Think outside the SQUARE

For businesses such as Stand Up in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, installing a slimline point of sale (POS) system such as the Square Chip Card Reader, rather than a traditional Eftpos machine with till attached, has been an operational decision more than a financial one. Dan Chrystal’s café is on the small side, located in a former wheelie bin storage room.

“It looks tiny, but we designed it to incorporate maximum functionality. It just fits two people behind the counter, a fridge and a two-group La Marzocco on the bench top,” Dan says.

Because of the café’s tight space at just 10 square metres, Dan says finding a credit and debit card reader that took up minimal space was a key consideration. So when Square set