Monthly Archive for September, 2007

eftpos stats for eftpos terminals

Nearly 90% of kiwis have a debit card and that helps put us ahead of any other country in the world in terms of EFTPOS use.

Current stats from Paymark

2 million eftpos transactions per day.

70 eftpos transactions per second.

Peak number of transactions was 3,262,903 on December 22nd 2006.

Average transaction time is 0.05 seconds.

If you need more interesting facts then check out www.viaductnz.co.nz or call us on 0800 484 238

Broadband eftpos …. when will it happen?

We are getting more and more questions from merchants wanting to connect their eftpos terminal through their internet connection. Using Broadband for EFTPOS means that you wonâ??t require an extra phone line saving you money! and you can still use a phone or fax while processing an EFTPOS Transaction. In most cases, EFTPOS transactions will also be faster, so you and your customers wonâ??t have to wait as long.

There are a couple of suppliers who are working very hard to make this happen.  We have been using the vcomms vista box certified through the eftpos new zealand network. DPS have had their integrated solution certified through the paymark network, Cadmus have a non certified working version and Techtrans and Skzyer have products with ethernet ports.

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Merchant fee increase on Paymark eftpos network

From the 1st of October, 2007 Paymark will increase their merchant monthly fee. It amounts to only $18.00 per terminal, annually and that’s just $1.50 per month per terminal per month. This is their first increase since 1999.

EFTPOS New Zealands fee remains at this stage at $10.00 per month.

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Affordable Cash Registers - Javelin

We are always looking for new products to compliment our complete range of eftpos terminals.  We have always had questions about low end cash registers for those business that mainly deal in eftpos or credit transactions.  After feedback from customers we are pleased to bring you the Javelin range of  cash registers.

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One trip down One to Go

The winner of our first draw for a trip for 2 to Rarotanga is  K P Sweeping Ltd, Neil is understandably ecstatic. Neil is leasing the keycorp k78 the mobile eftpos terminal on the vodafone and eftpos new zealand network.  Neil and his partner will be sunning themselves on the shores of Rarotonga soon.

Central wheels won the free eftpos terminal.  Like all businesses reducing your expenses always helps the bottom line and they were very pleased.

We still have three eftpos terminals and one more trip to the islands to give away.  Every new customer goes in the draw and with three months to go before the upgrade date now is a very good time to place your order. Call us on 0800 484 238 to see how we can reduce your eftpos costs, guaranteed.