Our Review of Square Card Reader
Square is easy, extremely easy. The process of taking it out of the box and moving forward step by step until I was able to process my first transaction took a total of 11 minutes.
WHOA!
I’ve been accustomed to the payments industry standard of 1-3 days to approve and activate a merchant account. This is a whole different playing field entirely. The card reader fit right into my iPhone 4, which is currently using iOS 5.0. I downloaded the Square software from the App Store and minutes later I was processing. No instructions are necessary. The entire setup is intuitive.
The fees are fairly competitive and less expensive than PayPal. There is supposedly next-day deposit, a feature that is not even common amongst regular retail merchant accounts. I’m impressed all around.
I don’t work for Square and the last product review ( MacPOS ) I did was not very positive so I’m giving you my straight, unedited, unbiased opinion. For further information, you can contact me at Sean@merchantprocessingresource.com or visit Square at SquareUp.com
If you actually noticed the time displayed on the top of my iPhone in some of the frames, there is a gap of time longer than 11 minutes. I had to take a very important call in the middle of the process, plus I went back and redid some of the photos and screenshots. Don’t hold it against me.
-Sean
Review summary:
Website: Square Card Reader
Description: Mobile Card Reader and POS
Reviewed by: Sean Murray
Product Reviewed: Square
Date of review: 12/14/2011
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Sean Murray is the President and Chief Editor of deBanked and the founder of the Broker Fair Conference. Connect with me on LinkedIn or follow me on twitter. You can view all future deBanked events here.
