Card payments & Tap to Pay

Take cards right on your phone — set up once.

Let Gitsey process your card sales so customers can tap a card or phone on your device, or pay by scanning a code. No separate card reader. Money lands in your own bank account, and Gitsey takes nothing extra on your in-store sales.

Optional — only if you want it

Already have your own card terminal? You can skip this entirely and just record card sales as you ring them. This setup is for shops that would rather let Gitsey handle the card processing — handy if you don't have a merchant account, or you just want to tap and go.

What to have handy

Stripe — the company that actually moves the money — has to verify every business that accepts cards (it's a federal "know your customer" rule, the same one banks follow). You'll breeze through if you have these ready:

  • Your legal name and date of birth
  • Your Social Security number (or your business EIN, if you have one)
  • Your shop's street address and phone
  • A bank account (routing + account number) — this is where your sales get deposited

Gitsey never sees any of this. It goes straight to Stripe's own secure pages — the same processor Amazon, Shopify, and Lyft use.

1

Open card-payment setup in the app

In Gitsey POS, go to Settings → Card payments → Set up. That opens Stripe's secure setup page. (First, make sure your shop's street address is filled in under Settings — it's needed to register your payments.)

2

Finish Stripe’s secure form

Fill in the verification details above and link your bank account. It takes a few minutes and usually approves on the spot.

It may ask to confirm your identity with a photo of your ID — that's routine. Once it returns you to Gitsey, you're approved to take cards.

3

Turn on Tap to Pay (to tap cards & phones)

To let customers tap a card or phone right on your device, you need an NFC-capable Android phone or tablet (Android 11 or newer) with NFC turned on in its settings — the same toggle Google Pay uses. No extra reader to buy.

No NFC? You can still take cards — the customer scans a code with their phone and pays. Both options show up at checkout.

4

Take your first card payment

Ring up a sale, tap Card, and choose Tap card or phone or Show QR code. The customer pays, the sale records itself, and the money is deposited to your bank — typically the next business day.

About fees

Stripe charges its standard per-sale processing fee on card payments — that's Stripe's fee for moving the money, and Gitsey adds nothing on top of your in-store sales. If you use your own card terminal instead, Gitsey isn't involved in the payment at all.

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