
About Square Payments
Square Payments is an online payment processing solution which integrates with Square hardware and POS software to allow businesses to accept various payment types. Businesses can use Square Payments to make transactions from any location, deposit payments from all major credit cards, send invoices, store payment details for recurring customers, sell through e-commerce platforms, and more through integration with other Square tools and third party applications.
In order to facilitate the acceptance of any type of payment, Square Payments provides tools for managing chip cards, NFC payments, magstripe, remote payments, cash deposits, and more, meaning businesses can offer more flexibility to their customers. Users can integrate with Square’s card reader hardware and POS application to process payments anywhere, and in any way that customers wish to pay. Payments can also be handled remotely by keying in payments even when offline and, utilizing Square hardware, merchants can accept credit cards, NFC payments, gift cards, and more.
Square Payments provides automatic security measures including PCI compliance, chargeback protection, account takeover protection, fraud monitoring and detection, and more, so that both businesses and their customers can rest assured their accounts and data are safe when completing transactions.
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Key benefits of Square Payments
Devices
Business size
Markets
Australia, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Norway, United States and 3 others
Supported Languages
English, Spanish
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
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Features
Total features of Square Payments: 36
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- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The Perfect Payment Processing Option for Small Business
Reviewed on 2022/05/26
My overall experience is A++ since I am able to accept and process payment at a fraction of the...
My overall experience is A++ since I am able to accept and process payment at a fraction of the cost and without costing me more time and effort.
Pros
Using this software for a couple of years now I really like the ease of use and how it's transferable between all my devices. I am able to access reports, process payments, and more from the mobile dashboard or my PC.
It doesn't require that I have or use any additional products or equipment for function. They have very friendly and knowledgable customer service and support.
I love that you are able to integrate Square into other systems for a more robust system.
Cons
I wasn't able to really pin point anything that I didn't like or enjoy regarding the software.
Reasons for Choosing Square Payments
Paypal had so many restrictions and hold times.Switched From
PayPalReasons for Switching to Square Payments
Because if checked off more of the boxes for what I was looking for and the cost was Amazing.- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
So Easy to Implement, I was Done Before I Knew It
Reviewed on 2022/05/11
We needed a payment form on our website to accept payments. We didn't want to have to build our own...
We needed a payment form on our website to accept payments. We didn't want to have to build our own "shopping cart" for this and square payments was a great option to skip that and begin accepting payments quickly.
Pros
I needed to accept payments on my website and I tried using a different program, but the issues seemed almost impossible to overcome, as I am not an experienced website form developer. I easily and quickly had square payments set up on my website and I have never had a single issue accepting payments.
Cons
I have nothing negative to say currently about this product. I had a horrible experience before implementing square payments, so I find this product to be great. I guess I could ask for lower fees, however, they are not all that high, to begin with.
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good produxy
Reviewed on 2022/06/17
Pros
That you can manually input card numbers
Cons
The fraud prevention made it difficult to process payments sometimes
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The Only Merchandise, Website, & Card Payment Manager You Will Ever Need
Reviewed on 2022/04/03
Square has satisfied all card processing, website management, inventory management, and merchandise...
Square has satisfied all card processing, website management, inventory management, and merchandise marketing needs for us over the past 6 years wonderfully and will hopefully continue to be the main catalyst in our financial minimization and success as a touring/professional band moving forward!
Pros
As a user of Square for about 6 years now in managing my band’s merchandise, website sales, in-person sales, and all credit/debit card processing needs, I can honestly say that this is the best card processing software in today’s market. The fact that the card processing fees are as reasonable as they are with the card readers and entire web store being 100% free, makes Square the best value when compared to other alternatives. I recommend square almost daily to all my colleagues, business partners, and new fellow musicians I meet each week at home and on the road.
Cons
There are no cons about using square. I truly cannot even think of one thing I dislike about this software as everything from payments, processing, inventory management, to direct deposit, and even website management is on point at all times. Well done Square.
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Big CartelReasons for Choosing Square Payments
Bandcamp was taking a pretty large cut of each merchandise sale and didn’t offer as many card processing options or ease of use during the year we used it. The Bandcamp website also didn’t compare to the quality and efficiency we instantly found within square’s website use!Reasons for Switching to Square Payments
Much similar to bandcamp, bigcartel had more significant fees to take from each transaction as opposed to square and didn’t leave us with the visual website aesthetics that we were looking for either.- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I love using square
Reviewed on 2022/06/10
We will continue to use square payments to process our sales.
We will continue to use square payments to process our sales.
Pros
It is very easy to use and not to expensive for processing fees.
Cons
I wish that the reader connected easier to the software sometimes.
Alternatives Considered
ShopifyReasons for Choosing Square Payments
I could not get support from Zettle. I had an issue and they referred me to paypal team. Then Paypal said it was zettle. Was frustratingSwitched From
PayPal ZettleReasons for Switching to Square Payments
This was a familiar brand and I felt like I could trust the process.Square Payments FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Square Payments.Q. What type of pricing plans does Square Payments offer?
Square Payments offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Per swipe/dip/tap: 2.6% + $.10 Keyed in: 3.5% + $.15 per transaction Online & invoices: 2.9% + $.30 per transaction Custom pricing packages are also available. Contact Square for more information.
Q. Who are the typical users of Square Payments?
Square Payments has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1 000, 1 001-5 000
Q. What languages does Square Payments support?
Square Payments supports the following languages:
English, Spanish
Q. Does Square Payments support mobile devices?
Square Payments supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Square Payments integrate with?
Square Payments integrates with the following applications:
Acuity Scheduling, BigCommerce, Craver, DAVO, Ecwid, Fomo, Linktree, Mailchimp, Make, MarginEdge, MoeGo, Paymo, Poptin, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Shopventory, Sociavore, Square Invoices, Square Point of Sale, Synder, TouchBistro, Vend, Weebly, Wix, WooCommerce, Zoho Invoice
Q. What level of support does Square Payments offer?
Square Payments offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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