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Square Up is now offering to process $1,000 in credit card sales without fees (both swiped and key-ed in transaction fees will be waived)  for new Square customers.
You will receive free processing on up to $1,000 (total, not per month)in credit card transactions for the first 180 days. Afterwards, you pay the standard 2.75% per swipe for all major credit cards. 3.5% + $0.15 for manually entered transactions.
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this isn't working for me. How do I make it that I am showing USA?

Did you finally find any app that is showing you are in USA?

Do you have an idea if there is anything similar for desktop?


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Did you finally find any app that is showing you are in USA?

Do you have an idea if there is anything similar for desktop?
If you have an android phone and you're rooted, you can use XPrivacy to spoof your location.
On a desktop you can try a VPN.

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I got the boot. Email says this:

Hello Ken,
The safety of your Square account is very important to us. To ensure the safety and security of both you and your customers, we would like to confirm some additional information about your account.
Until we have confirmed this information, deposits to your bank account will be deferred. During this period, you will still be able to accept payments using Square.
We realize the difficulty this may cause and we want to resume deposits to your bank account as soon as possible.
With your cooperation, we hope to resolve this situation in 1-2 business days.
Please log in to the Square Dashboard on a computer at https://squareup.com/login. Then, click the "Verify account" button in the banner at the top of the page in order to confirm some details about your account.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Square Compliance Team

When I log in and hit the verification link, they ask:

HOW DO YOU USE SQUARE?

We need to know how you use Square
_ I swipe my customer's payment card using my Square reader. My customers are present when I charge them.
_ I manually enter card numbers because my reader doesn't work. My customers are present when I charge them.
_ I manually enter credit card numbers because my customers pay over phone, email, or paper form.

Legal business name 
Retail business name
If you operate in a retail location Business Address  Business website EIN (Employer ID Number) Optional; not an SSN
How can your customer find your business? Business website, online/print advertisements, business directories, etc
Documentation of your business registration
Choose File… No file chosen Send via fax
Accepted file formats: JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF

RECENT PAYMENTS

What are the primary goods or services that you provide using Square? Please provide us with details about what you receive payments for.
Documentation of your transaction
Choose File… No file chosen Send via fax
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We noted a high volume of transactions processed using prepaid cards. Please provide us with details about what you received payments for. (ooooppssss)

WHERE CAN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU?

Use Facebook to verify your account (Optional)

Personal website Optional
LinkedIn URL Optional
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Where can we find more information about your business? Yelp, Better Business Bureau, Facebook for Business, etc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Is there anything else you'd like us to know?

For the record, I've been manually entering 3 x 200 vgc per day for about 3 days.



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If I swipe an AU card on which I am the primary cardholder, does anyone know whether square will recognize it as belonging to the AU or the primary cardholder?

Wondering whether it's safe to swipe my wife's AU card on my  square account if I am the primary cardholder.

It's Barclay arrival and AUs have their own card number.
Bump. Has anyone had experience with this?

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So, when you swipe a gift card, I assume to use it as a cc, but whose name do I put on it?  Does it not prompt for that info?

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So, when you swipe a gift card, I assume to use it as a cc, but whose name do I put on it?  Does it not prompt for that info?
The same name you put in when you swipe your credit card at any retail store.
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So, when you swipe a gift card, I assume to use it as a cc, but whose name do I put on it?  Does it not prompt for that info?
never prompted me for any names.

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I got the boot. Email says this:

Hello Ken,
The safety of your Square account is very important to us. To ensure the safety and security of both you and your customers, we would like to confirm some additional information about your account.
Until we have confirmed this information, deposits to your bank account will be deferred. During this period, you will still be able to accept payments using Square.
We realize the difficulty this may cause and we want to resume deposits to your bank account as soon as possible.
With your cooperation, we hope to resolve this situation in 1-2 business days.
Please log in to the Square Dashboard on a computer at https://squareup.com/login. Then, click the "Verify account" button in the banner at the top of the page in order to confirm some details about your account.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Square Compliance Team

When I log in and hit the verification link, they ask:

HOW DO YOU USE SQUARE?

