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ISO/MLS contact:
Emery Wager
Team Advocates Manager
866-701-4700
info@gravitypayments.com
https://gravitypayments.com

Growing strong on traditional values

n 2004, when a business-owner friend told Dan and mobile payment services, and a range of subsidiary
Price about the trouble she'd had with her payment services such as gift and loyalty programs, working
processing provider, he knew there had to be a capital credit lines, and a stand-alone customer analytics
I better option. This was the defining moment that application.
spawned the launch of Gravity Payments, Dan's answer
to solving his friend's business challenge. The company offers a contemporary complement
of terminal-based and payment software solutions,
Now, 14 years later, Gravity Payments, and Price himself, including the latest mobile and EMV (Europay, Mastercard
have been repeatedly featured by business trade journals and Visa) applications for SMBs. But, according to Price,
and other mainstream media, showcasing the out-of-box it is the company's focus on providing the SMB with
approach Gravity Payments was founded on. And, as enterprise-grade merchant processing solutions that has
the company has continued to grow and prosper, it has defined its success.
also persisted in passionately fulfilling the mission Price
originally set forth: "To reduce the costs and headaches "We started our company to help our community
associated with accepting payments and to stand up for businesses, because they deserve the same great customer
the little gal or guy who believes in the American dream." service and low prices that big corporate businesses get,
and we've grown our company by earning the trust of
In an industry with an abundance of service providers, each and every one of our valued customers," Price stated.
high-minded words are common, but the more than 90
members of Gravity's team believe the company's actions Dedicated to the client
correspond with its mission. They point onlookers to Also publicly recognized for implementing a $70,000
the company's fundamental values, indicating these are minimum wage for all team members, Price's intention
what set Gravity Payments apart from the rest. Honesty, was to, "provide a better quality of life and improve the
transparency and doing business with integrity are all success of his clients."
cited as what makes the company different, and these Gravity's public profiles also boast customer testimony to
values are put to practice every day under Dan's focused substantiate this claim, as well as its merchant-centered
guidance, according to team members. provisions, including the 24/7 live human support team
and transparent pricing model. According to Gravity,
As a result, within the company's first decade of business, these are some of the practices that help the firm keep
Price's leadership earned him Entrepreneur magazine's clients over five times longer than the industry average.
Entrepreneur of 2014, the 2014 Seattle Business CEO
Excellence Award, GeekWire's 2013 Young Entrepreneur of Staff members are also counseled to operate by the creed
the Year, and the 2010 SBA National Young Entrepreneur that everyone is a CEO and they are urged to, "be the CEO
of the Year Award presented by President Obama. And of your own life." As denoted on the company's website,
in 2014, Gravity Payments placed 2,864 on Inc. Magazine's "Our team is encouraged (and empowered) to think
Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies. independently and act quickly like a CEO, entrepreneur,
Earning merchant trust or even like the independent business owners we serve."

In the firm's own words, Gravity is dedicated to Price feels the simplicity of this concept has completely
"eliminating credit card processing headaches, hassles revolutionized the way the company is doing business
and hidden fees." The company specializes in helping and enabled it to develop a corporate culture where staff
small to midsize businesses (SMBs) with credit card members are motivated by a higher purpose.
processing, POS equipment and systems, ecommerce

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