Industries

Card machines built around your trade

The right reader for a coffee van is the wrong one for a restaurant floor. Pick your industry for specific recommendations.

Restaurants & cafés

Hospitality lives and dies on table turnover. A card machine that prints, takes tips and never drops connection mid-service is worth far more than the few pounds you save on hardware.

We usually recommend

Terminal

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Retail shops

In retail, the queue is the enemy. Your card machine needs to be quick, dependable and simple enough that any member of staff can use it on their first shift.

We usually recommend

Solo

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Tradespeople & mobile businesses

Chasing invoices is unpaid work. Taking payment before you pack the van turns a 30-day wait into money in the account the next morning.

We usually recommend

Solo Lite

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Salons, barbers & beauty

Salon payments happen at the busiest moment of the appointment — as one client leaves and the next arrives. Speed and tipping matter more than anything else.

We usually recommend

Solo

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Market traders & events

Cash-only stalls lose sales every single day. A reader that runs off mobile data and survives a full weekend on one charge pays for itself in a couple of trading days.

We usually recommend

Solo

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Mobile food & drink

A lunchtime queue moves in seconds or not at all. Your card machine needs to tap-and-go faster than the customer can put their phone away.

We usually recommend

Solo

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Find out what you should be paying

Two minutes, no obligation. Tell us what you take in card payments and we'll show you the setup and rate that actually fits.

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