Wireless Credit Card Transactions

[horsegoer]

Does anyone know of a wireless mechant transaction solution. I am probaly going to use Authorize.net for all on-line transactions. They referred me to Aircharge, they charge $500 for the unit(card swipe & receipt) which works through bluetooth via my phone. I was just wondering if there was anything cheaper out there. I will be setting up a booth at events, I dont want to accesss my website through my phone and process thier order that way. I think it is a bit tacky. I guess I could hook up a laptop and get it to connect to the internet and process the order that way and print the reciept for them.

Thanks.

[marc77]

I'm not sure if it is comparable with your area (USA vs. Germany), but we found that for our purpose a "virtual terminal" is the best and most cost-effective solution.

This is a piece of software (or in our case a web-based service), where you process credit card payments, banking transfers, etc.. Very convenient, like home banking ;-)

If I remember correctly, we paid about 80 Euro ($120 USD) for getting up and running (we already had contracts with credit card processors). There is a monthly charge of 10 Euro and a per transaction fee of 30 cent.

I guess that in the "homeland" of credit cards a comparable solution should be available. Anyway, $500 appears too much for me.