What Is A Card Machine And Which One Do I Need

Card machines are designed for a wide variety of small businesses - from sole traders, through to convenience stores, small cafe chains, mobile businesses and more too. Whilst there are a number of card machines out there they do the same thing, accepting card payments (either via chip and pin or contactless) from customers and processing the payment from end to end. Basically, transferring the money for the product or service purchased - from the customer to the business.

It's a good idea to know that there are a wide range of card machines to choose from these days so it's always important to be able to make an informed decision. After all, there's no point buying a countertop card reader if you run a mobile business. For a mobile business, you'd need a mobile card reader. On top of this, you can either rent or buy a card machine for your business - both of these options have advantages and disadvantages but it's down to you to determine which one you'd need. One way to look at it is like this, if you're not taking a big amount of monthly payments and you don't like being locked into contracts then buying a card machine could be the option for you. Alternatively if you want lower transaction rates and a lower monthly rental charge then renting a card reader may be the better option.

Well if you wanted to buy a card machine, then you get your hands on one for usually about thirty pounds. This being said, the transaction charges may prove expensive compared to renting a card machine - but then again, there's no monthly rental charge to pay so you're still saving money there.

What if you wanted to rent one instead? You can do this, and most small business choose this option because the longer the rental contract, the cheaper the transaction rates. Plus you can save on monthly rental charges too.