAKE CREDIT CARDS

But are you set up to accept them?

Do you have a secure site to Do you have a secure site to accept credit card numbers?accept credit card numbers?

There are companies who accept credit card payments on your behalf and send the money on to you.

Look at these sites and see what you think.

www.paypal.com

www.worldpay.com

www.nochex.co.uk

Are there any others?

www.checkout.google.com

How do other therapists tackle this problem?

Visit some websites

Look around

See what other therapists do

How much should you charge?How much should you charge?

You could charge by the hourYou could charge by the hourYou could charge for every 100 wordsYou could charge for every 100 wordsYou could charge for every emailYou could charge for every emailYou could charge for an agreed You could charge for an agreed period/contractperiod/contract

Time to do some thinkingTime to do some thinking

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