Dial-up Debit Machines connect via any working telephone line. Many merchants use their existing phone line or tap the terminal into their fax line to save additional costs, but if you have a busy location you may want to consider having a dedicated phone line for your Debit Machine.
The reason for this: if you choose to use your existing phone line, you will not be able to be on the phone at the same time you’re doing a transaction. Dial-up Debit Card Machines can take anywhere from 10-25 seconds per transaction to complete depending on the age of the hardware and software. So, basing it on that, you should probably be able to judge if you can afford to share your existing phone line with your POS Terminal or not…?
Our advice is: if your business does under 30 transactions a day and you find your phone line is not constantly ringing off the hook then sharing your existing phone line will not be a big deal. However, if you find your business requires full use of the phone and you do more then 30 transactions a day, then you may want to consider getting a dedicated phone line for your machine, or use an IP Credit Card Machine.
The real big appeal for merchants of a Dial-up unit is that they are usually less expensive than ALL other types of payment processing hardware.
We have been helping small businesses connect to service providers who:
- Provide guaranteed financing regardless personal credit score
- Provide leasing from as low as $29-$49/month (Depends on hardware, deposits, credit score, etc.)
- Provide ownership from as low as $999 (including lifetime warranties)
- Provide debit transaction fees from as low as 8 cents
- Provide Visa & MasterCard rates from as low as 1.69%
- Provide a lifetime warranty included on all hardware
- Can deposit into any Canadian business bank account
- Can implement gift & loyalty card services (Very important-the power of gift cards can produce huge profits for your business.)
- Provide quality Customer Support 365 days of year
- Provide a 24 hour replacement unit if the current unit stops working (For most major urban centres; if you live in a remote area add an extra day.)
- Provide free software upgrades
- Ensure that ALL terminals are PCI & EMV compliant (Very important-no point investing in a terminal that is already going to be obsolete.)
