Shopkeepers will be up to the challenge of rivals in the race for mobile payments by companies, in turn iPads in the tills.
The New York-based company has more than $ 2 million funding to support three venture capitalists at the Salon National Retail Federation BIG.
“This funding will also shopkeepers quality of customer service and innovative technology affordable for small businesses that need it most,” said Kramer co-founder and CEO Jason Richelson. “We are pleased to help small businesses like my work is better, profitable business, simply by an iPad.”
Shopkeepers software connects to a PC or iPads dealers cash drawer, credit card Swiper and mobile printers, let them do business even during the power of the Internet. The service costs $ 50 per month, including inventory management and customer service.
Richelson innovation now seems well-established competitor that has a solid position for the mobile payments to undermine it. Startup led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has about $ 30 million in funding, processes almost $ 2 billion in 2011, claiming nearly one million business customers.
Course is a major threat to the shopkeeper, but it is much cheaper and target smaller retailers such as Apple, Best Buy or Wal-Mart.
Merchants like to save Ike Escava, co-owner of New York’s The Coffee Bean, they say very pleased to get a better back-end support and personal attention from shopkeepers.
“We always have answers to the support,” he added. “I called again after midnight, and I immediately stopped.”
Shopkeepers Richelson and Amy Bennett, co-founder of start-up with priorities such as merchants designed to have been frustrated by the software point of sale York to their new wine and gourmet food, used Greene Grape.
Shopkeeper is only two years, but can turn on the mobile payment market for more small business owners who want to maximize their trading technology at minimal cost.