Looking for a credit card terminal with no landline.. what are my options?

Chrisharry

Hi all,


I work for a charity called Pembrokeshire FRAME and we have recently opened a horticultural retail outlet.

We have no landline so we need some sort of GPRS card reader for as cheap as possible. Because of its location and business type I cannot see the Amount of transactions to be too high so would like something with no minimum billing?


Any help appriciated


Chris

Chrisharry

Anyone..?

Savvy_Sue

Welcome ...

Have a look here and see if there is anything helpful.

SwipernoSwiping

Can you access the internet via mobile/dongles? Paypal offer a business tariff that allows you to process cards on-line - Works out MUCH cheaper than the £25 pound average per month for the terminal, plus the £25 per month average for a merchant account.

Browntoa

this ??

http://www.fsb.org.uk/benefits/card-payment

mrsingh

Browntoa wrote: »

this ??

http://www.fsb.org.uk/benefits/card-payment

Browntoa, have you got any idea how much this service costs? I dont want to sign up to join the fsb just to find out the cost lol!

tonto33

try this company...123send

Chrisharry

Has anyone used Adelante? (dot co dot uk) They charge £250 for:

6 months rental,
Set up fees
And the merchant account!

Then its £25 a month.

The merchant fees are 1.7% Credit Card and 27p Debit card with NO minimum fee (most are £20)

The merchant bank they want to use is the 'Allied Irish Bank' Personally I have never hered of it, is it trusted?


Can anyone see any hidden costs I havent concidered?


Thanks very much

Savvy_Sue

AFAIK Allied Irish Bank is based in Eire, one of the big ones over there,

Chrisharry

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

AFAIK Allied Irish Bank is based in Eire, one of the big ones over there,

Are there any issues with using a bank in ireland with tax etc?

Savvy_Sue

I don't think so: they operate in this country under our tax / legal regime AFAIK, eg Santander are Spanish.

for a credit card service, can't see that you'd notice a difference. For a bank, your deposits might not be protected as they would with a UK bank, witness the Icelandic debacle.

If you're taking out a lease where an Irish bank is involved, it gets a little tedious, but that's not what you're doing.

This is outside my comfort zone, so someone else may say I'm wrong. Someone else may be using Adelante with no problems, I'd search this forum for that specifically.