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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 5, 2017 4:48:10 GMT
whatever service you decide on, you are making a great decision to accept CCs. the last time i did a craft boutique was 10 years ago and when we accepted CCs, we made 50% more in sales. it seems that people spend more freely with CCs than when they have to debate their purchases depending on much they brought in cash. I think it's a little different now though with the prevalence of debit cards. Back in the day when most people still wrote checks for just about everything, when people used a credit card they typically would spend more when they because they knew they'd be paying that bill later. The only way that people could pay with the convenience of a card was to use credit and that isn't the case anymore. Now that checks are more or less obsolete and people pretty much use debit cards instead, people aren't necessarily spending more than they have because they're paying now with debit and not later with credit. I noticed it with my own business over the last 20 years. When more people started using debit cards vs. credit cards, my average transaction amount dropped and my fees went up as a result. |
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Post by peppermintpatty on Apr 5, 2017 11:52:42 GMT
square.. you don't need the little reader.. you can just enter info on app. You pay more if you do it this way. Save |
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Post by peppermintpatty on Apr 5, 2017 11:53:45 GMT
Why wouldn't people bring cash to a craft fair? If I go to something like that I assume it's cash only because who's walking around with a card reader. It's like taking a credit card to a yard sale. Most of my sales are credit. People don't carry money around and are less likely to buy from you if they can't use credit. Save |
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Post by luckyexwife on Apr 5, 2017 12:08:40 GMT
Why wouldn't people bring cash to a craft fair? If I go to something like that I assume it's cash only because who's walking around with a card reader. It's like taking a credit card to a yard sale. Last summer I went to a few craft fairs, and I was looking for some specific things. At most of them, I didn't spend very much, and just used cash for my purchases, but at one, I found everything I was looking for. I spent over $600, and I really didn't want to be carrying that much cash to all the shows. To be honest, in my area, people still take checks, so most of it was by check, but a few were CC. |
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Post by Zee on Apr 5, 2017 12:13:36 GMT
Why wouldn't people bring cash to a craft fair? If I go to something like that I assume it's cash only because who's walking around with a card reader. It's like taking a credit card to a yard sale. Last summer I went to a few craft fairs, and I was looking for some specific things. At most of them, I didn't spend very much, and just used cash for my purchases, but at one, I found everything I was looking for. I spent over $600, and I really didn't want to be carrying that much cash to all the shows. To be honest, in my area, people still take checks, so most of it was by check, but a few were CC. Exactly. I might be willing to spend $500 that day, but I don't want to carry around $500. |
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Post by myshelly on Apr 5, 2017 13:32:50 GMT
I assume everyone will take a credit card these days. I assume EVERYONE who is trying to sell something as a business has a card reader. They are easy to get and free. Why wouldn't a vendor have one? Signed, someone who never gets cash for a craft fair LOL, you're not alone. Our family went to the State Fair with a guy that DH refers a lot of business back and forth with, and his family. The idea was that this guy wanted to buy us dinner, pay for the kids to go on rides, basically show us a good time on his dime. Dude brought maybe $50 in cash, thinking he would be able to put all of the food, ride tickets, etc. on his corporate card so he could expense it! Ha ha! No. The guy was honestly shocked that almost NONE of the vendors at the Fair take credit cards, and DH ended up fronting him about $150 in cash before the night was over! So weird. DH and I commented to each other on the way home, "Who goes to the State Fair and *doesn't* bring cash?"  Granted, it's not *exactly* the same thing, but it's still pretty similar. Sometimes you just need good old fashioned greenbacks. Our state fair takes credit cards for everything, so I'd be one to not take cash to the fair. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 6, 2017 3:59:13 GMT
LOL, you're not alone. Our family went to the State Fair with a guy that DH refers a lot of business back and forth with, and his family. The idea was that this guy wanted to buy us dinner, pay for the kids to go on rides, basically show us a good time on his dime. Dude brought maybe $50 in cash, thinking he would be able to put all of the food, ride tickets, etc. on his corporate card so he could expense it! Ha ha! No. The guy was honestly shocked that almost NONE of the vendors at the Fair take credit cards, and DH ended up fronting him about $150 in cash before the night was over! So weird. DH and I commented to each other on the way home, "Who goes to the State Fair and *doesn't* bring cash?" Granted, it's not *exactly* the same thing, but it's still pretty similar. Sometimes you just need good old fashioned greenbacks. Our state fair takes credit cards for everything, so I'd be one to not take cash to the fair. Most of the food and ride vendors at our Fair don't take credit or debit cards at all. There are a number of ATMs scattered around the fairgrounds though and they direct people to the closest ones to get cash. I'm sure most of the people selling physical product in the Merchandise Mart or in the grandstand booths probably take them though. |
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Post by angieh1996 on Apr 6, 2017 12:47:04 GMT
I use square when I'm selling my soaps at a craft fair. I will say I switched to the chip reader that accepts Apple Pay too because square will no longer back you if there is fraud on a card. I can't remember exactly what it is, you'll have to google it. But I think something to do with swiping a card that has a chip. I just wrote off the cost of the chip reader as a business expense
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