Small shop owner

Take card payments on an invoice, at the counter, or on my phone

The letter

Customers ask to pay by card when I hand them an invoice or when they walk up to the counter. I do not want a whole new system. I need something that works with what I already use and does not make me learn a developer tool.

What I already tried

Cash and checks still work, but more people want to tap or pay from the invoice link.

What done looks like

A customer can pay on the spot or from the invoice I already send, and the payment shows up where I track money.

Two tries — pick what fits

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Try 1

Posted by Alex

Turned on Square Invoices with a pay link on each invoice. Counter tap-to-pay uses the same Square account on a phone.

Link: Square Invoices help

What you still do by hand: You still create the invoice in Square and send it yourself.

Cost: Square card fee applies per charge.

Try 2

Posted by Jordan

Used a Stripe Payment Link on a simple page and pasted that link into the invoice email the shop already sends.

Link: Stripe Payment Links

What you still do by hand: You still write the invoice email; the link is just the pay button.

Cost: Stripe processing fee per payment.

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