There are many merchant services providers in the payments industry for agents and ISOs to align their excellent selling skills with. In fact, when an agent decides it is time to explore a new company to represent, the endeavor can be nearly overwhelming. The industry is full of capable providers, all of which claim to offer the best compensation packages, the latest and greatest products, and unbeatable, high-end technologies. Moreover, every one of them is almost always actively recruiting, so it can be tough to cut through the sales speak and decide which one is the best fit for you.

How does a young agent, or even a seasoned one, discern which company is right for them? Sage feels the brand should be the first consideration. It doesn’t matter how much moxie a company claims to offer, if they aren’t well known within the industry, it’s difficult to size them up. The companies with a solid history that have also developed recognizable, positive brand equity will also generally have a word-of-mouth brand. This is important, because everyone knows the unsolicited referral is worth its weight in gold.

#h2 What’s under the hood?

Once you have a credible referral, and a sense of a company’s overall reputation, it’s time to start looking under the hood. What equipment do they sell and how does it meet the needs of current market demands? How does their line-up of value added products and services compare to the offerings of other companies? What do customers have to say about their service, on-boarding practices and technologies? All of these areas will need deep consideration if you want to make a solid step forward in your agent career or align your ISO with an upstanding merchant services partner.

Sage Payment Solutions is not only highly regarded by the industry at large they offer a true end-to-end mix of in-house products. This keeps your customers – as well as all the on-boarding legwork – under one roof to maximize efficiency and speed.  Even though Sage offers 30 years of credibility, a portfolio that is 6.5 million customers strong and a back-end that handles 2B in annual revenue, their biggest value proposition to ISOs, agents and merchants alike, is the full scale suite of proprietary products and services the offer.

This means you and your customers will be assured the investment of time and money is less than it would be if each product were handled independently through both in-house and third-party providers. When you’re backed by a company with this kind of strength, you can rest assured that you won’t have extra red tape to cut through on your end, which also opens up time to do what you do best; build relationships with your customers and help them adopt the right solutions that will enable a thriving business environment.

#h2 Well-rounded SMB provider

It doesn’t stop there. Sage is not only highly regarded worldwide for exemplary customer service, conscientious partnership terms, and an expansive in-house product portfolio. The company’s technical capabilities are also considered cutting edge.

Indeed, Sage takes this commitment so seriously, they even provide valuable unbiased education materials to the industry and its customers in the form of white papers, blogs, technical overviews, and other mediums. One such item is a recent white paper entitled Mobile Payments: What Every Small and Mid-Sized Business Should Know; a thirteen page “how-toâ€ guide packed with beneficial information and a little “Sageâ€ advice.

If you’re looking to make a career change and are considering which merchant services provider to align with, we invite you to give Sage Payment Systems a look. We’ll welcome you in to look under our hood anytime and we’re confident you’ll love what you find. For more information, please visit <a href="www.sagepayments.com/gonow">www.SagePayments.com/GoNow</a>, or call a Sage ISO recruitment representative directly at 888.453.4564. 



