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We want your first few weeks with Square to be smooth sailing. Here are the top questions asked by new businesses who have started selling with Square.
1. Link your bank account
We want to ensure that you’ll get paid fast. In order to get those next day deposits, you’ll need to link a UK bank account on your Square Dashboard. Once you start the process, it can take up to 7 business days for your bank to finish the linking process. In the meantime, your funds will stay safely with Square and will automatically be deposited once your bank is linked.
2. Review the deposit schedule
As soon as your bank has gone through the one-time verification process, funds are delivered by default as soon as the next day. You can also customise your deposit schedule to suit the needs of your business. With Square’s standard deposit schedule, deposits are completed every weekday at 4PM for payments accepted Monday — Friday before 23:59. Deposits for sales made prior to midnight will arrive in your linked bank account by the following business day.
3. Know your processing rates
For most sellers, For most sellers, Square’s fees are 1.75% per tap, insert or swipe, and 2.5% for payments manually keyed-in to the Point of Sale App, Square Invoices, and Virtual Terminal. For our online payment products, including Square eCommerce API, Online Store, Checkout Links and purchases of Digital Gift Cards, it is a fee of 1.9% for European cards and 2.9% for non-European cards per transaction. If you’re unsure about your Square pricing, you can see everything online or on the pricing table on your Square Dashboard.
4. Which cards are accepted
Square enables you to accept any local or international payment card which carries a Visa, Mastercard or American Express logo. That can be a credit, debit, corporate, prepaid or rewards card. If the customer’s card does not carry one of the above logos, it cannot currently be accepted with Square.
5. View your sales summary
Here’s a link to see your sales summary in Square Dashboard, which includes your gross sales, net sales and fees collected for payment processing. Log in and check it out – remember that you’ll be able to dig into the detail a lot more easily when you’re logging in from your desktop computer.
6. Get tax reporting information
Sellers often contact Square Support to confirm that they’ll be able to access all the information they need for accurate tax reporting at the end of financial year. Download your Sales Summary Report from the Square Dashboard.
7. Resolve declined cards
The primary reason you’ll experience a declined card is because your customer’s card was declined by the cardholder’s credit card company. To get it resolved, the cardholder has to speak with their card company or check their current balance.
The secondary reason a transaction may be declined is because the card type is not currently accepted by Square. Ensure that your customer has presented with you an accepted credit or debit card type, and that you check the payment acceptance status, before they walk away with the goods you’ve sold them!
Resources for Help
If you run into any other issues, Square has a robust network of articles, content and a locally-based support team to answer all of your questions. Here’s a list of resources available to you:
- Check the Square Support Centre to read through product documentation and FAQs
- Call our support team on 0800 098 8008. We’re available from 9AM to 5PM
- Send us an email. It’s best to be logged into your Square account when you do this so we can quickly access your history and resolve your query faster.
- Check out our YouTube channel. We have lots of videos for everything from how to guides to tips from local Square sellers.
- Square not right for you? No worries, you can deactivate your account from the Square Dashboard. You can also safely pass your reader along to someone else who might use it – no account information is associated with your Square Reader.
