#243 The Revenue Leaks Most Businesses Never Find
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Maria Sparagis discusses hidden revenue leaks that can cost online businesses money and how to address them.
You could be losing thousands of dollars a month — and your marketing dashboard would never show it. Most founders respond to slow growth by launching new campaigns, testing new creatives, and tweaking landing pages. But money is disappearing somewhere else entirely: a declined card your customer never mentioned, a processing fee you never negotiated, a chargeback that quietly limits which processors will work with you next. None of it shows up in your marketing dashboard, so it never gets fixed. In this episode, Maria breaks down 5 hidden revenue leaks costing online businesses money right now — from overpaying for payment processing, to relying on a single processor with no backup, to the Merchant Category Code most business owners have never even heard of that's quietly killing their approval rate. She also covers why these leaks compound over time — a high chargeback ratio doesn't just cost you a dispute, it raises your processing costs and shrinks which processors will even work with you going forward. 👉 Not sure where your business is losing revenue? We help ecommerce businesses lower processing costs, reduce chargebacks, and build a payment setup that protects revenue as…
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