Once you have setup your Lightspeed Payments hardware and configured your Retail POS settings, you can now process sales using Lightspeed Payments.
A minimum payment amount of $0.50 in local currency (US, Canada, and Australia) or £0.30 (UK) applies to all transactions.
Processing a regular sale
- Navigate to Sell > Sell, create a sale as per your regular workflow, then click Pay.
- When presented with your payment options, select Lightspeed Payments (or the name you chose during setup)
- Retail POS will connect to your payment terminal and allow your customer to pay for their transaction using the available payment options
- After the payment has been processed, the customer will have the option to receive a receipt via email or text message or you can print a receipt
Processing a Card Not Present sale
You may wish to take card payments when the customer's card is not present, such as over the phone. To achieve this, Retail POS with Lightspeed Payments offers a Card Not Present payment flow.
- Navigate to Sell > Sell, create a sale as per your regular workflow, then click Pay.
- When presented with your payment options, select Lightspeed Payments (or the name you chose during setup)
- Retail POS will begin to connect to your payment terminal. On the payment modal, click Enter card details manually to initiate the Card Not Present flow.
- Enter the Card details and the Cardholder name provided by the customer
- Once the card information has been entered and confirmed with the customer, click Process payment
- The payment will process and if successful, proceed to the Payment Received screen
- Finish the sale as desired and click Complete Sale
What's next?
Processing a refund with Lightspeed Payments
Refunding processes by payment type and platform.
Learn more