Accept Credit Card Payments on iPhone, iPod or iPad
Square is a free app that allows a person, business, charity or anyone to accept credit card payments from their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Once you download the app, you sign up for a free card reader that attaches to your iDevice through the headphone jack. Then verify a bank account by confirming two small deposits and you are ready to accept payments. The app will add sales tax and email you a receipt with description and photo of the item purchased. A newer version will soon allow additional details of the transaction like name, address and additional item or service sold details.
While this might seem strange to many people, I see this as the future. It benefits any small business that doesn't accept credit cards. You don't have to sign a contract and you don't have to pay for any machine, setup fee or monthly fee. The only costs is 2.75% of the transaction. Not bad! Ever go somewhere like a restaurant and find out they don't take credit? Yes, there are lots of small businesses that don't. This short video shows how simple it is to do.
Kenny Hirt (iPhone4idiots.com)
Reader Comments (2)
do you need a wifi connection on the ipad or ipod to use it or can they pay and whenever you connect to wifi it let the payments go through, such as...
person pays now, no wifi, when i get wifi the payment goes through?
You need a wifi or 3G connection. It won't hold it in memory.