Credit Card Swipe Machine

I am an artist and do trade shows. I currently use a Nurit 3010 credit card swipe machine with a wireless merchant service. At my last show, another merchant told me that she thought there is now a product called a "cell phone dock" that would allow me to do credit card transactions with my cell phone. Normally these docks are for connecting your cell phone to your home or office wired phones. If this is true it would save me tremendous "$" as the merchant service is NOT cheap. Does anybody know if this would work?
bigboy: what in the world are you talking about?
chrisgalv : could you please explain why you don't think it will work? My swipe machine will dial out using my phone line at home. Also, I have heard from another merchant that they are doing this...
Also, if this wont work, if somebody invents a gadget that will do this they will make a fortune! There are thousands of mobile merchants who are on systems like mine.

You will not be able use a cell phone dock on many networks for data applications including modems, fax machines and credit card terminals. The issue is that digital cellular networks compress the traffic that is passed over them so any advanced service applications will be degraded beyond use unless they specifically recognize and support the service. The service may work on an analog network, but these are very slow (and rarer every day).

There are new services that will work on a regular cellular network that are being launched, but as you can imagine, this will require $$$, too.

Have you considered a dial-pay account? This would require you to pay a slightly higher key-entered rate for each transaction instead of the lower swipe fee, but if you are paying as much as you imply for the wireless service, this should save you quite a bit of money. It would depend greatly on your average transaction and how many transactions you process.

If you have specific questions, contact me at jbordeaux@windriverfinancial.com or cal me at (920)-993-9433.

2006-06-14 09:20:05 by donnybrook

I need to be able to start accepting credit cards at craft fairs but I do not yet have a merchant account, I understand these are difficult to obtain if your business is not up and running (but how do you get it up and running without one!!). Is it possible to use a manual swipe machine and if so do you need a merchant account still or can these be processed via paypal? I'd appreciate any helpful answers! Any other ideas would be great. Thank you.

Try Worldpay or Metacharge, they will take u on as you begin your biz, they have average charges of 4% plus 30p per transaction and a monthly fee around £30, it's all in one, they process the cards and have a built in gateway, no seperate merchant acc needed. Then u can transfer the funds to any bank.

2007-03-22 15:57:19 by Princess

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These horizontal lines are a result of the display failing. This sort of failure is characteristic of a Passive Matrix LCD panel. There is really no easy way to repair this other than replacing the screen (if that's even possible), so I would suggest replacing the machine (unless you know somewhere that will service it for less than the cost of a new machine). Next time, look for a machine with an Active Matrix LCD. They tend to be a little more resilient (if a little more power hungry) and they don't suffer from this type of failure.

2009-04-10 07:01:49 by NJJ

Price: $39.95 $63.50

Sell more by accepting credit, debit cards, and by offering customers another payment option.
Easy to get started and easy to use.
Accept all major credit cards.

Contact the company you get your service from.

2009-08-11 03:28:08 by Constance W

get a grep... they are aussies... no self respecting aussie would do that/// but whether cash or plastic, time or talent... God loves a cheerful giver God looks on the heart not the style

nuthin wrong with being hip cool in church as long as you dont trade away substance for fluff

gottas dive in the deep water

2006-09-29 19:53:46 by houso44