Portable card payment device thingy

[robinh73]

Evening all, I am getting a few customers wanting to pay their invoice by card on the day and as such I was wondering what the best option is, such as Sum Up or Zettle. The transactions will be very few but necessary. Cheers

[miniman]

We use SumUp for events, works well.

[gusko]

I have used MYPOS . ,for over 5 years now. no complaints

[funbobby]

I use sum up and you can just use your phone to take payments, dead easy.

[this is my username]

I have been using Verifone for the last year or so - no problems and very cheap (1% on transactions)

[Mammasaid]

If you bank with NatWest, they do TYL - https://www.tylbynatwest.com/card-machines

You don't even need a reader.

[Ham_and_Jam]

OP, if its just a few customers Zettle or SumUP will be all you need.

I put about 3000 payments a month through Zettle. Used it for a about 5 years with very little issues. You can use their card reader or use your phone as the device to ‘tap to pay’

SumUp is very similar, but I’ve no firsthand experience.

The benefits are no annual compliance checks / fees. No contracts / tie-ins. No monthly fees. Simple %age fee per transaction.

They are slightly more expensive on the standard rates, but don’t be sucked in too much with lower %age fees that also charge additional per transaction fees and monthly rentals.

I’ve been quoted several times by companies who guarantee to beat the ‘exorbitant’ fees I’m paying only to come back with a token saving.

[robinh73]

Cheers for the reply guys, I opted for the basic SumUp reader for £29.99. Looks as though it will do all I need.

[shirt]

Another option is to send a payment link with the invoice. I’m not in uk but we use stripe. This has largely replaced the POS machine.

[macron]

Is there one of these that is also useful for integration with a website? I've tried to look at a few review websites but they all want a load of personal data and to flog it to salespeople which is just a big no.

I'm also wondering if it matters if it's 2 different things, as in if I use a sumup for local payments but have something different through the site, who really cares?

We're taking two businesses, one takes £300ish a few days/ month F2F but around 10k in 6-10 individual transactions through bank transfer, the website just advertises.

The other is £800- maybe 4000 a pop x up to 500 times (yes really) but through bank transfer (!!!) and payment through a site (essentially just advertises what's bought) does not yet happen and needs to pdq! Data management is hell as a result, so integration there is desperately needed.

[SuperPima]

macron said:

Is there one of these that is also useful for integration with a website? I've tried to look at a few review websites but they all want a load of personal data and to flog it to salespeople which is just a big no.

I'm also wondering if it matters if it's 2 different things, as in if I use a sumup for local payments but have something different through the site, who really cares?

We're taking two businesses, one takes £300ish a few days/ month F2F but around 10k in 6-10 individual transactions through bank transfer, the website just advertises.

The other is £800- maybe 4000 a pop x up to 500 times (yes really) but through bank transfer (!!!) and payment through a site (essentially just advertises what's bought) does not yet happen and needs to pdq! Data management is hell as a result, so integration there is desperately needed.

Please delete it if it is against the self-promo rules.

Together with Adyen, a very large payment processing engine and a regulated bank, we have built just that: an app that combines banking, in-person card payments, and e-commerce payments. The name is GoSolo. You can look it up or DM me if you have questions. I am the owner and would be happy to help. We used to be more focused on traders, and e-commerce/link pay was added very recently. I am happy to listen to suggestions and add as many features as needed.