These are genuinely useful tools for an audience of startup cofounders. When you're bootstrapping or working off your angel funding, every dollar counts. If you can save $200 a month, thanks to these calculators, you've just extended your runway.
I think lots of people are waiting and they have come up with a few versions of them. They have been silent for a while but rumors are that they are working on something awesome.
i am not o certain. i do not like to buy additional hardware. it is then about delivery, logistics (shipping), handling, etc.
i would like a solution without any additional hardware...
>No, unfortunately TransFS is only able to help business in the United States. (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam and US Commonwealths are also excluded)
Really cool way to make a quick but effective decision. I would never have the time to research these fees on my own, glad someone out there put this together to make it easy to make a decision.
SMARTASS! :) Fair enough - that is admittedly not at all mathematically correct and we should have chosen a different way to graphically show which side was "winning". You got us - questionable design decision.
Wait hold up. Did anyone notice that if you increase the volume of sales the square cost goes up significantly? The number they gave $30 per trans avg + 4000 per month is the sweet spot. This is kind of bs. Oh and uncheck the iphone option and square sucks.
TransFS is selling merchant accounts and lies with their graphics. $30 transactions and $50K/month they calculate their fees at $1220 and the square fees at $1625 and yet the bar graph is shows square as twice as much.
I helped create this calculator... and it's sad to see someone say that it is "lying". The reality is that this is by far the most honest, transparent way to compare the all-in costs of Square vs. using a wireless terminal with a merchant account. The costs are all very carefully laid out below, and the $ amounts are real.
Say what you want about our choice of the bar-graph... that's fair criticism. It wasn't intended to be an accurate graph, just something cool to look at.
What we really care about at TransFS is giving people unbiased, accurate information about their options. Square is a great deal for many merchants... which is why we suggest them to our customers and link to their site.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 34.9 ms ] threadAre hackers going to post every calculator they come up with?
No sense in building something useful and not telling people about it.
Also, I thought you misspelled "Swype" at first. Man, that keyboard has invaded my brain and I can't even use it with my new iPhone!
chris
>No, unfortunately TransFS is only able to help business in the United States. (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam and US Commonwealths are also excluded)
And that's where you lost me.
Say what you want about our choice of the bar-graph... that's fair criticism. It wasn't intended to be an accurate graph, just something cool to look at.
What we really care about at TransFS is giving people unbiased, accurate information about their options. Square is a great deal for many merchants... which is why we suggest them to our customers and link to their site.