Wireless Processing

Wireless Credit Card Processing

Here are the steps to determining you wireless solution.

Review the table below to determine the best method of "wireless" processing for your business.
If you need true real time wireless processing you must determine the best wireless carrier where you will be using the terminal. Check out the coverage in your area.
Choose your wireless credit card terminal.

If you have a mobile point-of-sale and need to process transactions you have several options.

	Option	Risky	Simple	Fast	Equip. Cost	Recurring Cost
1	Imprint the card and key it later	Y	Y	Y	$35	Cards that aren't approved
2	Imprint and use Touch Tone processing	N	Y	N	$35	$0.65 per transaction
3	Swipe the card in a Store & Forward terminal. Then approve when a phone line is available.	Y	Y	Y	$299 to $716 $23.90/mo 4 yr lse	Cards that aren't approved
4	Use a wireless terminal	N	Y	Y	$950 $36/mo on 4yr lse	$20/month

The column label "Risky" refers to whether an approval was gathered at the time of the sale. As a merchant you are at risk for every transaction until you receive an approval from your processor. Also, if the card does not swipe you should always get an imprint. Simple refers to the all of the "stuff" you have to set up. Fast is the transaction time.