Mail order and telephone order

Mail and telephone orders

With many consumers shopping by telephone or mail, you can benefit by accepting Visa payments.

Last year consumers spent more than €60 billion on their Visa cards on the phone or by mail, using channels such as household goods catalogues, TV shopping networks and ticket hotlines.

Working with Visa to accept these kinds of payment allows you to:

  • Establish a payment chain: Your acquiring bank will authorise Visa card payments for you in seconds before you ship the goods, improving your revenue flow and limiting your exposure to fraud
  • Boost sales: Customers who shop using a Visa card are not limited by the cash in their wallets. Visa provides secure access to funds to consumers shopping via mail and telephone order
  • Reduce overheads: Visa cards are frequently quicker, simpler and cheaper to accept than other more cumbersome payment methods like cash-on-delivery, cheques and invoicing
  • Attract customers: There are more than two billion Visa cardholders worldwide. Display the Visa sign in your catalogues, order forms and on screen to attract more customers.

More information

Contact your acquiring bank to find out more about accepting Visa for mail order and telephone order purchases.