Before the mobile card reader phenomenon took off, it was unlikely that a small-business owner could walk into a nearby store, pay $10 and walk out minutes later with the ability to accept card ...

Shopify is also taking preorders for a mobile card reader, which will be free for current Shopify clients; new users would pay $29 in the Shopify Hardware Store. TechCrunch reports the reader will ...

The card reader approval process is determined by each credit card company and some have been much slower to approve readers. This has left many merchants, especially grocery stores, accountable ...

For this feature, Merchant One has several different mobile card reader options, including the Clover Go. Other available credit card readers include the Swift B250 SwipeSimple, BBPOS Chipper and ...

Free is a magic price: you never have to explain free.” 3. Cheap hardware. The cheapest portable credit card reader on the market cost $950. The original Square reader cost 97¢ to build.

6 steps to accept credit card payments Traditionally, payments are accepted through a combination of a merchant account and a payment gateway. The merchant account is a business bank account that ...