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{Credit} Card Information FAQ |
Q: Can I Collect Money?
A: Yes! Included with the application is a co-product called "Cashier-in-a-Box" that can collect paper currency and/or card swipe information.
Q: Can I Charge for Access and/or Printing?
A: Yes. You can set up your kiosk to charge users for just about anything.
Q: Can I Set a Time Limit Once Paid?
A: Yes. You can - for example - charge for Internet access and then provide this access for a specified amount of time. When the time runs out, they have the option to pay again or quit.
Q: Can I Charge "By the Minute"?
A: Yes. You may optionally set up Kiosk-in-a-Box to use a "taxi meter" approach for access.
Q: Can I Collect a Variety of Payments?
A: Yes. You can, for example, have three different payment options (i.e. $1, $5, and $10) and collect money based upon user selection. There is no limit to the number of payment options you may set up.
Q: Can I Create "Donation" Kiosks?
A: You bet! You can optionally set up "Cashier-in-a-Box" to run in donation mode, and allow the user to either specify the amount they would like to charge their card - or - allow the user to stuff in as much money as they like!
Q: Can I Accept Just Cards or Just Bills?
A: Yes. "Cashier-in-a-Box" can be set up to accept bills, cards, and/or both - your choice.
Q: Can I Modify the Interface?
A: Yes. You can define your own graphics, phrasing - everything!
Q: How Do I Track Payments?
A: Via a database. Kiosk-in-a-Box stores all transactions in a database. This database may be optionally encrypted for security and/or automatically transferred to you daily via the Internet.
Q: Can I Provide a Receipt?
A: Yes. You have the option to print out a receipt. The download contains a demo that shows how to do this.
Q: Can I Establish an "Escrow Fund"?
A: Yes. You may optionally take in payment{s} and then subtract from this amount as your visitor makes purchases. When their money runs out, they no longer may purchase items until they increase their escrow fund via additional payment{s}.
Q: Can I Read "Other" Types of Cards?
A: Yes. You can read any single or two-track card - including "membership" cards. They don't have to be credit cards.
Q: Can I Leverage Card (Track) Information?
A: You Bet! You can parse out the track information and then use this in a variety of ways, from setting search criteria in a database to loading a URL to storing the information in a survey! And all without any programming!
