Category: POS Technology

Industry Updates – Cool Stuff / ISO Extinction / Ignorant Media

| April 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

What’s new in the Merchant Cash Advance arena? Cool Stuff FundersCloud is making waves in the industry with their Peer2Peer/Crowdfunding platform. We’ve finally gotten a chance to speak to their team, do a walkthrough, and aim to release an independent review of their cloud next week. However, for the moment we would like to take [...]

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30-Day Free Trial: Download of QuickBooks Point of Sale Software

| May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Did you know that QuickBooks offers a complete Point of Sale (POS) solution? Right now, it’s available as a free download (FREE 30-trial). QuickBooks is designed to speed up everyday tasks and give you the tools you need to grow your business. With QuickBooks POS you can: Process credit cards,…

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The ETA Bonanza Has Begun!

| April 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

“Come to our booth!” “Here’s my business card…” “We’re going to Rain later.”      The ETA has begun and almost all the big Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) players are in town. If you’re not sure where to find anyone, you can browse the official floor plan below. Click the Image for the full floor plan [...]

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A Personal Review of ROAMpay – The Mobile POS

| January 4, 2012 | 1 Comment

According to ROAM Data, ROAMpay works in tandem with a compatible merchant account. That’s great, but we wondered throughout most of 2011 if the swiping unit and POS interface were any good. We wonder no more because Santa got us ROAMpay for Christmas. Thanks Santa! When we tried out Square a few weeks back, we [...]

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Our Review of Square Card Reader

| December 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Thumbs up! This is my 3rd and last product review this week and I’m happy to leave it off on a good note. We got to test out Square, the mobile payment technology that has been out for some time, and it rocks! I don’t normally play around with POS hardware or software but was [...]

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Look What We Got: Square

| December 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

The folks at Square were nice enough to send us their mobile phone hardware for free to review and play with. We’ll be doing a video review and demonstration within the next week. Stay tuned. Thanks Square!

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MacPOS Review – Functional, but Ugly

| December 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

We got the opportunity to test out MacPOS earlier this week… It’s okay, not great. The biggest downside is the ugly interface, which gives the impression that the software functionality must also be subpar. While that does not appear to be the case, it certainly is a distraction during the POS experience. White borders, mismatching [...]

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A Quick Review of LightSpeed POS for Mac

| December 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

A quick review by sean himself… A good friend of mine owns a small shop in NYC and sought my opinion on a new POS system. A lot of folks have been talking about LightSpeed recently so I immediately floated it as an idea. He responded with, “Great! Show me how to set it up.” [...]

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Square Eliminates 15% Transaction Fee

| August 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

According to their Twitter Feed, Square, the iPhone, Android, and iPad Card Reader has announced the removal of the 15 cent transaction fee. The card swipe rate will remain at 2.75%. For low ticket, high volume businesses, this will significantly improve margins. About Square is a revolutionary service that enables anyone to accept credit cards [...]

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What is Square Credit Card Reader?

| August 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:18 AM We’ve heard of Square, we’ve read about Square, and we think the Square concept is cool. The writers of this blog have yet to encounter a business actually using one though. On March 2nd, Square announced that $1 Million was being processed through their device on a [...]

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Lightspeed POS for the Mac Obsessed and Retail Professional

| August 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

Posted on May 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM iPod, iPhone, iMac, iPad….can we ever get enough from Apple? We can’t! For the Mac obsessed business owner, LightSpeed POS may be what you’re looking for. Throw out the dusty credit card terminal and lose the ugly spreadsheets you use for inventory tracking. Instead “gain the high-speed, [...]

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