The online portfolio of Ben Mansell » Technology http://benmansell.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Square Up http://benmansell.com/square-up http://benmansell.com/square-up#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:40:57 +0000 admin http://benmansell.com/?p=320 This ones for the small business folks and independent designers. I recently looked into this payment system called Square, and let me say, it will be the next big thing in your day to day. Of course, there are two other companies getting in on the swipe war. Square is doing all the right things to make their service more approachable. They placed their priorities in the user experience. The UI is minimal and fantastic. They cut together a really nice demo of their product on youtube. If the device looks cheap, that’s because you won’t be paying 200 or even 50 USD for it (I’m assuming it’ll cost something though). Finally, they eliminate fees or as many as possible.

What’s an extra fee in this whole process? Well, it’s everything if you run a small business or just hate giving your money to a middle man. It’s another hand in your pocket that doesn’t need to be there.

With independent design, just getting people to cough up a down payment or first 30% of a job is hard, so ease of payment will really help… or maybe find out sooner that you’re getting jerked around. I personally find that as soon as there is any bit of money involved, projects are taken more seriously. What iPhone-loving creative wouldn’t want this accounting superpower? Enough rant, go check it out and follow ‘em on twitter.

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