Epassporte worth the hassle?

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, 09:15 PM	#2
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	#3
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	#1
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	#4
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.