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How to swipe your credit card

Virg — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:28:34 GMT

how do you work square

How do I take payments with the square reader

Dalesears — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:14:54 GMT

BIU

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Tom — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:29:54 GMT

Hey @Virg, thanks for signing up! 👍

To accept your first payment, please use the following steps:

1. Open the Square Register app on your mobile device.
2. Enter your payment amount (minimum $1.00) and item note or choose an item from your Item Library.
3. Tap the blue *Charge* button.
4. Swipe the payment card with the magnetic stripe facing the back of the reader.
5. Let the customer sign for the transaction.
6. Let the customer select if they would like their receipt via email or text message.

Check out this walk-through on swiping credit cards in this section of our Support Center.

After that, I'd suggest taking a look at our Square Get Started Guide for next steps. Hope this helps get you on your way! 🙂

Re: How do I take payments with the square reader

Kelly — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:25:08 GMT

@Dalesears Check out Tom's answer above!

Re: How to swipe your credit card

YogiGail — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:03:20 GMT

i have tried everything. New iPad and new Square Stand. Credit card swipe is not working. Ready to go back to PayPal reader on my phone. At least it works!

Re: How to swipe your credit card

EJ_ — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:04:38 GMT

@YogiGail Check out this article in our Support Center aimed at resolving swiping issues with the Square Stand.

Let me know if this helps!

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Ocoilgirl — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:00:50 GMT

I just plugged in a brand-new square and I'm trying to swipe my card and it's not picking up. Why?

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Ocoilgirl — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:01:52 GMT

I have a brand-new iPhone 7 Plus

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Spenser — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:49:27 GMT

Hi @Ocoilgirl, are you using the included headphone jack adapter that can with your iPhone? You should be able to plug the reader into that, and while holding it steady, swipe a card. Let me know if you're still having trouble!

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Art-M — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:40:34 GMT

Did anyone ever solve this? I can charge a card by manually entering the numbers but the mag swipe reader does not work on my iPad Air nor on my iPhone 7+ (with dongle adapter). I read the troubleshooting and nothing helped. I do have an old mag swipe reader that I got many years ago but never used, did the designs change? I have new one on order along with the chip reader. Thanks,

Art

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Art-M — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:32:17 GMT

UPDATE: I had an old model of the credit card swipe (mag swipe?). This evening I purchased a new one at Best Buy and it works fine. I even got the wireless chip reader to work. Thanks to those of you that sent me helpful messages, this is a great community!

Re: How to swipe your credit card

katieand — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:22:50 GMT

🎉 Glad your problem was resolved with the help of others in this community @Art-M!

Re: Account help

kellyj — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:28:04 GMT

@Misfit

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Tom has a great post here in this thread which will help you get started taking payments on your device.

Re: How to swipe your credit card

Bronks — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 17:48:44 GMT

This thread is so out dated. I can,t swipe a card.