Ideal Cost was originally established as Palm Beach Merchant Services, a local consulting firm to service business in South Florida. After dozens of successful renegotiations it was time to expand nationwide and create a change of name to Ideal Cost. Our promise is to ensure that the local feel and attention to detail that made this firm successful on a local level will not be lost in the nationwide expansion or the change to Ideal Cost.
WESTON, Fla., Sept. 26, 2011 — Many businesses will face substantial rate hikes instead of rate reductions under a new law set to go into effect soon, according to merchant rights advocate Robert Livingstone, president and founder of IdealCost.com, a consulting firm that reduces credit card acceptance fees for merchants without switching their existing provider. […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 20, 2010 — Businesses that accept credit cards at retail establishments, e-commerce sites or over the phones, should prepare for significant changes in 2011, according to Robert Livingstone, president and founder of IdealCost.com, a national consulting firm that reduces credit card acceptance fees for merchants without switching their existing processor. […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 15, 2010 — In today's economy businesses are concentrating on cutting business expenses in any way they can. Currently, Congress is approving an unspecified limitation on debit card fees to merchants, but they are ignoring several ways in which credit card processors are costing businesses across America millions of dollars […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 30, 2010 — E-commerce merchants, one of the fastest-growing segments of the retail and service economy, will not be protected by new Congressional legislation, according to merchant rights advocate Robert Livingstone, president and founder of IdealCost.com, a consulting firm that reduces credit card acceptance fees for merchants without switching their […]
