Poynt

World’s first smart payment terminal

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World’s first smart payment terminal

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Always great to see smart people trying to innovate in POS and commerce. 1) How heavy / awkward is it to hold for the buyer? Looks like it's been designed to be portable beyond what the Square Register is designed to do. Can it handle restaurants / table service? 2) What happens when a device goes missing / damaged? How long to replace? Is there a desktop/ipad version so the merchant doesn't have to stop their business? 3) I don't see any ethernet, does the merchant need wifi? 4) Why build your own OS? Whats the learning curve for developers? 5) Would love to see more documentation on creating webhooks... can't see what events are available to hook onto - integration with existing inventory management / ecommerce systems is crucial

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12yr ago

@arush Hi Arush, thanks for the comments! 1) Our terminal was designed to be usable both on a countertop as well as hand-held. It's perfect for restaurants/table service. Here I am paying with Apple Pay:

2) We know that the payment terminal is one of the most important things for a merchant, and our customer support will be top-notch to reflect that. More updates on that later :) 3) There is an ethernet port on the dock (for countertop use), and the device has wifi/3G/4G built in. 4) We created our own fork of Android, and app development will be very similar to that of Android. There will be more APIs available in our SDK (second screen, printer, etc) but it is easy to pick up for any experienced Android developer. 5) We are continually updating our docs and will try to improve that. We also plan to have many more developer partners by the time we ship, including some major inventory management/POS/ecommerce systems. Stay tuned!

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12yr ago

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Thanks for the support, we're excited to be able to finally share our product and vision. Lots more to come!

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12yr ago

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@taps My first question would be where this is available. Looks US only to me. And I'd love to know that up front and maybe leave my email address so I can be notified when it's available in my country. If it is international though, I'd like to see that somewhere as well. Because that's a big selling point. Most payment systems are only available in the US.

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12yr ago

Poynt

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@Jonnotie We're focused on the US for now, but the technology works globally. Our plan is to expand internationally in the latter half of 2015.

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12yr ago