As a merchant receiving #Lightning⚡payments to your own node, here's some basic advice:
- Set minimums. Fewer, larger channels are better.
- Don't close channels unless they are inactive.
- Keep your channels empty! Push payments out as they come in.
The channels that fill up first are your best ones, and you'll want to keep them empty to ensure your customers' payments don't fail.
You can push out to onchain using a swap service like Loop, or an exchange if you have to sell your sats. Ideally you can use your node to pay suppliers, employees and services!