Yoco Cardswipe Machine to the rescue
The Yoco Cardswipe Machine available here in South Africa, has really come to the rescue.
Our little online store here on The Sardine News, carries many products that have really tight margins. So the other day, when I sold a product for R1300, and the banksters took R138, I stopped all online card transactions on The Sardine News. Back to good old safe and reliable EFTs. No risk. So cheap. Totally reliable – so many proof of payments and variations of that theme. You can very easily be sure your money has been paid to you – its right there!
But I still need a credit card clearing system on the site. And on some of my trips out in the field, I needed card transactions to work too. Some of my fishing charter clients are real credit card monsters. Most times the card belongs to a business and is paying for everything. Wherever we go. And in many places I take my clients, there ain’t no card machines!
So, I bought my own!
Yoco Cardswipe Machine
It is called a Yoco Cardswipe Machine to me. And man-oh-man is this little piece of hardware useful. Because, that right there is the solution, it’s not just hardware! It interfaces to your phone via an easily installed (Play Store) app to give you a full suite of business and POS tools. Wherever you are in range of cellphone signal. This app then connects to the cloud and again delivers all the business data from your transactioning, into a portal style Dashboard. Reports and all. Right on your desktop!
Facts and figures
And for the same transaction as spoken of above – R1300 odd, this would be my figures, at 2.95%, the highest rate (it goes down as your turnover grows)…
R1300 x 2.95% = R38.35.
So this then works out at exactly R100 cheaper than its local competitor. And try an international one. Try the biggest actually. And feel the pain.
The following screenshot summarises the Yoco Cardswipe Machine offer:
Selling online
For those that might not know, we run all our online projects with a thing called WordPress. It is a beautiful mass of code that can make things really easy. Or difficult! It is called a Content Management system (or CMS), and helps with e-commerce too. (More about all that here)
And guess what? The Yoco Cardswipe Machine software and system, plugs right in! Into WordPress, as an e-commerce payment gateway. Right next to PayPal, PayFast and all the others you might be tangled with as an e-commerce store owner.
At 2.95% which improves with turnover.
And a special facility for transactions under R50. They are only charged R1.71 including Vat! Great plan for subscriptions!
How to get your Yoco Cardswipe Machine going
It is so very easy. And if you sign up with the link below, you will receive free telephonic support from me.
https://www.yoco.co.za/r/YUTSFRL
The machine only costs R500! I paid R1800 last year!
Call me Sean on +27793269671 or email umzimkulu@gmail.com anytime to chat further about the Yoco Cardswipe Machine.
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