Brand Booster: Accept Payments Using Your Phone with Square Up
So we’ve all been there. Perhaps you were participating in a showcase, or expo or just had a meeting and your prospect is ready to sign on the dotted line right away. For service based businesses, we generally don’t have a portable credit card business, but now, if you have a smart phone, you can.
Square, (you can find them at www.squareup.com) was started by an artist that was tired of the frustration of losing a sale because of the restrictions in his payment methods. The technology allows you to turn your smart phone into a swipeable card reader. They’re still at the start up phase, but I think you should keep them on your radar, I see them as the next big thing in mobile technology.