Who we serve
Only second-hand stores. That is the whole list.
We don't do restaurants, dentists or gas stations. Every sign, receipt line and recommendation we make is built for stores that sell donated, consigned and pre-owned goods. Here is how we would set up yours.
Independent thrift stores
High volume, small tickets, color tags.
Hundreds of $2 to $15 sales a day, a weekly color rotation, and cashiers who may be on their first shift. The fixed cents on small sales are where your money leaks.
- Cash discount: your color-tag prices stay as they are and become the card price
- Pricing built around your average ticket, not a headline rate
- A register card that answers "why is cash cheaper?" in one line
- "All sales final, sold as-is" on every receipt
Habitat ReStores
A $2 doorknob and a $400 range in the same line.
Appliances, cabinets and lumber make your card fees big, contractors pay with business credit cards, and delivery and phone deposits are part of the day. As a 501(c)(3), you also hear a lot about charity rates.
- Dual pricing on printed labels for fixed-price categories, or a cash discount store-wide
- Keyed phone deposits on the terminal, with a delivery receipt your driver gets signed
- The straight answer on charity rates: they fit donation-only accounts, not register sales
- Condition notes on receipt lines for as-is appliances
Church and parish shops
Open three days a week, run by volunteers.
You need something a volunteer can use after five minutes, and a statement the treasurer can read. Nothing that needs software, an IT person or a weekly login.
- One free PIN pad that runs on its own, set up before it arrives
- Cash discount, so a volunteer never decides who pays what
- A one-page volunteer card and printed signs
- A walk-through of your first statement with whoever keeps the books
Hospice and hospital auxiliary shops
Volunteer-run, board-reported, near a hospital network.
Every dollar is reported to a board, and the hospital's IT team would rather your card terminal had nothing to do with their network.
- A standalone terminal on its own connection, so card data never touches hospital systems
- Help reading each monthly statement, so the board report is easy
- Cash discount or dual pricing, framed as a thank-you for cash
- Donation-only account review if the auxiliary also takes gifts by card
Humane society and rescue thrift
Shoppers come for the animals.
Your customers are your supporters, and many will happily round up. The trick is keeping gifts and sales separate so donors have a record and your books stay clean.
- Round-up kept on its own receipt line, never mixed into the sale
- A heads-up on the states that want charities registered for checkout giving
- Cash discount, which reads as "cash helps the animals more"
- Signs written in your voice, not a bank's
Consignment and resale
Every fee comes out of your half.
On a 50/50 split, a 3% card fee on the whole ticket is 6% of what you keep. Some stores pass part of it to consignors, which they notice. A program where card buyers cover the cost keeps both halves whole.
- Dual pricing on printed tags, or a cash discount for hand-priced racks
- Pricing set so the split you advertise is the split you keep
- Trunk shows and pop-ups on a wireless terminal (ask us)
- Return-policy wording that matches your consignment terms
Furniture, antique and building reuse
Big tickets, delivery and layaway.
When the average sale is $150, a 3% fee is real money on every transaction. Delivered pieces and phone orders bring a different kind of dispute risk than over-the-counter sales.
- Surcharging where your state allows it and most buyers use credit; dual pricing where it doesn't
- Keyed deposits on the terminal for phone and layaway orders
- Delivery sign-offs and photos that hold up if a buyer disputes later
- Condition notes on every line: "AS-IS," "minor scratches," "untested"
Buy, sell, trade
You pay cash for inventory. Cash sales fund it.
Vintage, clothing and book shops that buy from the public need cash in the drawer. A cash discount nudges more buyers to pay cash, which refills the drawer for the buy counter.
- Cash discount, so cash sales grow without raising card prices again
- Card fees on the sell side covered by card buyers
- Help setting cash and trade-credit offers that work with the discount
- Signs that explain cash and trade options in one place
Why only second-hand
Because the generic setup is wrong for you.
General processors set you up like a coffee shop. That means a rate built for $6 lattes, a surcharge that hits your debit-heavy shoppers, and no idea what "as-is" means in a dispute.
Tell us what kind of store you run.
We will send back the setup we would use and what it would save, based on your own statement.