Gotmerchant.com Corporate Information

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Gotmerchant.com Corporate History

It began in 1998, with the formation of a web hosting company called Simple Solutions (sshost.com). We soon realized there was of great need for merchant services among our ecommerce clients. Unfortunately, we were unable to find significant information while doing our extensive research and it resulted in the formation of an online guide called "Got Merchant Accounts" in 1999. The business name changed to Gotmerchant.com in early 2001.

In 2000, we formed a referral partnership with a merchant service provider. In 2003, we decided to get more involved by selling merchant services ourselves. The only way to guarantee our customers received the exceptional service they have come to expect was by dealing with them entirely. We are proud to announce Gotmerchant.com is a registered ISO of Visa, International, and MSP of MasterCard, International. Being a registered ISO/MSP not only displays the professionalism of our industry, it is also required by Visa/MC for any company soliciting merchant services.

Over the past few years, we have setup merchants of all sizes ranging from small startups to multi-million dollar corporations. As we have done for thousands of Simple Solutions' customers during the past eight years, we will continue our efforts with Gotmerchant.com in providing top quality service. Given that we have access to the same pricing as any other provider or bank in the world, our customers have found us to excel in providing them with quality personal service not normally found in any industry today.

History Timeline

1998	A web site hosting company was born, called Simple Solutions (www.sshost.com)
1999	Company created an online merchant guide under the name of "Got Merchant Accounts"
2000	Formed a strategic partnership with a merchant account service provider
2001	The business name changed to Gotmerchant.com
2003	Formed another partnership to handle all parts of the business in-house
2004	Received the "Rookie of the Year" award from our merchant service partner
2005	Received ISO registration approval from Visa & MSP registration approval from MasterCard through HSBC Bank. A required process for any company who is not a member bank of the associations (V/MC).
2005	Ventured into the processing of business & government GSA purchasing cards (level 2/3)
2007	Formed a strategic partnership with one of our merchants Bizingo.com, to offer merchant account services to their customers
2007	Launched a new & improved affiliate program offering up to $500 cash for each referral
2007	Received the "most accounts submitted" award from our merchant service partner