Which is the right online payments solution for your startup?

[AndresCornwall]

We're looking for a online and offline payment solution for the business.
Is Stripe a good option?
We need a card reader too. There is too many options out there and we want to hear people's experiences.

Many thanks

 

[The Byre]

I have heard good things about iZettle.

 

[WebshopMechanic]

Hi @AndresCornwall

It might be worth asking @TotalWebSolutions for advice on this one as they specialise in online and offline payments. Speak with Simon Lowe. (FYI - I have no affiliation. I just met them on here).

https://payments.totalwebsolutions.com/

Matt

 

[Bainzee]

There are many things that taken into consideration like - nature of business, average sales amount, predicted card turnover.

 

[aaron web designer]

If you want to set up monthly direct debits you should try gocardless. We use them for monthly packages.

 

[james_firmsites]

If you want to set up monthly direct debits you should try gocardless. We use them for monthly packages.

Yep same, they are very good and only 1%

 

[Birkdale Payments]

Hi.

Paypal is a good first choice for online payments and cost effective until you exceed c£2.5k in card sales per month, then a merchant account will offer more features and save you money.

iZettle offers both online payments, email link plus you can get a card reader for face to face payments, again this is fine for start ups and then when regular sales exceed £2.5k p/mth you should look for a merchant account.

 

[ldjames]

A real merchant account can save you money even on less than £2500/month volume. I would strongly recommend giving WorldPay a call.

 

[Nochexman]

We're looking for a online and offline payment solution for the business.

We need a card reader too. There is too many options out there and we want to hear people's experiences.

Hi Andres, did you get yourself a payment solution? What did you decide to do?

 

[Mike_Cartwright]

Hey, AndresCornwall!

There's several that you can go for. For me, I guess it depends on how big/small your business is. I like Stripe, it's good and it's like the others that I use (I'll list it down for you below).

PayPal
Amazon Payments
Braintree
Stripe

 

[antropy]

I would strongly recommend giving WorldPay a call.

Although most of their platform looks like it's from 1999.

 

[ldjames]

Although most of their platform looks like it's from 1999.

Yeah. That part is frustrating - but the customer facing parts are customisable and it's worth it for the cost savings.