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Accept Tap-and-Go Payments With Square Reader

Introducing the new Square Reader: enhanced features, longer battery life, and seamless payments. Available now at Square Shop and retailers in Australia.

How to Navigate Financial Challenges When Expanding Your Cafe: Insights from Tokyo Lamington

Discover valuable insights for cafe owners on expanding a cafe: maintaining consistency, creating a welcoming environment, scaling operations, managing finances, and building a strong sense of community.

Tokyo Lamington Has Found Their Niche With a Reinvented Treat

From a Tokyo night out to a thriving bakery with unique flavours. Read how Min Chai and Eddie Stewart turned a childhood classic into a sensation, even during COVID. Now expanding with Square Loans and their own creativity.

Saving Costs and Streamlining Operations: Why Carla and Tom Chose Square

When they began home brewing to save money during their university years, Carla and Tom never anticipated that they would one day own a facility capable of producing one million litres of beer per year with two brewery locations across Hobart, Tasmania.

From Home Cook to Business Owner: Tips for Launching a Successful Catering Company

Here’s eight steps to starting a catering business, from Market research to setting up shop; get started now.

Ready to Open a Furniture Store? Here's What You Need to Know

Actionable tips on how to start a furniture store in Australia in 2023, including finding the right target market and how to manage sales.

Federal Budget 2023/24: 5 Ways Australian Businesses Can Benefit

May’s Federal Budget has been released and we’ve summarised some of the key points you should know as a business owner.

How Risk Manager and 3D Secure Can Keep Your eCommerce Business Safe: A Chat with AMR Hair & Beauty Founder Ammar Issa

Online selling is a crucial ingredient in the success of most contemporary businesses. Unfortunately, these digital transactions also expose businesses to the risk of fraud. We spoke to AMR Beauty about how they are protecting their online payments.

How to Start a Record Label in 2023

A step-by-step guide on starting a music business or record label in Australia, including how to find music talent and market your business.

Is Your Device Enabled for Tap to Pay on Android?

As businesses and consumers drive to a more contactless shopping experience, Tap to Pay on AndroidTM might play a role for your business and allow you to accept contactless payments with no additional hardware other than your phone.

How To Use Chat GPT

Chat GPT could help you save time and grow your business. Learn how to use Chat GPT in this how-to guide. Get Started with Square.

How Chat GPT Can Help Your Business

Learn how Chat GPT can help you run your business better; find some tips and tricks you can use today Square

Private Label vs Designer Fashion Brands: What's the Difference?

Take a deep dive into private fashion labels with this handy guide on what they are, how different fashion businesses operate, and how to start one.

Breaking the Status Quo: How Savant Apothecary Is Changing The Skincare Game

We recently visited Kylie in Newcastle to learn about how she started and scaled a business in a regional area, and her ambitions to challenge the status quo.

How To Setup Instagram Shopping for Your Business

What are the benefits of selling on Instagram? How do you set up an Instagram Shop without a website? And how do you create an Instagram Shop that’s linked to an existing online store We’ll take you through it all in this article.

How Online Payment Links Can Help You Add Additional Revenue Streams To Your Business

Online payment links are a simple alternative to an online store and can help you add additional revenue streams to your business. Read more to find out how.

How To Upskill Your Salon Staff

Learn how you can grow your salon by up-skilling your staff through consistent and relevant training. Here are four tips on where to start.

Watch: Practically on Purpose - Growing a Thriving, Purpose-driven Business, The Finders Keepers 2023

Design markets are a unique opportunity that creative business owners can leverage to network, learn, engage a new customer base, grow revenue and even inform future product range development. Learn more on Townsquare.

Mastering The Art of Stocktaking: Tips and Tricks for Retail Business Owners

Running a successful business in Australia requires effective stocktaking. This guide provides expert tips on stocktaking and inventory management to help streamline your operations and improve efficiency.

Unlocking the Benefits of Customer Reviews for Your Business

Looking to get more online customer reviews? Our quick guide has got you covered. We’ve included actionable steps to help you generate genuine reviews online, so you can build a trustworthy reputation for your business.

Steamed to Perfection: Bao Brothers’ Journey From Market Stall to Multi-location QSR

Learn about how brothers-in-law Dave and Nathan scaled from market stall to multi-location QSR with Square.

From Features to Benefits: How to Write Product Descriptions That Resonate with Customers

Craft engaging product descriptions that drive sales for your online store with this handy guide.

Boost Your Business’s Productivity With These Simple Strategies

Struggling to maintain productivity in your business? This guide contains quick and actionable steps you can implement today.

How Butter Transformed Food Headed for Waste into a Three-Course Dinner Event

How Butter Transformed Food Headed for Waste into a Three-Course Dinner Event to showcase how venues can do more with less.

Measure, Then Improve: Simple Sustainability Initiatives For Your Restaurant

A recent survey found that 65% of Aussie diners consider sustainability measures “most important” when they’re purchasing food and drink products. In this article, we look at four key areas you concentrate on to make your restaurant more sustainable.

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a tool that’s being picked up by computer programmers, students, and marketers alike to help generate creative ideas through writing reports. So, let’s take a look at what exactly ChatGPT is and why it’s so important.

Square Reader (2nd generation): New Features to Help You Take Payments Anywhere

It’s time to meet the next generation of Square Reader: the tap-and-go card reader known and loved by countless businesses globally. Learn all about the new and improved features.

Location, Location, Location: The Role of Place In Business

Choosing the right location for your business is critical to its success. Learn how to identify the right location for your business in six easy steps.

How Outsourcing Can Be a Game Changer For Your Business

Discover the benefits of outsourcing for your small business and get valuable insights from Square Seller Patrice Flynn of Monday’s Bookkeeping.

How Square Terminal Keeps Your Payments Safe and Secure

Learn how Square Terminal helps protect your customers and business in Australia. Square Terminal is the all in one portable POS and payments solution.

It All Started With Butter: How Bread and Butter Expanded to Four Locations and Counting

We recently caught up with Olivia and Rob Morrison, co-owners of Bread & Butter to learn about how they have grown their business to more than 50 team members and four locations with Square.

March Check-In: 3 Tips to Help Stay on Top of Your Finances

It’s already March! Luckily we have tapped on the shoulder of fellow Square seller Patrice Flynn from Monday’s Bookkeeping to give you a hand. Read on for Patrice’s top tips for staying on top of your finances.

How Gen Z Is Shopping and How to Reach Them

Discover how to reach Gen Z with your marketing! Learn about their values & shopping habits, plus insights from Afterpay’s 2022 Gen Z trends report & tips on creating shoppable posts on Facebook & Instagram with Square.

Baking Beyond Boundaries: Pigeon Whole Bakers' Recipe for Success

We recently visited Pigeon Whole Bakers, a Tasmanian bakery that found its niche and grew from a small cafe to a household name with Square. Read on to learn more about their success story.

From K-Pop to Fashion: How Tom's Project is Bringing Korean Style to Australia

Learn how Tom’s Project is bringing Korean fashion to Australia, inspired by K-Pop. And how they’ve grown to 11 locations using Square.

What to Consider When Creating a Returns and Exchange Policy

Everything you need to know to create a return and exchange policy for your retail business.