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Plain answers on card payments

Short explainers on how businesses handle the cost of accepting cards: what each option is, what the customer sees at checkout, and where each one fits. Written to be read in a few minutes.

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Small price cards clipped to the edge of a wooden bakery shelf in front of jars of granola and loaves of bread.

THE DIFFERENCEDual pricing vs cash discount vs surchargingThree ways businesses handle card costs, side by side: what the customer sees, what is posted at the shelf and the register, and how each one differs.Read the comparison →

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THE PROGRAMDual pricingHow two prices work at checkout, what you need to run it, and when it is not the right fit.See how dual pricing works →THE PROGRAMCash discount programOne posted price, the card price, and a discount taken off at checkout when the customer pays cash.See how a cash discount works →

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