Favourite Tools for VAs: Square

Square is such a handy payment tool. 

If you want to take credit cards in your business, it’s a simple solution whether you are doing business in person or over the Internet.

It’s a simple device & app for your smartphone that allows you to process orders and send receipts to your customers. The money you collect gets deposited to your bank account the following day, making it faster than Paypal.

The fee is slightly higher – about 3% – but can be worth it if you are at a live event or in my case this week Paypal wouldn’t accept my client’s credit card. (Paypal makes up its own rules sometimes!) So I ran it through my Square without issue.

You can enter orders manually using the keypad, or you can use the free Square reader to swipe the card (which is fun and functional!).

Check it out, it could be a really good business tool for you. I never go to an event without mine!

Visit Square here!