Epassporte worth the hassle?

domweb · 2009-07-23, 04:13 PM

F*ck it. I am sending a wire transfer. ePassporte wants too damn much paperwork. It was easier to get my business bank account and tax ID numbers than to fill out everything they want and then wait.

I need to get moving on this launch.

Bill · 2009-07-23, 06:51 PM

Are you starting a business epassporte account?

i got my personal epassporte account a few years back - it's been almost no hassle, and I don't remember having to do much more than the verification stuff.

All you need in most cases is the personal account. Content purchases for instance.

Useless · 2009-07-23, 09:15 PM

I purchased a lot of content last year from several different content suppliers, all using Epass, and never had a problem. And as Bill said, getting a personal account is really easy. (I still think having two separate Epass numbers, electron card and virtual, is a HUGE FUCKING POINTLESS PAIN IN MY GODDAMN ASS.)

domweb · 2009-07-24, 12:45 AM

Yeah, but if I pay for the content with a personal account, tracking my expenses gets screwy. I want to pay for content from my business checking, not my personal. How the heck am I supposed to write off content on corporate taxes while I am paying for it from my personal checking?

Lousy bookkeeping and a large pain in my ass.

Obviously I am too impatient and too small. When my cash flow is larger I will bother with the paperwork. I had an easier time and less paperwork getting a merchant account and a portable radio dialing credit card machine for a different business.

Thanks for the shout backs. I am not knocking ePassporte, but they are obviously for bigger players than me. When I need an account from them, I'll count it as a milestone.

Meanwhile, wire transfer it is.

Bill · 2009-07-24, 01:04 AM

Well, when i started mine, as i recall I loaded it with my business credit card. The card treated it as a cash advance, and charged me the cash advance fee, which i then wrote off as a necessary cost of establishing the account.

For me the business credit card is the equivalent of a business checking account.

The few times I have to write checks for things, I do write them from my personal account, making notes for the business record of check numbers & amounts & purposes etc for the taxman.

I don't have the same philosophy for organizing this kind of business as you, so my experiences presumably dont apply.

2009-07-23, 04:13 PM	#1
domweb I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: May 2004 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 85	F*ck it. I am sending a wire transfer. ePassporte wants too damn much paperwork. It was easier to get my business bank account and tax ID numbers than to fill out everything they want and then wait. I need to get moving on this launch. __________________ gender enigma relaunching July 17. 2009...ish

2009-07-23, 09:15 PM	#3
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	I purchased a lot of content last year from several different content suppliers, all using Epass, and never had a problem. And as Bill said, getting a personal account is really easy. (I still think having two separate Epass numbers, electron card and virtual, is a HUGE FUCKING POINTLESS PAIN IN MY GODDAMN ASS.) __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.

2009-07-24, 12:45 AM	#4
domweb I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: May 2004 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 85	Yeah, but if I pay for the content with a personal account, tracking my expenses gets screwy. I want to pay for content from my business checking, not my personal. How the heck am I supposed to write off content on corporate taxes while I am paying for it from my personal checking? Lousy bookkeeping and a large pain in my ass. Obviously I am too impatient and too small. When my cash flow is larger I will bother with the paperwork. I had an easier time and less paperwork getting a merchant account and a portable radio dialing credit card machine for a different business. Thanks for the shout backs. I am not knocking ePassporte, but they are obviously for bigger players than me. When I need an account from them, I'll count it as a milestone. Meanwhile, wire transfer it is. __________________ gender enigma relaunching July 17. 2009...ish

2009-07-23, 06:51 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Are you starting a business epassporte account? i got my personal epassporte account a few years back - it's been almost no hassle, and I don't remember having to do much more than the verification stuff. All you need in most cases is the personal account. Content purchases for instance.

2009-07-24, 01:04 AM	#5
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, when i started mine, as i recall I loaded it with my business credit card. The card treated it as a cash advance, and charged me the cash advance fee, which i then wrote off as a necessary cost of establishing the account. For me the business credit card is the equivalent of a business checking account. The few times I have to write checks for things, I do write them from my personal account, making notes for the business record of check numbers & amounts & purposes etc for the taxman. I don't have the same philosophy for organizing this kind of business as you, so my experiences presumably dont apply.