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SquareUp

by KimW
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So, does anyone use this?
https://squareup.com/
  • Profile picture of the author Bradley J Anderson
    I don't use it, but someone sent me the link a few weeks ago to check it out and it is definitely very interesting.

    Obviously, for small business owners and salesman this has enormous potential. I don't find 2.75% particularly outrageous considering there's no monthly fees, and I especially like the fact that it pays directly to your bank account daily.

    My only concern is what a customer would think if you pulled it out in front of them? Given the amount of credit card fraud nowadays, I have to say if someone used it in front of me, I would get pretty darn suspicious. I haven't seen any tv ads for it (or any ads, for that matter), but I think it would go a long way in allaying people's suspicions if they would start showing it to the general population so they know it isn't some sort of 'criminal tool'.

    That being said, I wonder how long it will take before someone figures out how to use this thing to either double charge, or save the customers info on the SIM card.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    That is very interesting actually. My grandfather owns an RV Park and Trout Farm and has been losing a lot of business because he can't find a good way to accept credit cards.
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  • Profile picture of the author Russell Barnstein
    Sounds too good to be true . . . It would be helpful if you could manually enter credit card numbers. My local client base is less than 5% so this wouldn't help me too much.

    HOWEVER, I'd love to set my admins up selling it as an affiliate!
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    One, you can enter the cards manually, but there is a higher processing fee for that.
    Two,I did not see nor do I believe there is an affiliate program.
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  • Profile picture of the author Drewry_Media
    Thank you for the link. I thought @ 1st that was FourSquare. And, when I looked closer, it was something else. So I'll peep game on what the site is about. Thanks again, fam =)
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  • Profile picture of the author Bradley J Anderson
    Peep game?! I must be getting veeeeeeery old!
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  • Profile picture of the author Russell Barnstein
    Freakin' Google, man. After reading and commenting on this thread, every ad I see on every site I go to now is for Square. Crazy.
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  • Profile picture of the author flyinghammers
    I think this is what Apple retail stores use.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    There is generally a REQUIREMENT to match the MAG info with the card, so you KNOW that at least part of the number HAS to be readable. So yeah, you COULD get fraud. But that is true EVERYWHERE!

    Steve
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