some customers want to see their purchase as they are being scanned. Is there a way to do this?
Yes, there is a Square app called customer display that you can run on a forward facing iPad. It shows line by line as you scan items. It's in beta but can be downloaded at the following link.
https://squareup.com/beta/display
I had to call in to square customer service to get the customer display "switch" flipped on my account so the iPad could see the iPad mini running the program. Took a few minutes but they got it figured out.
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