Portable Electronic Methods to Accept Credit Card Payment Processing

Portable electronic methods to accept credit card payment processing are especially useful to businesspeople who are in sales and/or spend a lot of time in the field. On the road, you can't haul a physical POS terminal around to make sales.

The alternative is a portable credit card swiper device that can connect to your laptop via a USB port or even your iPhone through the headphone jack. These devices are very inexpensive and come with all the software you'll need to install them.

You plug in the device, swipe the customer's card, enter the amount you want to charge to the card, the device authorizes the transaction through an Internet connection, and the purchase is approved.

Once the approval decision comes through, you will typically have the ability to email a receipt to your customer from your laptop or phone. Your merchant account provider may be able to offer you such a device that will link automatically to your account.