We need to know how you use Square
_ I swipe my customer's payment card using my Square reader. My customers are present when I charge them.
_ I manually enter card numbers because my reader doesn't work. My customers are present when I charge them.
_ I manually enter credit card numbers because my customers pay over phone, email, or paper form.

Legal business name 
Retail business name
If you operate in a retail location Business Address  Business website EIN (Employer ID Number) Optional; not an SSN
How can your customer find your business? Business website, online/print advertisements, business directories, etc
Documentation of your business registration
Choose File… No file chosen Send via fax
Accepted file formats: JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF

RECENT PAYMENTS

What are the primary goods or services that you provide using Square? Please provide us with details about what you receive payments for.
Documentation of your transaction
Choose File… No file chosen Send via fax
Accepted file formats: JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF

We noted a high volume of transactions processed using prepaid cards. Please provide us with details about what you received payments for. (ooooppssss)

WHERE CAN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU?

Use Facebook to verify your account (Optional)

Personal website Optional
LinkedIn URL Optional
Twitter handle Optional
Where can we find more information about your business? Yelp, Better Business Bureau, Facebook for Business, etc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Is there anything else you'd like us to know?

For the record, I've been manually entering 3 x 200 vgc per day for about 3 days.
I got the same email for making 2 transactions. First was 949 second one I made was for 962.95 and on that transaction I got the email. :-(

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GCs or regular CCs?

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Just got my Square reader - at last. 
Are each / either  of these a safe swipe? 
I am the Square registered account holder.
1)  CC of my spouse with same last name, living at the same address.
2) My  cc account.  AU has different cc #. Can I swipe my AU card?
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Just got my Square reader - at last. 
Are each / either  of these a safe swipe? 
I am the Square registered account holder.
1)  CC of my spouse with same last name, living at the same address.
2) My  cc account.  AU has different cc #. Can I swipe my AU card?
Those are the $1000 questions. :D

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Can I swipe my cc through my friends square when he signs in from my phone or they pick up that it's my phone somehow?

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Can I swipe my cc through my friends square when he signs in from my phone or they pick up that it's my phone somehow?
Not a problem at all.

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I want to use my wife's AU in my Square account. AU is Chase so it's the same card number. Is there any hard proof that this is a bad idea? Any difference between swiping and key-ing in here? I plan to key it in in a minute or two unless someone says otherwise.

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I want to use my wife's AU in my Square account. AU is Chase so it's the same card number. Is there any hard proof that this is a bad idea? Any difference between swiping and key-ing in here? I plan to key it in in a minute or two unless someone says otherwise.
If you're gonna do that, at least wait until 7:30 EST since the cutoff is 8:00 to have your money deposited by the next day. Don't give them time to think about it.

No reports of clawed back funds after deposits.
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If you're gonna do that, at least wait until 7:30 EST since the cutoff is 8:00 to have your money deposited by the next day. Don't give them time to think about it.

No reports of clawed back funds after deposits.
Interesting. If it actually works like that. (i.e. if they actually are just like, "oh man, let's rush this deposit through!")
At 7:30 EST, I can swipe it, so at least that's one level safer. Thinking about charging $1200. Seems like no one's done close to that amount and posted about it, but I'm not in the mood to split this up into so many days. Plus, there are clear reports of people being shut down even when doing random amounts.

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They obviously don't review every swipe. My point is- don't give them any chance to.
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Square Up - Process $1,000 in credit card sales without fees for new customers
« Reply #218 on: December 03, 2014, 02:06:56 PM »
I have swiped more than 1300 in one shot but that was after swiping numerous smaller charges on the same card. First swipe was 180. Then a few 500-800 then 1300. BH account still up and running so far (although I just ran out of free swipes for now)

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I have swiped more than 1300 in one shot but that was after swiping numerous smaller charges on the same card. First swipe was 180. Then a few 500-800 then 1300. BH account still up and running so far (although I just ran out of free swipes for now)
Thanks for the data point!