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Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by Kiro » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 1:22 AM UTC

mandeepj wrote: post #20

Kiro wrote: post #5

Swipe? Why are these companies (Square included) so backwards in this area? Take a look at iZettle to see how it should be done.

iZettle? Really? Square is much better than that as it is more versatile. You can accept card payment with square at road side, with in cab by just plugging in the reader into your mobile device. And, iZettle expects you to be fully settled inside your shop :-)

No, iZettle is completely mobile and my point was that Square is swipe based while iZettle is chip based.

Here's a picture of the device I've tried: http://blog.bookingbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/izettl...

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by mandeepj » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 1:25 AM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #21

mandeepj wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iZettle? Really? Square is much better than that as it is more versatile. You can accept card payment with square at road side, with in cab by just plugging in the reader into your mobile device. And, iZettle expects you to be fully settled inside your shop :-)

No, iZettle is completely mobile and my point was that Square is swipe based while iZettle is chip based. Here's a picture of the device I've tried: http://blog.bookingbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/izettl...

Got you. Thanks for clarifying. Yeah, most of world is using chip based CC

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by spankalee » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 1:39 AM UTC

This post made me realize that Shopify had a POS system as well, which is great for online+IRL stores, but it's also iOS only. That's completely frustrating, because not only do I not want to buy an iPad for a single application, but the store I need a POS for already has a perfectly good PC at the counter, and if we upgrade we'd strongly prefer a ChromeBook.

I'm still surprised and saddened that even companies who completely rely on the web, like Shopify, reach for native mobile apps (and often leaving out Android) so quickly. I suppose there's still a ton of work to do to make HTML a better option.