Is there a way to take a credit card payment over the phone without swiping a card?
 
		
		
		
		
		
	
			yes you simply manually enter the credit card info during the checkout process. It is at a slightly higher rate due to higher fraud rates on maually entered cards.
https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5176-manually-key-in-card-payments-without-the-square-reader
When I manually enter the credit card info and I check out it says card declined on any credit card I use so I must be doing something wrong? Does anyone know? Thank you
 
		
		
		
		
		
	
			the easiest way to troubleshoot this is to call in to support and step thru it as it is happening so that we aren't going back and forth 20 times.
You'll need your customer code to call. Follow the instructions below on how to get it.
https://squareup.com/help/contact
Click “More”
Click "I don't see my issue"
Click "Call Support"
Write down your Customer Code
Call 1 855 700 6000
Depending on your specific account, you might not have phone support available, or you might have limited hours of support. If your account doesn't have phone support, Email is the only way to communicate so that there is proper documentation of the conversations.
if you have a smartphone you can program the phone number with the code into your phone so it will be there next time, store it like this 1 855 700 6000,,xxxxxxxxxxxx. (your code goes where the xs are)(remove the spaces in the phone number). The commas tell the phone to wait 3 seconds each and will automatically enter it for you. Once you set this up one time it is there for all future needs and you won't have to go get your code again.
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