Author Topic: Alternative to Square for small business owners  (Read 1740 times)

purple monkey

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Alternative to Square for small business owners
« on: August 15, 2016, 06:50:08 AM »
Anyone have any recent experiences with changing from Square.
Considering other options.
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LeRainDrop

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Re: Alternative to Square for small business owners
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2016, 10:28:57 AM »
From the customer's side, I've used LevelUp.  That company only charges the customer's credit card 1x per month, so the vendor ends up paying only the single transaction fee instead of multiple separate transactions.  At least, that's how I think it works on the vendor side.

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Re: Alternative to Square for small business owners
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2016, 10:00:19 AM »
On a very inconsistent basis, I've used both Square and the 'Paypal Here' card readers. They're about the same in terms of fees. What about using something like a mobile pay service from any of the big banks? Just yesterday a client sent me money directly from his Bank of America account to my Wells Fargo account using what WF calls 'Sure Pay'. It seems to be their answer to other P2P transfers/competitors like Venmo.

I guess the biggest questions I have for you are what kind of business are you conducting? And how many transactions per month are you averaging?