Need to take payments over the phone, but not sure which virtual terminal to choose? Quite a few payment providers in the UK offer virtual terminals, but only few are truly good value for a small business. Compared to card machine payments, manually typing card details is [...]
Our rating Square's card reader works with a free POS app and has competitive transaction fees. With no PIN pad, is it ideal for UK merchants? The company to introduce the original mobile card reader, Square, has brought us the first keypad-less card reader in the UK. The [...]
Forget about the bulky till - cloud-based point-of-sale systems have come to stay. Any new or existing business with an outdated system: now is a good time for EPOS. The UK has several decent options in 2019. Let's compare five of the best POS software systems with monthly subscription [...]
iZettle and Square match each other with a 1.75% fee and no fixed monthly costs, but there are important differences between them.
Our rating The most comprehensive free POS app for tablets and phones in the UK, with the caveat you can only take cards with Square Reader. Square Point of Sale is a highly user-friendly system with all the standard POS functions small businesses need, [...]
The iPad has proven itself a perfect platform for web-based point of sale (POS) systems. It's smart-looking, reliable and offers great battery life. Web-based POS systems enable simple and economical shop management and payment handling for businesses of all sizes, with minimal need for any upfront investment. No doubt [...]
Choosing a POS system is not easy, especially when you're a small shop with limited budget for a point of sale. Many POS companies do not display pricing openly and often require the kind of commitment and investment only large companies can afford. However, several affordable, cloud-based EPOS systems [...]
It’s easier than ever to accept credit and debit cards in the UK. Forget the costly card machines of yore. Instead, check out these contactless card readers that process payments with a smartphone or tablet through easy-to-use, free point of sale (POS) apps. In 2019, the race between the most popular [...]
Not all merchants can use the card terminals from Square, iZettle, SumUp or PayPal. This may come as a surprise, but the limitations are there to protect payment providers from losing money on high-risk transactions or getting involved in legal conundrums. Most businesses are accepted by the [...]
Mobile payment companies Payleven and SumUp merged in April 2016. The combined company now trades under the name SumUp. While existing merchants are not affected by the merger, we give a run-down of Payleven alternatives for those considering accepting card payments on mobile devices. In summary [...]