Using Square (squareone.com) with concrete5
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I signed up for square credit card processor (squareone.com). It's pretty cool, they mail you a free gadget for your iphone or ipad or android and you can swipe a card. Its cheap to use, and no transaction fee unless you don't swipe. I am loving it.
I would like to hook it up to concrete5. I searched for payment gateways and the forums for information and no luck. So I am asking you. Can I use this merchant account on my concrete5 site (with ecommerce addon installed)?
thx
I would like to hook it up to concrete5. I searched for payment gateways and the forums for information and no luck. So I am asking you. Can I use this merchant account on my concrete5 site (with ecommerce addon installed)?
thx
I looked athttp://www.squareone.com and it was nothing to do with payment processing, just a consultancy company.
I think they mean this:
http://squareup.com/
It's cc processing for your iphone. I dunno if they have a gateway for a
traditional website, but I would assume so.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
http://squareup.com/
It's cc processing for your iphone. I dunno if they have a gateway for a
traditional website, but I would assume so.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
Square does not allow you to run payments as a payment gateway.
You could have people put the credit card info into the cart, then you would have to manually run it, however that isn't ideal.
Phil
You could have people put the credit card info into the cart, then you would have to manually run it, however that isn't ideal.
Phil
Thanks for the quick reply and the information.
Here is a doc from their site:
https://help.squareup.com/customer/portal/articles/159619...
The important line is:
"We don’t currently offer an API for using Square as an e-commerce solution, nor are you able process payments through our website or by using your computer in lieu of a mobile device."
https://help.squareup.com/customer/portal/articles/159619...
The important line is:
"We don’t currently offer an API for using Square as an e-commerce solution, nor are you able process payments through our website or by using your computer in lieu of a mobile device."
well that sounds like a no love for us then.
Weird, you'd think that'd be something they'd do - but whatever, i'm sure
there's a compelling reason somewhere.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
Weird, you'd think that'd be something they'd do - but whatever, i'm sure
there's a compelling reason somewhere.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
I guess for nothing this may be a good value for one off swipes. But for a real commercial application doubt it would be practical as others on the market.
I think they are quite popular with the convention and food cart markets.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
Franz, No doubt this is a useful tool especially for small vendors. Have not done much digging on this, but I have seen that Intuit uses QuickBooks to access their GoPayments app that is also an iPhone/Pad solution.
I see that QuickBooks states:
"Save time and money with a QuickBooks-ready Web store, Choose from Web stores including Homestead, Go Daddy, Web.com, UltraCart, IA Modules and PDG Software"
Do you know of any on goings regarding a C5 and QuickBooks integration of this nature?
Very Best! Tim
I see that QuickBooks states:
"Save time and money with a QuickBooks-ready Web store, Choose from Web stores including Homestead, Go Daddy, Web.com, UltraCart, IA Modules and PDG Software"
Do you know of any on goings regarding a C5 and QuickBooks integration of this nature?
Very Best! Tim
qb integration is an absolute nightmare. Very difficult to do anything with
their API, and if you want to do crazy stuff like automagically generate
invoice in QB from orders online you're going to have an ongoing
maintenance issue to deal with.
My take is someone should build a basic gateway for free and then sell
services around the pain that is working with intuit.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
their API, and if you want to do crazy stuff like automagically generate
invoice in QB from orders online you're going to have an ongoing
maintenance issue to deal with.
My take is someone should build a basic gateway for free and then sell
services around the pain that is working with intuit.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz
likely setup them up as a merchant gateway. Probably take about a day or
two of work. We typically charge $1,000 to make any gateway add-on. You can
probably find someone to help for significantly less by posting in our jobs
forums:
http://concrete5.org/community/jobs...
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz