Ben Tossell

Virtual Terminal by Square - Accept payments on your computer

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Zlatko Unger
So you have to type in the CC number. I guess this would be good for phone orders. Additionally there is an extra 1% fee for processing creeps up quite fast.
Ethan Kravitz
@zlatty This is because it is considered a "Card Not Present" transaction. There is no way for the merchant to know that the customer possesses the physical card, so the card networks justify the higher processing fee by assuming a higher potential for fraud. While Square has primarily played in the local/physical realm, anyone doing e-commerce was already paying this higher rate.
Zlatko Unger
@ethosventures That totally makes sense. Higher risk, higher processing cost. 👍
Ethan Kravitz
@zlatty Yep. Not to say that the increased risk cost is necessarily 1%. There is likely some solid profit in there for Square 🤑
Shubham Jain
is this product is available in India ?
Amrit Pal
@shubham9289 Hi Shubham, this is currently available in the US only.
Shubham Jain
@amritpa1 thanks for clarifying but I hope this will available in India soon
Ivan Burazin
This is dope! :)