Choosing the Best Card Machine for Retail: Your Comprehensive Guide

Rapyd deep dive: How to choose the best card machine designed for your retail needs.

At A Glance: 

• Streamline your retail business’s payment process, enhance sales, and provide a seamless checkout experience with card machines.
• Discover the transformative impact of the card machines offered by Rapyd, specifically designed to cater to the unique needs of retail businesses.
• We can guide you to the best card machine solution tailored to your business needs, ensuring a significant boost in efficiency and customer satisfaction. Contact us

The first thing to consider when looking for a card machine to support your retail business is the type that will best suit your needs. There are countertop card machines (traditional credit card machines), portable card machines and mobile card machines. Each has its own set of advantages and is designed to cater to different types of businesses.

Rapyd offers a variety of card machines designed to meet the unique needs of retail businesses. These card machines come in three main types: 

• Wi-Fi Machines: These card machines allow your customers to pay anywhere within your store’s Wi-Fi range. They’re perfect for businesses with large spaces or outdoor areas like patios.
• Countertop Card Machines: These machines are ideal for businesses where customers are served from a fixed checkout or till. They’re perfect for quick-service restaurants, pubs, and other retail businesses.
• Mobile Card Machines: If your retail business involves catering, pop-up services, or even a food truck, a mobile card machine lets you take payments almost anywhere.

There’s more to consider. When choosing a retail card machine, it’s also important to think about features, security and customer support. And any payment terminal is only as good as the processing solution that you use with it. 

Rapyd offers a complete payment solution that lets European and U.K. merchants accept payments in-store and offers a payment gateway solution online from a single provider with built-in security, merchant services and outstanding support.  

Features and Benefits

Rapyd offers card machines from two of the world’s top providers, PAX and Ingenico.

PAX Card Machines

PAX is a global leader in providing payment technology and solutions that streamline transactions. PAX offers a variety of terminals ideal for fixed, wifi and mobile use. Their PAXSTORE marketplace offers over 2,400 Android-based apps that allow businesses to customize their terminals to suit their specific needs. With the PAX A80 and A920Pro, businesses get a secure, versatile and customizable POS payment solution. 

What Customers Think About PAX Terminals

Ever since using the PAX terminal, Haxey Gate Inn is able to provide a higher standard of service to its customers, thanks to having more time to dedicate to building customer relations. Here’s what they said: 

“The PAX payment terminals have sped up our serving time to customers copious amounts, especially on a Sunday, our busiest time of the week. It’s really easy to use, with all members of staff happy and confident in using them. It’s a huge relief to be able to focus on the business and the customers, as opposed to worrying about finances!”

Ingenico Card Machines

Ingenico’s Move series of card machines, including the Move/3500, and Move/5000, allow businesses to create mobile and fixed points of sale and offer payment flexibility to their customers. The Move series is built on Ingenico’s TETRA platform, ensuring secure and reliable transactions. They are easy to transport and come with full connectivity options, making them ideal for delivery, taxi services, loyalty programs, home services, click & collect, and stock inventory management.