Federal Court Reporter Website TIPS  

The U.S. court reporter websites have been created to streamline the process of receiving transcript orders, to create the ability to easily accept credit card payments using a FREE PAYPAL ACCOUNT, and to make your life easier in general.

All transcript orders come into your email in box as one basic layout and you have the information YOU need at your fingertips in a consistent format. Your website will simplify the process of attorneys ordering transcripts and your ability to stay on top of those orders while you're in court AND streamline your workload.

TIPS:

- Add your website to your business card or even simply give it out on a Post-it.  When attorneys approach you in court and want to order a transcript, you can now say, "Please fill out the form on my website," give them the name of your website and wave bye-bye.

- Change your outgoing message on your office telephone referring the caller to your website to order a transcript thereby eliminating rambling messages.

- Refer a "generic" email transcript order with a link to your website online form.

- Request the U.S. court website contact link for you be your website.

- Place your website info instead of your telephone number when you upload transcripts to Pacer.



If your site has been completed . . .
Congratulations!
You will be receiving a test email from NoEmailGiven@nowhere.none.
This will be a test transcript order from your online web form. It's just to show you what happens. It's easy to spot, so you'll always know it's a transcript order.

You will always click on the person's email address within the form to reply to them, so go ahead and click on our email address and send us an email saying you have received your first form.

Your first reply to this party who sends you a request from your website should be, "I have received your email and will get back to you soon with an estimate and payment instructions." This way, they know the form was sent successfully and they won't wonder while they wait patiently for your estimate. A Thank You page has also been created for you, which is only seen after the Submit button has been clicked on the form. This page also informs the viewer that their order was sent successfully to you and that you will be contacting them soon. Later, when you get time, you can then send them your estimate and payment instructions.

Print out the form and file it in your new Transcript Orders file. It's an easy method to keep track of everything that comes in.



Adding PayPal

If you would like to add the capability of accepting credit cards on your website, you'll need a FREE PAYPAL ACCOUNT. Do not sign up for the business account.

The process for completely setting up a Paypal account takes 2-3 days.
1. Start by signing up for a FREE PAYPAL ACCOUNT.  You will use any email account that you choose, or maybe a newly created one for business. 
2. Add the bank account of your choice. You're allowed one bank account per email address.
3. Paypal will make two small deposits in that account. Check your email daily. It will be like .35 or .24.
4. Confirm receipt of those deposits following the instructionsin the email.

Other things to know regarding PayPal
- Your deposited money remains in your PayPal account until you transfer it to your own bank account.
- You can pay anyone else who has a PayPal account, like a scopist or proofreader, straight from PayPal.
- For anyone to send you money, all they need is your email address. Refer them to the PayPal main site (paypal.com) to pay you.
- You have the ability to create an invoice straight from the PayPal site and send it by email with a link for easy payment.


Payloadz - another weapon in your arsenal

Utilize Payloadz for selling copies of transcripts. Payloadz, a digital download store, gives you free shop space where you can upload pdf files. You can then email the link for the transcript to attorneys. This works well, for example, in big cases when you've completed a transcript, uploaded it to Pacer and many attorneys begin to contact you for copies. You can send all attorneys on the case an email that a copy of the trasncript is ready and available for purchase and include your store link. Attorneys can buy their transcript (utizing paypal) and obtain an immediate copy of it, all the while you were on the record. Payloadz is free up to a certain amount of transactions per month. After that, there is a small fee for the next level up.

Sign up free here: Payloadz Digital Downloads. You'll need your Paypal account first.
Go to: Selling/Send a Download to send a file, OR Payloadz does give you the actual link to your product in the Create New Product area which you can paste in your own email. 



If you are interested in learning more or would like us to help with your website project, please feel free to contact us through our convenient contact form.