{"podcast":{"title":"Click & Convert with Maria Sparagis","slug":"click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413","podcast_index_feed_id":1375413,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/maria-sparagis/","website_url":"https://directpaynet.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0bfda54a-9b87-4d2d-8065-e279d8530fce/pod-cover-1.png","author":"Maria Sparagis","episode_count":200,"summary":"Maria Sparagis has spent 20+ years helping online businesses find the revenue they didn't know they were losing. As president of DirectPayNet and a payment solutions expert, she knows that the difference between a good business and a great one often comes down to how you handle payments and conversions. On Click & Convert, Maria shares the strategies, tools, and insider knowledge that ecommerce founders and online entrepreneurs need to scale to 6 and 8 figures — from optimizing your checkout flow to maximizing what hits your bottom line. Featured in American Banker, Vice, Coindesk, and Yahoo. Connect at mariasparagis.com or directpaynet.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:18:52.125688+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413"},"episode":{"title":"#222 How to Add ACH Payments to Boost Your Sales","slug":"222-how-to-add-ach-payments-to-boost-your-sales","published_at":"2026-02-12T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/222-how-to-add-ach-payments-to-boost-your-sales","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413","url":"https://directpaynet.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7964f7fc-1eeb-42c1-9dc6-fc404d24d57b.mp3","summary":"More ways to pay = more money in your business. ACH payments lower processing fees, reduce chargebacks, retain clients longer, strengthen your checkout, and handle recurring billing or subscriptions with ease. In this episode Maria busts the myths: ACH is no longer slow, clunky, or outdated—modern ACH is fast, reliable, and cost-effective. She walks through the top benefits of offering ACH and gives you 4 quick steps to start accepting ACH on your cart , so you can set it up fast and start winning on all fronts. From understanding why ACH works for ecommerce, B2B, and high-ticket transactions, to actionable tips for optimizing your payment stack, this video gives you everything you need to improve your customer offering and grow your revenue. 🎯 Key Concepts Covered 🟩 ACH (Automated Clearing House) A network for electronically transferring money between bank accounts. ACH payments are a cost-effective alternative to credit cards, capable of handling one-time payments, recurring billing, and high-ticket or B2B transactions. 🟩 Alternative Payment Methods Payment options outside traditional credit/debit cards, such as ACH, digital wallets, or buy-now-pay-later solutions. Offering alternatives increases customer flexibility and can improve conversion rates. 🟩 Recurring Billing / Subscriptions A setup that automatically charges customers on a regular schedule (weekly, monthly, annual) for products or services. ACH supports recurring billing with fewer declines and lower processing fees compared to credit cards. 🟩 Same-Day / Next-Day Clearing Modern ACH networks can process payments quickly, with funds moving between accounts within hours or one business day. This makes ACH faster and more reliable than the “old slow ACH” perception. 🟩 Payment Declines / Decline Logic The pro…","meta_description":"More ways to pay = more money in your business. ACH payments lower processing fees, reduce chargebacks, retain clients longer, strengthen your checkout, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":932,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/episodes/222-how-to-add-ach-payments-to-boost-your-sales/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/222-how-to-add-ach-payments-to-boost-your-sales.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}