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New Square pricing, 2.75%, no other fee
Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 8:51 PM on 02.22.11 |
->> If you swipe your card now your new % is 2.75. They used to also charge you 15 cents I believe, that is now gone.
Not bad IMHO |
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David Welker, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 9:49 PM on 02.22.11 |
| ->> Got that notification today as well. Pretty nice if you ask me. I use square for handling payments for sitting fees or likewise and so far it has treated me very well. No issues. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 9:53 PM on 02.22.11 |
| ->> Same here ... Always glad to hear about a savings in thi economy ... Even if only 15 cents a pop ... ;-) |
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Randy Sartin, Photographer, Assistant
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Knoxville | TN | USA | Posted: 9:59 PM on 02.22.11 |
| ->> Signed up a month or so ago, works like a champ and no problems at all. |
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Brad Barr, Photographer
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Port St. Lucie | FL | USA | Posted: 5:05 PM on 02.23.11 |
| ->> They will also up your payout restrictions too if you show them you do more business. They upped mine to 5k a week. Not that I need it that high, but that should alleviate any hold-backs. |
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Steven Bisig, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 7:19 PM on 02.23.11 |
->> Just signed up. Any complaints with using Square?
Steven b~ |
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Doug Holleman, Photographer
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Temple | TX | USA | Posted: 8:51 PM on 02.23.11 |
| ->> I still can't spare a square. |
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Don Feria, Photographer, Assistant
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union city | CA | United States | Posted: 8:56 PM on 02.23.11 |
->> LOL Doug!
I'll take one ply! One measly ply! |
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Brad Camp, Photographer
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Bainbridge Island | wa | USA | Posted: 9:21 PM on 02.23.11 |
| ->> works great on the i-pad--you can preset packages and produts group on the i-pad version of the app. Makes us money every time we whip it out. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 9:28 PM on 02.23.11 |
->> Doug, "Seinfeld," Jamie Gertz?
--Mark |
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Mike Janes, Photographer
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Attica | NY | USA | Posted: 10:26 PM on 02.23.11 |
->> Just starting to look into it, is it for keyed in transactions as well or swiped only?
Looks like a good option to offer. |
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David Welker, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 12:57 AM on 02.24.11 |
->> Mike,
You can offer either. I just carry my swiper with me in my camera bag. |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 3:07 PM on 02.24.11 |
->> I like the squareup.com fee structure, but I am a Blackberry user and their system apparently only works on iPhone and Android based systems.
Is there a PC program or website based system for squareup, or would I have to figure out a way to use an iPhone or Android emulation program to run the squareup app on a PC (not sure that this would even work)?
I just canceled my merchant account with East Commerce Solutions after the monthly fees increased to $50 per month point and they tacked on a $175 annual PCI compliance fee. $775 is a lot to spend each year for credit card processing when there are less expensive options available. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 4:04 PM on 02.24.11 |
| ->> Michael - a $775 annual savings would go a long way in adding an iPad to your arsenal of tools ... and it would bring many other options to benefit your daily tasks other than CC transactions ... |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 2:03 PM on 02.26.11 |
| ->> Butch...great reccomendation above!!! I finally used square in a realproductiom environment and I am 100% confident that it increased my sales. Customers love the wow factor and I don't have to go back to the office and manually run credit cards. Technology is AWESOME!!! |
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Jason Myers, Photographer
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West Palm Beach | FL | | Posted: 1:47 PM on 03.01.11 |
| ->> I had been holding off on getting the square, but signed up last week and got my swipe thingy yesterday. Worked great the first two tries. I shoot a lot of events when people ask me to "send them the photo" so now I'll whip out my iphone, swipe their card and send the purchased file once I edit. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 6:54 PM on 03.01.11 |
| ->> ... also ... IIRC ... Square is available for the iPod Touch as well (WiFi only of course) ... so no need to go to the expense of of an iPhone or iPad if you don't want to ... though if 3g service is a requirement for your needs ... then the touch wouldn't help ... |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 8:56 PM on 03.12.11 |
->> I would like to thank everyone who participated in this thread. After cutting ties with East Commerce Solutions and their end of the year surprise $175 PCI compliance fee I have signed up with Intuit's GoPayment. http://gopayment.com . This is not to be confused with the previously mentioned company at www.gopaynet.com (different company)
GoPayment charges 2.7% per transaction if the card is swiped through a reader and 3.5% if it is keyed in by hand and there is no annual PCI fee (take THAT, East Commerce Solutions) and no monthly fees. Like SquareUP, GoPayment provides a free card reader for your smart phone.
I chose this option over SquareUp because I have been a Blackberry user for three years and SquareUp only works with iPhone and some Android based systems. Moving away from Blackberry was not something that I wanted to do at this point.
After dumping East Commerce Solutions, I am going to save a LOT more than the $25 I pay for Sports Shooter each year. Had it not been for this thread, it would have required a lot more digging to find a better solution for my credit card processing needs.
Thanks again, everyone! |
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