Payment Processing Just Got Easier

Raise your hand if you think accepting credit cards is a pain. For the aspiring entrepreneur, accepting credit card payments from your clients is a topic of much interest. When selling a product or service online, there are a lot of payment gateways to choose from like Paypal, Verified.net, and others… But when your doing business with someone on a personal level, accepting credit cards would be a great way to secure funds and wrap up your transaction.

It’s called SQUARE
If you have a smartphone, you have a credit card machine… iPhone or Android users can easily download the app for free and create a free account. Once you create your account, Square will send you an actual card reader 100% free…. I received mine 3 days after I signed up.. and.. it blew my mind.

Its a little square not much bigger than a quarter that plugs into your headphone jack. It will work on all smartphones and tablets that I know of, and the functionality and ease of use is above par.

There are no monthly or annual fee’s.. They will deduct 2.75% from every card swipe transaction, and 3.75% and a .15 cent fee every time you key in a cards information.. did you hear that?? you can now take orders over the phone, on your phone.

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Some of the cool features worth mentioning:

Touch Screen Signatures
Once you swipe your clients card, you hand them your device, and they use the touchscreen to sign their name – either using their finger as a pen, or you can hand them a stylus, talk about wow factor.

Tips Accepted
After your client signs their name for you, they will have the option to add a tip to the purchase amount.

Email or Text Receipts
Once the client presses accept, they can choose if they want a text or an email to be sent to them.

Instant Transfers
You don’t have to log into your account to transfer funds to your bank account. At midnight the funds will be sent to your bank for you.. (I always have the funds in my account the following day).

I’m not writing this post for any reason but to share this with you.. I thought it was the coolest thing since Hugh Hefner, and decided it was blog worthy. Give this a try if your looking to accept payments, after all, it is 100% free.

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