{"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":"#237 Why Having Low Chargebacks Is No Longer Enough to Keep Your Account Safe","slug":"237-why-having-low-chargebacks-is-no-longer-enough-to-keep-your-account-safe","published_at":"2026-05-28T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/237-why-having-low-chargebacks-is-no-longer-enough-to-keep-your-account-safe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413","url":"https://directpaynet.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c1020693-2fed-4008-9d30-60dd6a71cf5f.mp3","summary":"Your account can get flagged long before you ever hit a 1% chargeback rate. For years, 1% was treated like the magical chargeback threshold. As long as your business stayed under it, most merchants assumed their account was safe. But a lot of ecommerce brands are now finding out that low chargebacks alone won’t protect you from reserves, payout holds, or account reviews anymore. Payment processors are looking at a much broader picture of risk today — including refund rates, dispute activity, customer complaints, sudden spikes in volume, and overall account behavior. Even a small shift in your metrics can increase scrutiny, despite having a “healthy” chargeback ratio on paper. In this episode, Maria breaks down why the old 1% rule no longer tells the full story, what payment processors are actually monitoring behind the scenes, and why some businesses with low chargebacks still get flagged. She also covers the key risk metrics merchants should be tracking every month to reduce the chances of reserves, payment holds, or shutdowns. What metrics processors look at Early warning signs your account is at risk How to minimize chargebacks How to avoid account closures How to protect your business If you use Stripe, Shopify Payments, PayPal, or another payment processor, understanding how modern risk monitoring works is becoming essential for protecting your payouts and keeping your account stable. 👉 Need help reducing payment risk or stabilizing your merchant account? Contact us! ____________________________________________ 🎯 Key Concepts Covered 🟩 Chargeback Ratio — The percentage of transactions that turn into chargebacks. One of the main metrics payment processors use to assess merchant risk. 🟩 Payment Processor Risk Monitoring — The automated systems used by Stripe, Shopif…","meta_description":"Your account can get flagged long before you ever hit a 1% chargeback rate. For years, 1% was treated like the magical chargeback threshold. As long as yo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":956,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/click-convert-with-maria-sparagis-1375413/episodes/237-why-having-low-chargebacks-is-no-longer-enough-to-keep-your-account-safe/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-1375413/237-why-having-low-chargebacks-is-no-longer-enough-to-keep-your-account-safe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}