This will allow shoppers who visit Shopify merchant stores to make purchases without having to re-enter their payment details, including shipping and credit card info, on every visit. In addition to the card reader, Shopify is also launching Shopify Pay, a feature that lets consumers store their payment information within Shopify. "Now any of our merchants can use Shopify to power every aspect of their business, at every interaction." "Shopify is already known as an industry leading e-commerce provider, and with our new chip and swipe point-of- sale hardware, we are demonstrating our deep investment in the retail world," said Craig Miller, chief product officer at Shopify. A lot of small business owners use technology in bits and pieces, so anything that can help all of those parts to work together in one place is a big selling point. Shopify merchants with an existing Shopify POS solution will pay $29 for the reader but new customers, and existing merchants who aren't yet using Shopify POS can get the reader for free.įor Shopify sellers, the card reader should appeal to those looking for ways cut down on the number of systems they have plugged into their stores, whether that's online or in-person.
Shopify says this is the first piece of hardware it's created in-house, but that it also offers a tap, chip, and swipe card reader that supports contactless payments, including Android Pay and Apple Pay. It's also EMV compliant and accepts both chip and magnetic stripe cards with a per-transaction fee of 2.4 percent. The small, white reader is wireless and connects to a mobile phone or tablet. Robot fry cook gets job at 100 White Castle locations.Microsoft: Emerging 'ice phishing' threat on blockchain, DeFi networks.Russian cyberattacks could affect organizations around the world, so take action now.