Small business - credit card machine

Small business - credit card machine

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Saturday 15th April 2017
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A friend of mine is opening a small bakery/delicatessen. She needs something which allows her to take payments by credit/debit card initially just for shop sales but hopefully something that can also be linked to her website if/when that is up and running. She is looking for something with minimal transaction fees and something that is easier than pie to set up. Any suggestions gratefully received.....

[she will also be selling proper traditional home-made cheese and onion pie.... lick]

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39,972 posts

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Saturday 15th April 2017
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nyt said:
Most of the stalls in my local street-food market (Lower Marsh, near Waterloo station) have portable credit card machines.

If your friend wants first hand opinion then I'm sure there would be plenty of first-hand advice there is you get there before lunchtime.
Thanks - probably going to sound stupid but your post made me google "portable credit card machines" - not sure why I didn't think of that first!! biggrin

If we ignore the wesbite bit for a second - iZettle looks pretty good at first glance. Does anybody have any experience of that?

Going forward Sagepay also looks good thumbup

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Original Poster:

39,972 posts

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Saturday 15th April 2017
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Cheers all.

@Fermit - this is literally a new business so she has no accounts and is having to jump through hoops to get a business bank account. She's been doing it from home for friends/family/wok colleagues and she's decided to give it a go. Is the lack of a business history, bank accounts, tax returns etc. going to be an issue with iZettle?