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James Mundy
iZettle: Card Reader Lite — World's first free chip + pin card reader
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James Mundy
Hunter
Interesting move from iZettle, giving a card reader away for free to get more merchants on their platform. Hopefully this will be snapped up my small business and market traders who normally wouldn't think buying a card reader was worth it. Relevant fact from the Wired Article: "According to a recent prediction by Visa Europe, within ten years 95 percent of payments in the UK will be made by card".
Jack Smith
@_jamesmundy Square give away free readers all the time I thought. Paypal as well.
James Mundy
Hunter
@_jacksmith They both have chip + pin readers but both charge for them: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/m... https://gigaom.com/2014/11/12/sq...
Jack Smith
@_jamesmundy sure; as they're their secondary products in the usa. but in uk, it's not that crazy a move to give away their primary product for free to capture market share imho.
James Mundy
Hunter
@_jacksmith no a sensible tactic, just haven't seen any of the other players in the UK doing the same thing. Hopefully it works out for them.
Jason Dainter
Fantastic. Go Sweden!
Martin Bay
This is brilliant - I got on for free several months ago and love it. It's never been easier to get a card reader and take credit card payment for small startups. BRILLIANT.