Take payments from your computer with Square Virtual Terminal.
Accept payments online or over the phone.
Start taking payments fast
No new devices, no startup fees, no complicated software—your computer is your terminal. Just sign up for a free Square account and you’re ready to go.
Get instant payment confirmation
Know when you get paid with instant confirmation and email customised receipts to your customers.
Seamlessly charge repeat customers
Keep customer information secure. Use the Card on File feature to charge repeat customers at no additional cost.
Taking remote payments is as easy as sign in, fill out, charge.
Go to Virtual Terminal in your Dashboard.
Fill in your customer’s information or choose a card on file.
Charge your customer and you’re done!
Run your business from your computer.
Give your employees access
Set up employee access so everyone in your business can take payments from their computer.
See every payment in real time
Square Dashboard lets you see all your sales in real time in one central place—no matter how many terminals you have.
Virtual Terminal has everything you love about Square.
Secure payments
Keep card data safe from end to end and stay protected from fraud, chargebacks and more.
Transparent pricing
Free setup, no monthly fees and no contracts. Just pay 2.2% per keyed-in transaction.
On-demand analytics
Run real-time reports anytime from any device so you can see how your business is doing.
Fast deposits
Keep your cash flow steady. See money in your account as soon as the next working day.
Pricing
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FAQ
A virtual terminal turns your computer into a credit card terminal—it allows you to manually process payments right from a web browser. It’s great for remote billing or taking credit cards over the phone.
Manually entered, keyed-in card transactions are a potentially higher risk than swiped transactions because the cardholder isn’t standing in front of the seller where an ID and signature can be checked. So credit card networks put measures in place to protect against this potentially higher risk of fraud, including charging Square higher fees.
First you need to sign up free with Square. It only takes a few minutes and there are no long-term contracts or commitments. Get started by clicking the blue button at the top of this page.
Once you’re signed up, log in to your Square Dashboard. In the left-side panel of your Dashboard, click Virtual Terminal, then Take a Payment. Enter the payment amount followed by your customer’s card number, expiry date, CVV (that three-digit number on the back of the card or four-digit number on the front of American Express cards) and billing postcode. Add a note for your customer or describe the purchase, then click Charge. You’re all set.