A liquor store carries thousands of SKUs at margins measured in single digits, and every card swipe takes a bite of those. Black Mesa Payments pairs package and liquor stores with a retail point of sale that can hold the inventory and a rate program that protects the margin.
A POS that can handle the shelf
Korona Retail is a serious retail platform that stands up against Shopify, Lightspeed and Clover. It runs $99 a month with no contract, we handle the card processing, and it integrates with WooCommerce if you also sell online. For a smaller counter or a specialty shop, the PAX A35 is a common choice in liquor and specialty retail POS integrations, and Clover is available through us as well.
- Item-level sales, inventory counts and reorder reporting
- Fast, familiar checkout for a line that forms all at once
- Integrated card acceptance instead of a stranded stand-alone terminal
- Loyalty options where you want to keep regulars coming back
Protect the margin
Dual pricing posts two prices, one for credit and one for ACH, which is a natural fit for a store that already runs a cash-friendly counter. It can take your cost of acceptance to 0% and it is 100% compliant. If you would rather keep card pricing invisible to the customer, traditional interchange plus gives you true wholesale rates with no junk or hidden fees.
Our average clients save between 15% and 100% a month on processing, and every account funds same day or next day.
Switching without closing
A typical merchant is boarded and live in 3 to 5 business days. A full point-of-sale install takes at least two weeks, and we schedule it so the store never stops ringing. Nearly all of our merchants are month to month, and your processor fee program is locked for the life of the relationship.
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