looking for an iPad holder that has a security feature. I'd like to use it to either take payments, or even show videos on the iPad. problem is, having something that can't be stolen off the podium. any ideas/suggestions or links to good products you
Read more…I'm new to this, and will be attending my first market in a couple weeks. Does anyone have advice on using Square card readers versus Paypal? I intend to get the one with the chip reader, if that makes a difference.
Read more…Earlier this year, I received a new microchipped credit card from my bank as part of their move away from magnetic stripe swipe cards to this more secure format. Now as an art show exhibitor, I'm starting to see the other side of this coin. I use Sq
Read more…I just got an invoice from security compliance for pci compliance. I used to use the old swipe transponders but now I use square. I have no idea if I'm still supposed to be paying this annual fee. Is this something everyone who accepts credit cards
Read more…A feature on the new iphone 6's and the new ipads is an app called Apple Pay. You load your card numbers into your phone and they are immediately encoded into a chip in the phone. When you want to pay for something, you hold your phone near the card
Read more…So the big gorilla Amazon has thrown their hat into the credit card swipe ring.
I've been an extremely happy Square user for three years. Sure, they take their cut, but it's relatively painless. With Amazon I saw the fees were lower, so of cours
Read more…ABC News report yesterday mentioned the following new scams. You check into a hotel and later while in your room you get a call from someone claiming to be at the front desk. The caller asks you to confirm your credit card information and since you d
Read more…Hi,
First off I would like to introduce myself as a new contributor to artfair insiders.
I am Tim Niewiadomski, segmented wood turner, living in the northeast Ohio.
Please forgive any misques I may make. I have been one if the infamous lurkers here
Read more…I use the Square and am happy... but this company keeps calling with "too good to be true" rates of 0.25% and $0.05 per swipe. Does anyone have any info about them?
Thanks,
Christina
Read more…I'm ready to make the switch to a smart phone that takes credit cards. I've read alot about square but does anyone know anything about leaders?
Read more…I had a representative from a company I've never heard of before called "Punchy". They are very similar to Square, free reader, but take a smaller processing fee. They have a website and I found multiple articles about them on the web. When I went to
Read more…Did anyone get a 1099K from Square? Use both Intuit and Square for the shows. Got a 1099K from Intuit (the new form that reports your credit card processing income to the IRS) but did not get one from Square. Do they not send one for some reason o
Read more…For the second time my credit card terminal has died at a show. This one could have been especially bad. The first time the terminal died before the show, leaving me scrambling with finding the knuckle buster and stressing about how I was going to
Read more…It's getting really old seeing the same questions being asked over and over. In the upper right hand corner is a dialogue box with "search Art Fair Insiders." Before you post the same question for the 100th time, do a search. You will find more po
Read more…Hey folks- I'm looking forward to my first show Sept. 3 and recently signed up with ProPay so I can take credit cards. I will have a knucklebuster & try and run approvals through my regular cell (I don't have a smartphone) if I'm able to (don't reall
Read more…Just found a new feature on the latest update to Square for the iPad. If you are using the item feature you can now enter multiple sizes of your item/print with a separate price for each. When you are entering a sale, pick the item and you get a popu
Read more…I have Propay and am considering buying the swiper that attaches to a cell phone. Does anyone out there have any opinions/experience with this? I want to know if this is a good idea or not.
Thanks,
Denise
Read more…I haven't done a show for 6 years. And will be diving back in at the CPFA in July. I used to use a nurit machine for credit cards, I guess technology has changed a bit and I am told it is now useless due to the way it connected to cellular signals. W
Read more…Hello,
I'm a new member on this site.
After years in the corporate world (which I never liked at all) I'm finally getting back to art, which is what I always meant to do in the first place, and what I went to University for... I just got sidetracked
Read more…I'm hopping on the tech bandwagon and looking into the credit card swipers that plug right into your usb port, as I have mobile broadband on my Mac. Paypal is advertising their version, and I already accept Paypal on my website, just wondering if an
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