Payments

Card payments end to end — connecting your account, the reader on the desk, what lands in your bank, and what to do when a client disputes a charge.

6 articles

• Connect your payment accountThe one-time setup that turns on card payments — what Stripe is doing, what it needs from you, and what it switches on across the rest of RewireBox.
• Card readersWhich reader to buy, how to pair it to the right shop, and what taking a payment on it looks like from both sides of the desk.
• Taking a card paymentThe two card tiles at checkout, what to type where, splitting a bill across methods, and what to do when the card says no.
• Deposits and cards on fileTwo different instruments for the same worry — money taken now, and a card held for later. Where each one comes from and what actually charges it.
• Where the money landsWho holds your card takings, what comes out of them, when they reach your bank, and which screen in RewireBox answers which half of that question.
• Refunds and disputesGiving money back on a card sale, where it actually goes, and what happens when a client skips you and goes to their bank instead.