[VENDOR AFFINITY PROGRAM] MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Chosen Payments AASP/MA is pleased to announce that it recently formed an exclusive strategic partnership with Chosen Payments (a division of Aurora Payments), which has signed on as a Silver-level participant in the association’s Vendor Affinity Program. Through this new partnership, the national credit card processor now provides AASP/MA members with discounted, member-only credit card processing rates. These special rates are only available to independent automotive professionals and represent another member benefit provided by the association. Through Chosen Payments, AASP/MA members will receive exclusive low-cost credit card processing. In addition, members have access to automated clearinghouse (ACH) check processing, check guaranteeing, customized white-label mobile applications and other payment processing applications and financial services. Valuable member benefits also include drastically reducing AASP/MA members’ costs for accepting credit card transactions. More than a partner, Chosen Payments serves as a business consultant for merchants nationwide that accept electronic payments. Thrilled to offer its expertise to the AASP/MA community, Chosen Payments is committed to providing personalized services, support and solutions to every member business that takes advantage of the benefits available.
throughout the nation. The company offers a Free Credit Card Processing program that can eliminate credit card fees forever – meaning higher profitability for member shops! The new partnership includes a bold, side-by-side comparison of all AASP/MA members’ current credit card processing fees. If Chosen Payments is unable to beat the current processing rates of any AASP/MA member, it will pay the member $500 for simply participating in a rate comparison. Additionally, all AASP/MA members receive a lifetime rate guarantee. To help AASP/MA shops get the most out of Chosen Payments’ services, McKee suggests that they first need to get an understanding of how their team members are currently running credit card transactions. “Take a look at your statements for the last two or three months and your fees divided by your volume. Then, look at how your shop is accepting payments. I was recently at a body shop, and I asked the woman behind the counter how they enter the card’s security code on the screen when she accepts a credit card payment over the phone. She replied that she either skipped it or entered the shop’s zip code. Doing that carries a big risk if you have a chargeback, because you’ve entered bad data.” Best of all, AASP/MA members receive exclusive benefits and incentives unavailable to the general collision repair industry in
“One of the biggest things we talk to people about when we’re trying to explain the importance of their credit card processing is that a lot of companies know their FedEx driver or parts delivery person by name but are not really familiar with the people handling their money,” Sarah McKee, Chosen Payments’ vice president of strategic partnerships and alliances, observes. “We’ve decided to take a 100 percent partnership approach with our customers in the automotive industry through continuously educating our merchants to ensure they have the best systems in place. We don’t just ship a customer a terminal; we want to understand how the business is operating and how we can advise them to be more efficient. We’re accountable to your industry; that makes AASP/MA members – our customers – feel better because they know we are going to take care of them.” Chosen Payments has a large presence within both the nonprofit and automotive sectors, including businesses of all sizes
Massachusetts. “One of the biggest benefits of being a part of an organization like AASP/MA is that instead of being looked at as a $20,000- to $40,000-a-month shop, you’re looked at in bulk volume,” McKee says. “They’re going to get the processing fees as if they were doing $500,000 a month. We’re going to look at members’ individual statements and analyze them, see how they’re processing credit cards now and reduce those costs.” Lock in your processing rates today with Chosen Payments’ unmatched customer service and exclusive low rates for AASP/MA members. For more information about the partnership, contact Sarah McKee at (616) 607-0051 or Sarah.McKee@chosenpayments.com or Sean Broderick (sales representative) at (443) 866-1786 or sean. broderick@risewithaurora.com.
18 August 2021
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