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Amazon’s Mobile POS System

Liz Lichtenberger August 25, 2014 Industry News

Amazon is ready for a fight in what has become a boxing ring filled with mobile point-of-sale providers. But it might have the early advantage against the reigning heavyweight champ thanks to a generous pricing model for first-time users.

Amazon Wednesday released Amazon Local Register, a mobile card reader similar to offerings from Square, PayPal, ROAM and a fistful of others. The online retailer hits the market with an attractive 1.75 percent transaction rate for merchants who sign up for the service by Oct. 31. Merchants receive that rate for every swipe until the end of 2015.

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Liz is the special projects editor for Hardware Retailing magazine. She reports on news and trends, visits retailers, and attends industry events. She graduated from Xavier University, where she earned a degree in English and Spanish and was a member of the swim team. Liz is a Louisville, Kentucky, native who lives in Indianapolis with her husband and two children. She enjoys swimming, reading, doing home improvement projects around her house and cheering on her two favorite basketball teams, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Xavier Musketeers.