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What are the minimum and maximum limits for payments?

Mage2PRO — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:21:01 GMT

There is no information about the mimimum and maximum limitations of the «amount_money» parameter values for the «Charge» transaction in the documenation: https://docs.connect.squareup.com/api/connect/v2/#endpoint-charge

But a customer of my Magento 2 extension have reported me that the payments lower than $1 for USD fail with a message.

So what are the actual payment limits?

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

VanKalkerFarms — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:47:25 GMT

"Online Store Payment FAQs

What are the limits (minimum and maximum) customers can donate?

The minimum payment amount is $1 and the maximum is $1000.

Is there a maximum sale amount with the Online Store?

Yes, Square merchants start off with a per-transaction limit of $50,000."

from https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5614-the-online-store-frequently-asked-questions

It would be logical for the API to adhere to the same restrictions as the Square online store.

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Sean — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 18:55:02 GMT

@Mage2PRO - Would you mind confirming what you mean by donation? Are you setting up a donation portal? Did you just mean payment limit with the API?

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Mage2PRO — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:29:11 GMT

I just mean payment limits with the API for each supported currency (USD, CAD).
It is really 1? Where is it documented exactly?

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Sean — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:42:15 GMT

@Mage2PRO - Limits are the same across the board, regardless if someone is using the API. I'll reach out to our Developer Team to make sure this is crystal clear in the documentation. Hope this helps!

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Mage2PRO — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:46:29 GMT

Whether «the same» means 1.31 CAD (~ 1 USD) or 1 CAD?

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Sean — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:25:46 GMT

Charges are always made in the currency of where the account was created. US - USD, CA - CAD.

The limit for a US account is $50,000 USD, the limit for a CA account is $50,000 CAD.

Hope this helps!

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

thomasonphx — Thu, 25 May 2017 15:59:13 GMT

Trying to run a card for $10,930 Its telling me this type of card is not allowed. But its a US Bank issued and ive used it past for smaller amounts

Re: [Connect API v2] What are the minimum and maximum limits for payment amounts in each currency?

Tom — Sat, 27 May 2017 01:17:43 GMT

Hey @thomasonphx, thanks for flagging this and sorry to hear about the trouble with this payment. 🤔

Are you receiving a general decline notification as you try to process this payment? If so, it's usually best to have your customer contact their bank directly for more details, as the reason for a declined card isn't provided to us. That being said, if you'd like to have a team member take a deeper dive into the specific payment attempt, please send a quick note to our Support Team — they'll get back to you with any other available details ASAP.

Hope this helps get you in the right direction. Please let us know if you have any further questions!

How do I change the minimum for credit card purchase to $5?

chillintea — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:11:00 GMT

How do I change the minimum for credit card purchase to 5 dollars?

Re: minimum credit card purchase

VanKalkerFarms — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:35:44 GMT

there isn't a way to set a minimum credit card charge, the $1 is a minimum Square has overall for processing.

Re: minimum credit card purchase

jcaudle — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 18:08:13 GMT

If you're losing money from the $1 minimum, is there a possible way to change the minimum to $5 at all?

Re: minimum credit card purchase

kellyj — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 18:42:49 GMT

@jcaudle

You would have to enforce your own minimum for transactions under $5.

Re: minimum credit card purchase

jcaudle — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:42:15 GMT

so there is no way to have square register set up so I can change my cc minimum.....so no matter who is ringing the customer up, if the sale was less than 5.00, it would not run it through.........??????that was the question....thanks

Re: minimum credit card purchase

Helen — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:39:46 GMT

Correct @jcaudle, there isn't a way to change the minimum amount for card payments from $1 to $5. If this change in future we'll certainly announce it and we'll update this thread to let you know.

Is there a minimum charge amount?

sweetsensations — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:10:46 GMT

Hello,

I am new to square and had a few questions.

1. is there a minimum charge amount, I was doing a test run for an invoice and it said payment had to be over $1.00.

Also, is there a way I can include items that are less than a dollar if it has to be $1 to charge.

2. Can I accept cash? If so, how do i set it up to accept cash?

Thank you.

Re: Minimum Charge amounts?

GlassJudy — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:30:37 GMT

Square's minimum amount allowed for a charge/debit sale is $1. I'm not sure why they set it there, but it can't be changed. If someone wants to charge/debit an amount under $1, they're out of luck.

Cash sales should be allowed by default, but if you don't see a cash option on the tender screen, go to your device's (not PC's) menu (three horizontal lines) and tap on Payment Types. There is a toggle switch for Cash - just tap it to cycle it on/off.

Re: minimum credit card purchase

Nolan7 — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:37:36 GMT

We also think this feature would be good. Hard to believe something small like that couldn’t be changed easily. Sellers should be able to change minimum credit card purchase amount in settings. Please make this available to us. Would’ve helped yesterday during the Square outage that didn’t allow credit cards to process normally causing customer dissatisfaction.

Re: minimum credit card purchase

Joe — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:07:14 GMT

Hi there, @Nolan7 - thanks for reaching out here and adding your voice in support of this feature. We will continue to push out news and relevant updates surrounding this Feature Request as we have them. Should anything new come down the pipeline, we will bounce back here and let everyone know.

Cheers!

Re: minimum credit card purchase

gc-band — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:43:44 GMT

We would love to be able to set a minimum credit card purchase by location. We have concession stands that are run completely by volunteers, so register training is hard to enforce when it's a different volunteer every day. Our pricing is different at some of our locations so setting the minimum by location would be ideal.