Re:Introducing Shopify Mobile
by Kiro on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:01PM
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Swipe? Why are these companies (Square included) so backwards in this area? Take a look at iZettle to see how it should be done.
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Because the EMV regulations surrounding taking chip-and-pin payments are a real headache. Taking swipe payments is much more straight forward.
Re:Introducing Shopify Mobile
by rescripting on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:09PM
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Nitpick here, but Shopify is a Canadian company.
I do agree they should support chip payments as most payment processors in Canada use them.
Re:Introducing Shopify Mobile
by brianalkerton on Thursday January 02, 2014 @07:20PM
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It's something we intend to do, but no firm ETA as of yet.
Re:Introducing Shopify Mobile
by tomphoolery on Thursday January 02, 2014 @06:48PM
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You actually don't need to swipe with Square. It can scan your card too IIRC.
Re:Introducing Shopify Mobile
by oneplusone on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:09PM
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Shopify is not American.
iZettle? Really? Square is much better than that as it is more versatile. You can accept card payment with square at road side, with in cab by just plugging in the reader into your mobile device. And, iZettle expects you to be fully settled inside your shop :-)
No, iZettle is completely mobile and my point was that Square is swipe based while iZettle is chip based.
Here's a picture of the device I've tried: http://blog.bookingbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/izettl...
