
This is a very good question and if you’re asking it you may well be on your way to boosting your profits considerably. Today there are still a surprising amount of traders on the outdoor markets who are unable to accept debit and credit cards.
Market stall traders have been around for centuries and have usually always got by with the exchange of cash and goods, bartering and haggling away to make their living. However, these days the market stall holder needs to consider that times are changing and their customers want to pay for things differently.
The answer of course is that you need to get hold of a debit card machine to take debit and credit card payments.
How can I use a debit card machine when I can’t plug it in?
It’s true; when you’re out in the middle of the street on a cold morning you can’t really go to the nearest shop and ask them to plug in your debit card machine every time you need to accept a payment.
Debit card machine technology has improved however, and now there are mobile machines that allow you to take payments virtually anywhere in the country. They only really rely on battery power and a mobile phone network to keep them going. All debit card machines that allow you to take payments like this use GPRS technology.
What is GPRS technology?
GPRS allows you to use mobile phone networks to locate you anywhere in the UK. If you are in a position where you can receive a mobile phone signal then you can take a payment on your GPRS mobile debit card machine; it’s as simple as that really.
How do I get a GPRS debit card machine for market trading?
So when you decide you need to trade using a mobile debit card machine you need to open a merchant account through your bank, or better still a payment processing company who can sort you out with a debit card machine and put your payments directly into your business bank account.
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