What is Starter?
Starter is SwipeSimple's entry-level plan, built for merchants who accept cards occasionally or are just getting started. It covers the core essentials of accepting a payment by phone, tablet, or terminal
Who is it a good fit for?
This plan is a good fit for small merchants who operate as a mobile or on-the-go service, part time or side business, or merchants who don’t take card payments daily.
Plan Overview
What's included
| Payment Acceptance | Availability |
| Mobile App & Pax Terminal Support (Tap, Dip, Swipe, & Keyed) | ✓ |
| Virtual Terminal (Keyed Entry) | ✓ |
| Tap to Pay on iPhone | ✓ |
| Tap to Pay on Android | Coming Soon! |
| Level II Interchange Qualification | ✓ |
| Offline mode (Mobile app only) | ✓ |
| Point of sale | |
| Basic card & cash transaction checkout flows | ✓ |
| Basic sales tax | ✓ |
| Business operations | |
| Receipt branding | ✓ |
| SMS/e-receipts | ✓ |
| Tipping | ✓ |
| Reporting | |
| Sales Report | ✓ |
| Taxes Report | ✓ |
| App Marketplace | |
| QuickBooks Online Sync | X |
| Appointments | Available for purchase |
| Text Loyalty & Reviews | Available for purchase |
| Additional Info | |
| Users | 3 users max |
Key limitations
- Starter is only available to new SwipeSimple merchants. Existing merchants can upgrade to Standard or Premium.
- 3 users max, if you need more than 3 users, you’ll need to upgrade to Standard. See How to upgrade for more information.
- Starter does not include:
- Inventory tracking, item catalog, item modifiers, or item-level tax
- Card-on-file, recurring, or installment payments
- Invoicing, text-to-pay, or hosted payment pages/payment links
- A customer database or the full reporting dashboard (sales and tax reports only)
- ACH payments
- QuickBooks Online Sync access
You can review our SwipeSimple Plans Overview to see a comparison breakdown of plans and available features to help you decide what options are best for you.
App Marketplace
SwipeSimple Appointments, and Text Loyalty & Reviews are available on Starter as optional add-ons, each billed separately. Contact your provider for current availability and cost. (On Premium, these come bundled in at no extra charge: see the Premium plan overview.)
You can review our SwipeSimple Plans Overview to see a comparison breakdown of plans and available features to help you decide what options are best for you.
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Important information Plans require SwipeSimple app or terminal software version 8.X or later. If your device is on an older version, you may not be able to utilize all features available to your plan. |
How to upgrade?
Your Merchant Service Provider maintains your merchant agreement and account management. You’ll need to contact them directly for assistance with making any changes to your account.
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The contact information for your Merchant Service Provider can be found in SwipeSimple. On SwipeSimple mobile and terminal, select the sidebar menu and choose Support. In the Support section, select the first option which is the name of your Merchant Service Provider and you will find their phone number listed. From SwipeSimple Web, click on the question mark in the bottom righthand corner and select 'Learning and Support' to find the phone number for your Merchant Service Provider. |