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By Dee and Emily Karawadra • SwipeSimple by CardFlight has a robust product
Impact PaySystem offering. They have solutions for mobile, brick-and-
mortar POS system and web-based virtual terminal
o be relevant in today's merchant processing to be used on computer. They're on-the-go app for
world you must have access to technology. This cell phones or tablets is user-friendly and includes
is a time when more and more consumers want reporting tools to help the merchant manage sales.
T to pay by phone or via a secure payment facili- What our customers have taken to is the ability to
tator like Apple Pay or PayPal. The old days of selling a send invoices from a computer to customers that in-
stand-alone terminal are fading fast. Merchants want to clude a click to pay feature. Additionally, the web
accept payments for their businesses on the go, on their dashboard allows merchants to manage inventory
websites and in their brick-and-mortar businesses. by adding or editing item details, including name,
SKU, price, taxability and quantity.
Many retailers have websites and inventory they would The new SwipeSimple Terminal offers the same
like to link up to the same system. Often you'll meet with great software experience on PAX terminals like the
merchants and realize the have multiple methods of ac- A920. Additionally, SwipeSimple Register with cash
cepting cards: they utilize POS systems, rely on phone register drawer works with most iOS and Android
apps to accept payments on the go, and may also need tablets, allowing merchants to track inventory and
to send out invoices that include a link so customers can add product photos. They can also track employee
pay via card. When you get into the nitty gritty with mer- performance and manage access permissions.
chants, you realize they have several providers and pay This is a great solution to suggest when a merchant
multiple monthly fees to each provider.
wants to buy a new POS system. Now we have a
Being able to provide technology in collaboration with solution that is very cost-effective and accomplishes
partners that can help integrate all these methods to one what those high-dollar POS systems do without
having the merchant spend thousands of dollars. If
provider has given us, at Impact, leverage in obtaining
new merchant accounts. We have found that offering mer- you are able to board on First Data Omaha, TSYS
Sierra or Vantiv Worldpay, this is a great product
chants a solution to accept payments in all the fashions
they need in one system creates stickiness. It is a huge to push.
game changer to enable merchants to transition from an • USA ePay is a payment gateway provider head-
inconvenient, pieced-together solution to one integrated quartered in Glendale, Calif. Founded in 1998, it's
solution that accommodates all their needs. one of the oldest payment gateway providers in
the ecommerce industry. This is one of our favor-
Providers we rely on ite gateways to use for ecommerce shopping carts,
We are going to go through some providers and technolo- custom integration and mobile payments with their
gy that can help you create stickiness and bring solutions console. The USAePay Point of Sale Payment Sys-
tem app for iOS (USAePay on Android) and a series
to your merchants. The providers we are providing infor-
mation on are ones we have worked with over the years, of compatible card readers can attach to your smart-
phone (or tablet) of choice.
and they are helping us bring technology to the average
merchant.
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