Card Machine A50 with Charging Base - Payzing, No Rentals or Contracts, Card Reader, Take Payments with Ease

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However, you shouldn’t look at machine cost alone when considering your options. Both Tide and Dojo offer lower transaction fees than Square and Zettle despite having slightly more expensive card machines. This means you’ll keep more money from each each transaction. You don’t need to sign a long-term contract to use MyPOS and there are no requirements for minimum turnover. Moreover, your account can be set-up in 5 minutes as is free. MyPOS Addons & Accessories Navigate into a merchant on which you want to connect the terminal to. To add a new merchant to your partner account, please see the separate guide for adding merchants. Before you can connect a terminal to a merchant account, you have to add the terminal to your terminal estate. You can do this manually for a single terminal or add a batch of terminals by uploading a batch file to your partner portal. This guide will show how to do it with a single terminal. This makes the Zettle card reader one of the more competitively priced in UK market at this time, but not as cheap as Square. Zettle Transaction Fees

With a wide range of machines and lots of unique accessories that allow you to customise your machine they are at least worth a look. The Revolut reader does not require a contract, but you do have to remain a Revolut business banking customer. Revolut Reader Addons & Accessories This means price of a GO 2 reader is inline with SumUP and slightly more expensive than either Zettle or Square. MyPOS Transaction Fees Finally, there is also an extra charge for accepting AMEX cards. Worldpay Mobile Addons & Accessories One of Zettle’s greatest selling points is that there are no set-up fees (beyond buying a card reader) and no monthly fees either for their regular GO account. This makes them an attractive option for new businesses and those that are unsure how much they’ll use their machine. Zettle ContractTyl (by Natwest) offers a range of card machines. The PAX A50 is their cheapest model but they also offer the Clover Flex, Ingenico Move 3500, and Ingenico Desk 3500 depending on your needs. Tyl (by Natwest) PAX A50 Features

But to get a Revolut reader you also need to have a Revolut business bank account. Fortunately the basic account is totally free. Revolut Reader Transaction Fees SumUp’s major selling point is the low initial transaction fee of just 1.69%. This is the marginally lower than either Zettle or Square who charge 1.75%.

Tide charges a flat 1.5% transaction fee. This fee is lower than some competing card readers because Amex cards are not accepted as standard. However, they do accept all Visa, Mastercard, ApplePay, GooglePay including business, international and UK consumer cards. Tide Set-Up & Monthly Fees Best for customer service: Worldpay is currently the only company that offers customer support 24/7 365 days a year (including Christmas Day) primarily from their UK based call centre. The Shopify WisePad 3 Reader is slightly more expensive than the other card machines listed above. However, it comes with the power of the Shopify eco-system so might be a great option if you have a Shopify store. Shopify WisePad 3 Features Tide is one of the leading free business bank account providers in the UK. And they’ve just recently launched two new card readers. Their standard model and their Plus model. The card machine companies listed above are the biggest and best options for most UK small businesses. However, because we love to be complete here at Merchant Machine so here are a few other alternatives you can also consider.

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SumUp: Best range of machines for almost any type of small business. Also offers lower processing rate of just 1.69%. Many of the the companies listed above sell their own brand card machines. However, a few also sell or rent machines built by the following companies. Below we outline the major pros and cons of the Zettle system, but for a more in-depth look have a look at our complete Zettle review. Zettle Credit Card Machine Features Shopify’s plans are month to month, although they do offer annual or biennial plans. They offer a 10% discount on annual plans and a 20% discount on biennial plans, when they are paid upfront. Shopify WisePad 3 Addons & Accessories