How Web Designers Can Monetize Payment Processing and Build Passive Income

Attention Web Designers! Are You Leaving Money on the Table? Add Merchant Services and Create Monthly Residual Income

Do you help business owners set up shopping carts? Are you building beautiful, functional websites that help companies sell products or services online? If so, you might be missing out on a massive opportunity.

💰 Payment processing is incredibly lucrative — and you could be earning residual income every month just by adding it to your services.

As a web designer, you’re already doing the hard work: setting up the online presence, integrating e-commerce platforms, and making sure everything flows smoothly from homepage to checkout. But while you’re focused on design and user experience, someone else is likely profiting from the payment processing side of things, which is arguably yielding higher profits than your web design income.

Why You Should Be Offering Merchant Services

1. Residual Income — Month After Month
   Once your client is set up with a merchant account, you get paid a piece of the processing fees for every transaction! Instead of one-time project fees, you build a recurring revenue stream that adds up with every new client you serve.
2. You’re Already Doing the Work
   You’re setting up the e-commerce structure anyway — why not be the one who supplies the payment gateway or processing solution? You’re the trusted advisor already. Adding merchant services is a natural and logical next step.
3. You Become a One-Stop Shop
   Clients love convenience. If you can design the website and handle payments, that makes you more valuable, referable, and harder to replace. You’ll stand out in a crowded field of web designers who only do the basics.
4. It Increases Client Retention
   When you’re tied into their business operations through their payment solution, it’s much harder for a client to move on. They’ll be coming to you for support, updates, and upgrades — creating long-term relationships and consistent revenue.
5. Stand Out from the Crowd
   Most designers stop at the shopping cart. By offering merchant services, you’re stepping into a consultant role, not just a designer role. This opens the door for larger projects and more serious business clients.

Stop Settling for Gateway Crumbs!

Some web designers think they’re earning extra by setting up gateways like Authorize.net. But here’s the truth: the crumbs from a gateway like Authorize.net are nothing compared to the huge residual income from the actual payment processor. Gateways pay pennies. Processors pay long-term, meaningful revenue. If you’re handing off the processor role to someone else, they’re the ones collecting the gold while you get the scraps.

Examples of Added Value

• You design a site for an online retail store. Instead of just handing off a Stripe or PayPal button, you set them up with a full-featured payment solution. Now, you’re earning a percentage of every order placed online — even years after the site is launched.
• You help a service business add a “click-to-pay” invoice system. Every time a client pays their invoice via the secure link you built into the site, you earn.
• You build a mobile-friendly e-commerce store for a boutique — and become their payment consultant too. Now you’re getting paid on both the front-end project and every transaction after.

It’s Easier Than You Think

You don’t have to become a payment processing expert. Partnering with the right merchant services provider gives you all the tools and support you need to get started. Electronic Money Company will give you the training you need.  But we go even further.  

• We can provide cost analysis spreadsheets to show your current clients how you can save them money.  
• We can take over the application and submission process for you.  
• We can take over onboarding your clients.
• And MOST IMPORTANTLY, we provide ongoing service and support for the life of your client’s business!

👉 Want to find out how to start earning residual income from your current client base — without changing your core business model?
Electronic Money Company can help you get set up with everything you need to start offering payment solutions as part of your web design services.

Don’t Just Design Websites. Build Income.

Call Electronic Money Company at  505-296-2847 right now to talk about how to integrate merchant services into your web design business and create a long-term, scalable income stream!

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