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I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

kathleen_hipshe — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 22:30:00 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: card reader identification

I have two square card readers for two different businesses. How can I tell which is which?

Thank you

Re: card reader identification

GlassJudy — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:43:19 GMT

Card readers are not tied to a particular business or account. You can use either reader with either business without any conflict.

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

Judith007 — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 01:54:37 GMT

The answer given does not help with the question above, which I also have. I have two readers in different locations, I would like to know how to track transactions on each.

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

Joe — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:47:03 GMT

Hi there, @Judith007! So sorry for the confusion here.

Are you curious on how to determine which sales are for a specific location, for reporting purposes? If so, you may want to check out this resource on Device Management by Location.

Let me know if that is helpful! I want to make sure this gets resolved for you.

Re: card reader identification

Tide — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:03:05 GMT

I have two readers and one Iphone. They way you tell the readers apart is that each reader has a 4 digit assigned number to it (i.e. 5234, etc) so I have written on the reader the number assigned to it as well as the business name it represents so that I can keep them apart when doing separate transactions.

Re: card reader identification

Tide — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:03:30 GMT

Oh, I forgot to mention this, you will find the four numbers that identify each reader on your Bluetooth list under the System app on your Iphone. Make sure the correct reader that corresponds with the correct business are connected

2 LLCs and one magstripe reader

Karl_SG — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 02:45:43 GMT

I've got 2 LLCs. Can I have my magstripe reader point to the correct biz And its corresponding bank account?

Re: 2 LLCs and one magstripe reader

ashc — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:36:07 GMT

Hey @Karl_SG,

I moved your post to an existing thread that goes over how readers are universal and not tied to accounts.

It'll work with whatever account you're logged into on the app.

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

brandonbromberg — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:52:33 GMT

you can actually change the name on your readers

Re: 2 LLCs and one magstripe reader

Karl_SG — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:39:45 GMT

Thx, Ashley! That did the trick!

Best Answer

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

Beefys — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 01:50:29 GMT

Take a sharpie and write each business' name on each.

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

Judith007 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:02:56 GMT

That is not what I meant. Each one of them is about 30 miles in separation. What I meant was how can I figure the amount that each reader is doing in transactions in the square dashboard. But thank you for your tip. ;))

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

sayra — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:52:05 GMT

Hello @Judith007

You can track your transactions by adding multiple locations in your Square Dashboard. Take a look at this article with more details on how you can do this. Once you have set up your locations, you will be able to run a transaction report for that specific location.

Re: I have two Square readers for two different businesses - how can I tell which is which?

Judith007 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:54:00 GMT

Thank you I will look at the information