Despite the array of payment options available to small business owners, checks are still a popular way to issue payments. Consider some of the benefits of using checks:
Checks are widely accepted
Checks are one of the most familiar transactional tools available. They have been around for centuries as a common way to issue verifiable payment.
Checks don’t accumulate a lot of hidden fees
Unlike many e-payment options, which come with transaction fees, service charges, or other surprise add-ons, checks are straightforward, low-cost, and can be either cashed or deposited by their recipients.
Mailed checks can be tracked
Check payments sent through the mail or via UPS can be sent with tracking options so that you can verify their travel and delivery. Cashed checks appear in bank statements, offering verification of payment receipt.
Checks can be canceled
When a dispute, error, or misplacement occurs, checks can often be canceled within a short time frame, and then reissued if needed.
Checks are an expedient way to pay different types of workers
Many people still receive their paycheck through paper check, and with the rise of freelancing and independent contract work, more people are now being paid remotely. Paper checks offer an expedient, efficient way to send payments to part-time, short-term, or remote workers.
Online check printing offers all the benefits of traditional checks, plus it adds the enhanced benefits that are integral to online payments. Checkeeper is the premier check printing software, trusted by hundreds of thousands of users and repeatedly recommended by companies as a replacement for older, retiring applications, as well as the payment service of choice in times of emergency. Checkeeper provides a check-printing template that grants all the usual benefits of checks, plus extras! Online check printing also adds:
Convenience: Instead of carrying checkbooks and registries around with you—or going back to your office every time you need them—take advantage of fully-remote access: 24/7 from anywhere, on any device, with any printer, and with the check stock of your preference.
Customization: Elevate the professionalism of your checks with specially-chosen design features and an uploaded color business logo on every check. Design your check to suit your bookkeeping needs, moving check elements around to suit your layout or adding new ones for more efficient processing. Checkeeper offers customizable business checks that can reinforce your brand and align with your other marketing materials.
Security: Instead of having unsecured checkbooks and financial registries available to be accessed or viewed by others, keep your financial data private with online storage. Only authorized users can access your Checkeeper account to issue payments, and all transactions are recorded and traceable back to the initiating user.
Accuracy: Checkeeper accounts come with an online registry that automatically records and stores the check details for each check created. Never forget to record a check payment again, and put an end to data entry errors in your check registry; the Checkeeper registry can be searched according to any check field so that each check record is instantly retrievable, for those times you need to track a payment or research your payment history with a specific vendor.
Adaptability: Moving? Changing banks? Adding a second checking account for designated types of payments? Checkeeper offers on-demand design and redesign options so that checks are never outdated. Change your business logo, contact information, bank routing numbers, and check images as often as you need. Checkeeper does not touch your funds or move your money around; it simply offers a template for professional, high-quality business checks that can be edited and reedited to suit changing needs. Need your checks mailed for you when you are traveling, out of supplies, or simply too busy? Checkeeper prints and mails checks everyday for thousands of small businesses.
Billions of checks travel through the mail every year, and though many digital payment options are available to business owners for various needs, checks remain a constant and reliable way to issue payments. They are trusted, secure, and accessible to anyone with a bank account; they also provide their own receipt and paper trail for those occasions when documentation is needed, thus simplifying tax preparation, account reconciliation, expense tracking, and spending analyses.