Mobile card machine options

danrv

Hi
Just after some ideas and advice on hand held card machines.
Looking for a low cost one for band use at a small venue.
Any help appreciated.

KeithP

Might be worth asking on the Small biz MoneySaving board.

greyteam1959

Screwfix & Toolstation offer cheap mobile card readers.
No Idea of the associated costs though.

Murmansk

greyteam1959 said:

Screwfix & Toolstation offer cheap mobile card readers.
No Idea of the associated costs though.

I use an izettle device, now probably called Zettle and owned by PayPal. It charges about 1.8 or 2% as I remember.

There's also SumUp and others I think - probably similar costs?

anmarj

I have sum up, and its pennies per transaction 

danrv

greyteam1959 said:

Screwfix & Toolstation offer cheap mobile card readers.
No Idea of the associated costs though.

SumUp I think is 1.95% per transaction.

danrv

anmarj said:

I have sum up, and its pennies per transaction 

Thanks.
Will get a Sumup from Argos or Toolstation.

531063

danrv said:

anmarj said:

I have sum up, and its pennies per transaction 

Thanks.
Will get a Sumup from Argos or Toolstation.

I use sum up no probs, If you know any one with a sum up account, get a link off them to join & you will get some money back

iSaving

Another vote for SumUp - works brilliantly, good choice of machines depending on your needs and for me I use it so infrequently so the no monthly fees or payments if you're not using it is great. 

CRT1987

Lopay are cheaper than SumUp and Zettle, only 0.79%

IcyManyThings

CRT1987 said:

Lopay are cheaper than SumUp and Zettle, only 0.79%

I came here to say exactly this! Lopay have been great to use and are less than half the price of Square, SumUp and Zettle, so long as you don't mind getting paid weekly - it's 0.79%. But you can also get next day at 0.99% and instant payouts at 1.79%, which is what I switch to on Fridays and Saturdays to make sure I can get paid over the weekend. These guys are definitely worth a look.