Once you have setup your Lightspeed Payments hardware and configured your Retail POS settings, you can process card sales using Lightspeed Payments.

A minimum payment amount of $0.50 in local currency or £0.30 (UK) applies to all transactions.

Processing a card payment

1. Navigate to Sell > Sell, create a sale as per your regular workflow, then click Pay.

2. From the payment options, select Lightspeed Payments.

   

3. Retail POS will connect to your payment terminal so your customer can pay with their card.
4. (Optional) After the payment is processed, click Save card to save the payment method to the customer's account.
5. If the customer has an email address on file, the Email receipt toggle will be automatically enabled. If required, click the toggle to disable sending an email receipt.

6. Click Complete sale and print the receipt.

   

Processing a Card Not Present sale

You may wish to take payment for a sale or special order when the customer isn't physically present in your store, such as phone orders. You can process a card not present sale on the POS or use a customer's saved payment method.

1. Navigate to Sell > Sell, create a sale as per your usual workflow, then click Pay.

2. Click the keyboard icon beside the Lightspeed Payments button.

   

3. Enter the card information. If the customer wants to save the payment method for future purchases, click the checkbox.

   

4. Click Process payment.
5. If the customer has an email address on file, the Email receipt toggle will be automatically enabled. If required, click the toggle to disable sending an email receipt.

6. Click Complete sale and print the receipt.

   

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