Customers are asking for card payments.

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on September 16, 2016 at 5:44am

Sorry, I have no idea James as I'm not a professional.  But my immediate thought would be can't your bank offer you some advice on this? Or maybe the credit card company that you use for your own card?  Alternatively, what about using Paypal?  That way your client can use their credit card, but you are not responsible for the accepting of the payment, paypal are.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on September 17, 2016 at 5:55pm

Like Katy, I'm a hobby baker too. My cake club leader used the device you posted here. Got rid of it as it was too pricey and had trouble with it working. She now has 'Square" reader. It snaps onto your tablet and you can swipe your credit card. She has an IPad. But it can be used with an android tablet too. You would have to check the Square site to see what the compatibility is. Square was free, but of course, there's a fee. You pay 2.65% per swipe. So if payment is $100.00, you receive $97.35 directly into your bank account.
Katy had a good suggestion about Pay Pal. Their international, and no worries about customer having to come to your home/business to pay. They go onto PayPal, make the payment, Pay Pal sends the money to your bank account. If the fee is not too expensive, and is competitive to Square reader, I'd definitely check out the Pay Pal option.
Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by The Cake Mom and Co. on August 4, 2017 at 10:37am

Look into Square Cash. You can send people a link to pay and there is an app. If you use it as a business there is a 2.75% fee. It works really well. We don't use a card reader, just the app or take cash/check.

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Permalink Reply by Chetan Winni on October 26, 2017 at 2:34am

You can try PayPal its a most used payment mode, trusted too, Charges are less too!

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