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I would think that if you are setting up a charging station, buying half a dozen of commercial credit card readers would be cheaper than developing/testing/main
by Kurtz79 8y ago
I would think that if you are setting up a charging station, buying half a dozen of commercial credit card readers would be cheaper than developing/testing/maintaining a specific payment app.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoIt's cheaper to develop the app that authorizes you to charge and deducts from a balance ($10, for example) than the credit card transaction fees that are unsustainable at charges between $0.50 and $10. This is no different than how tollways charge your credit card on file to replenish a balance, and then deduct from that balance (or even how Twilio does billing). TLDR Credit card fees are expensive, especially when your margins are thin and you are not yet at scale where you have pricing power to pressure processors to lower your CC fees.
- itchyouch 8y agoFor road trippers, maybe an extra $1 convenience charge for using a CC, while signing up for the app waives that charge would work. For those on a once in a while trip, they can eat the several dollars in convenience fees, while those that travel regularly can get their app of choice. It's also not fun to leave some dollars hostage on some app as a credit when you may use them months or years later.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThese are great shims until billing is part of the vehicle-charger negotiation prior to charging starting.
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