Credit Card Terminal

Whether you own your own supermarket or a retail business, accepting credit cards allow you to increase your customer base by 70%. Most of these sales would be lost if you didn't accept credit cards. For a growing business these credit card terminals can boost the sales dramatically.

Accepting credit cards is however, not possible without a credit card terminal. Whether it is a wireless credit card terminal or not it allows merchants to print receipts, track credit/ debit card sales and provide terminal details. These credit card terminals are used for face-to-face transactions.

What is a Credit Card Terminal?

The merchant swipes the client's credit card into the terminal machine and the information is submitted into the terminal for processing. This is a very cost-effective method and in the advanced eCommerce world of today a business stands nowhere without it.

Credit card terminals are also called the POS (Point of Sale) machines.

Finding the right kind of terminal machine for your business is crucial. For those merchants whose sales extend beyond a single location, a wireless credit card terminal machine is the best.

Types of Credit Card Terminals

There are 3 basic types of credit card terminals:

1. Traditional or Conventional Terminals: These generally have a small display screen, a keypad and a magnetic stripe reader. Traditional credit card terminal machines help save money and time and are also known as physical terminals.
   
   
2. Wireless Credit Card Terminals: Exceptionally beneficial for mobile businesses, wireless credit card terminals help increase efficiency as merchants become capable of accepting credit cards from temporary locations. They even have built-in printers for ease. Small and reliable, these wireless credit card terminals are uncomplicated and simple. However, the wireless credit card terminals can become an unnecessary expenditure for those who don't really require them and are easy to lose as they get carried around more.
   
3. Virtual Terminals: For merchants who use phone, fax and internet more, in order to conduct business, traditional credit card terminals are not the right solution. In such cases the merchant account providers like Instabill tend to provide business owners with a virtual terminal and softwares to handle credit card transactions.

Whether it is a wireless credit card terminal or a traditional, you cannot accept credit cards without a terminal machine.