Sage Pay Helps Aspiring Online Businesses With New Package for Startups

LONDON, February 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

UK's fastest-growing payment service provider Sage Pay extends promotion for "one-stop shop" to help businesses get up and running online

Sage Pay, the UK's leading independent payment processor, has today announced an extension of an initiative that has been created to empower startups and small businesses to kickstart their online services.

The Sage Pay Merchant Services Package contains everything small businesses need to start trading online as quickly and easily as possible.  The current promotional offer has been extended due to popular demand, giving businesses signing up to the recently-launched package:

• One month's free payment processing (Sage Pay Go)
• Sage "Planning for Business" software
• 120 days extra free trial of Sage One Accounts
• A £50 PayPal credit voucher

The promotion has now been extended until 29 February 2012, and will sow the seeds for a series of similar initiatives from Sage Pay.  These initiatives will be designed to support businesses as they look to get started online.

The new "one-stop shop" solution from Sage Pay encompasses everything from free payment processing to free accounting and business planning software, and is designed to break down the barriers to e-commerce and support fledgling businesses with everything they need to start trading online.

Businesses spend considerable amounts of time exploring how to get started online, and getting a merchant account up and running is an intricate part of this process.  High setup costs can make acquiring a merchant account one of the most painful parts of setting up an online business, with Sage Pay's 2011 e-Business Benchmark Report revealing that one in 10 internet business owners pay over £500 in initial setup costs.

"At Sage Pay we know how daunting it can be when starting a business and are passionate about making the process as seamless as possible for our customers.  This initiative is an extension of our current customer support outreach and a major statement of intent for us in 2012, as we seek to help businesses nationwide to kick-start their online business", commented MoeenCurmoula, Product Marketing Manager at Sage Pay.

For further information, please visit: http://www.sagepay.com/offers/merchantservices  or call the Sage Pay team on 0845-111-44-66.

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About Sage Pay Europe Ltd

Sage Pay Europe Ltd is a subsidiary of FTSE 100 business software company Sage.  It is the UK's leading independent payment service provider (PSP) and is one of the most trusted e-commerce brands.  Sage Pay processes millions of secure payments for its 40,000 customers each year and makes the process of accepting payments simpler, faster, safer and more profitable for businesses of all sizes.  www.sagepay.com<http://www.sagepay.com>

Download Sage Pay's e-business benchmark report here: http://www.benchmarkyourebusiness.com/

For more information, contact:
Amy Monro
Sage Pay Europe Ltd
amy.monro@sagepay.com
+44(0)7595-607-556